Mr. Tweet – Your Personal Twitter Assistant
Last week I started following Mr. Tweet on Twitter who not only follows you in return, but makes recommendations on which influencers you should be following both within your existing network and beyond it.
It’s a neat concept that facilitates the discovery cycle everybody goes through online.
This is how it works….
- Start following Mr. Tweet on Twitter
- Wait 4-5 days for a direct message from Mr. Tweet
- Go to your personalized page on http://www.mrtweet.net/ (this will be included in the email) and check out their recommendations
It’s that simple – and it works. Like any new assistant, there is a learning curve and you can’t expect perfection from day one.
For example, Mr. Tweet recommended that I started return following people who were clearly spammers. Identifying real influencers vs. spammers is something I’d expect in the next version of this tool.
Mr. Tweet also recommended 200 influencers I should start following. After adding many of the recommendations on the first few pages I quickly began to lose interest.
I hope that the next iteration of the tool allows mass adds – or at least a way to filter the recommendations based on location, type of influencer, # of tweets per day (I won’t add people who Tweet every 30 seconds), or even based on those who have the most (or least) number of followers in common.
Here’s another suggestion – how about a recommendation on which people to stop following based on pre-defined criteria?
Why does this matter?
Twitter has become a research and a broadcast channel. It’s also an extension of your personal brand – something we all need to stay focused on.
Who you follow and who follows you is an extension of your personal brand.
Want more? Check out this slideshare presentation on going beyond engagement:
