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$15 a Month to "Upgrade" For Twitter Followers...What A Joke

By Thomas McGiveron

Real Estate Agent with BangThePhones.com

July 07, 2009 04:06 PM

I'm not sure if the jokes on me. Maybe I don't get it. Maybe I'm just "not there" mentally to understand the whole Twitter thing...

Naahh - I understand. Just like anything else that doesn't make sense, people will gladly pay money for something as stupid as getting more followers on a website and charge it on their maxed credit card.

I visited a few websites like twollow.com and twitterspinner or something like this. They actually charge for certain "upgrades"...lol.

Again - maybe I'm the stupid one, but if you're actually out there paying for something like that, I mean, I just don't get it.

Frankly, I don't really get the twitter.com dynamic. You give people a status on what you're doing at a given moment in time - sure you can put links in there to your websites or something like this and it goes out to your followers - but are people actually paying attention?

I guess it's like anything else - You've got to bring a value to people. It's like these blogs on AR - if you're not writing something original or somewhat interesting, you won't get the responses from others.

Oh by the way, you can follow me at http://twitter.com/tommcgiveroncom

LOL...

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Barbara Tretola

RAC Real Estate Associates, Inc. - Massapequa Park, NY

I am on Facebook and even that seems to sometimes be a waste of time. I have toyed with the idea of twitter, but can not see myself doing it anytime soon, but paying for it, no way, if I pay for something I want to know I will get a return on my investment

Jul 12, 2009 05:47 PM

Thomas McGiveron

BangThePhones.com - Sayville, NY

Thomas McGiveron Lic. R.E. Broker Associate

Barbara - I've been learning slowly but surely. there are definitely benefits to utilizing facebook and twitter - twitter has a ton of features and add ons. facebook - trust me - you want to stick it out on that. Facebook could change the entire internet.

Jul 20, 2009 01:39 PM

Allegra Dioguardi

Styled and Sold Home Staging and Staging Training - Westhampton Beach, NY

Home Staging & Training, Suffolk Co. Long Island

I'm still don't get twitter. Facebook, Linked In and Active Rain make sense but what the heck, I'll follow you on twitter! LOL!

Jul 22, 2009 11:40 AM

Ryan Shaughnessy

PREA Signature Realty - www.preasignaturerealty.com - Saint Louis, MO

Broker/Attorney - Your Lafayette Square Real Estate Partner

Tom - I use Twitter. However, I wouldn't pay for it. There is even a website called Assetize.com where you can buy someone's account. I don't get it. There are no shortcuts in life. If it is worthwhile to build followers, then it is worthwhile to do it the right away - by reaching out and speaking with others as opposed to buying followers.

Jul 22, 2009 12:37 PM

assetize.com - i guess whatever works.

i keep coming back to how much the internet has and will continue to change the opportunity that lies in front of us. at my fingertips is money. all i need to do is continue working at it....at least that's what they say...

Jul 22, 2009 01:01 PM

$15 a Month to "Upgrade" For Twitter Followers...What A Joke

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