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Social Media Marketing - Are you a Personal Marketer or a Pest marketer??
It certainly is one of my Pet Peaves.  Jeff does a great job of illustrating the thinking behind why you should not.
Hey, I was guilty of doing exactly this (for a very very short time).
My outgoing message was one of importance, had a good message to it, and I thought really needed to be heard.  It still does but now it's just a passive link on my twitter bio line.
 
I don't consider myself the guru of social media networking or know all about the different marketing aspects of it, but I do think I have a good handle on it. What I don't understand and what irks the hell out of me, are those direct messages from those that you follow on Twitter. Espcially those that send you an auto direct message thanking you for following them, but they must validate you first. I will get there in a minute.

 
 

 
Here are the last 5 direct messages that I received today after following someone. Now, don't get me wrong. I consider myself to be a very polite person, and that I always thank people. But I believe in the personal method of thanking ... more

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