Comments on: Twitter Clubs: Nathan Hangen vs Jordan Cooper

By: Dave Doolin

Dave Doolin — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 17:56:11 +0000

After more thought: I’m definitely comfortable working with a group to promote a single post or product or anything else that’s well-defined in scope of activity and length time. That is something I have done in the past, and something I’m more than willing to do in the future.

Ongoing arrangements, not so much.

Come to think of it, that’s how I handle linking as well: I’ll link to good content on an ad-hoc basis if it’s good information for my readers.

By: Dave Doolin

Dave Doolin — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 13:29:08 +0000

Thanks, Paul.

I don’t really have anything against these kinds of groups. But my limited experience in the past seems to result in my being asked to do something which is 1. uncomfortable to me, 2. provides no clear benefit to me, and is 3. personally risky.

By: Paul Cunningham

Paul Cunningham — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 10:25:24 +0000

LaVonne I think you will find the informal ones build better relationships and are more effective long term than any of the “everyone in it for themselves” ones that appear around the place. Glad its working for you.

By: Paul Cunningham

Paul Cunningham — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 10:21:44 +0000

Dave, the more I do this and the deeper I get into some circles the more things I see that it would never have occured to me to do (or to compromise on). Twitter clubs are the least of it. But I have to remember – to a lot of people this is pure business, so their ethical line is different to yours and mine.

I wouldn’t say you’re blind, but you’ve found your way and you’re sticking to it.

By: LaVonne Ellis

LaVonne Ellis — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 04:48:38 +0000

I’m in an informal network of tweeters who RT each others’ stuff, especially blog posts. It’s kind of an unspoken agreement that if you like someone or someone has been helpful to you, that you RT them. I never though of it as a club, but I do enjoy the relationships this behavior creates.

By: Dave Doolin

Dave Doolin — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 01:15:16 +0000

I’ve gone back and forth on this. Or whether I should do it or not.

By way of a story…

Two years ago, I had an extremely frank discussion with a close friend of many year. (The topic is irrelevant.) It disturbed him quite a bit. About a year later we drifted apart.

Last night he told me he trusted me to tell him the truth no matter what, even if the truth sucked.

There used to be value in being known as uncompromising. I don’t see much of that any more. Perhaps I’m blind to it.

By: Scott Webb

Scott Webb — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 22:52:28 +0000

It’s the same with the affiliate marketing crowd – pitching things the have never used, read, or listened to in full. Values?

The next thing is what happens if those marketers decide to stop retweeting for you? Does your attention drop? Is it only to happen until you reach some type of critical mass for yourself?

@Nathan We all know that people do Retweet crap though. We know this. It’s sad but the mighty dollar signs start flashing over the RT button. You tweet for me and I’ll tweet for you – promise. Then the person gets too busy. *sucks.

A retweet group is fantastic if the entire group is aligned with your beliefs and values. It’s all good then.

PS. Where can I find a retweet group?

By: Paul Cunningham

Paul Cunningham — Sun, 16 May 2010 10:29:58 +0000

Tracy, its a little strange. You would think that interesting stuff would naturally rise to the top, but of course it rarely seems to be true. The reality is that if you can get a little jump start from a club like this then it can really help spread your stuff further.

I liken it a little to Digg. Its supposed to be this great democracy where any website can be a hit but the truth is that getting to the Digg front page is about far more than just having good quality content for most people.

By: Tracy

Tracy — Sat, 15 May 2010 13:20:33 +0000

Call me incredibly naive, but I didn’t even know these RT clubs existed!?

Having said that, what you said just there about posting without expectation of being retweeted, and retweeting stuff I find interesting & useful & maybe valuable to my followers, seemed the natural thing to do since I started using Twitter a few months ago.

Is there really a great advantage to be gained from belonging to a club, if you are genuine and consistent in what you share? After all, if your own content has value to other people, you WILL get noticed. Or am I being terribly naive again? ;)

By: Paul Cunningham

Paul Cunningham — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 05:15:44 +0000

I get the feeling thats how most of the clubs will end up. As long as people post requests with no expectation of being retweeted, retweet the stuff they find genuinely useful and interesting and that their own audience will enjoy, over time everyone would benefit in a genuine way.