May 11, 2008 at 4:48 pm
How’s this for irony? I’ve been on Twitter for almost two weeks now, and Google … finally … recognizes that I am (was?) the LAST PERSON ON TWITTER:
Better late than never, I suppose, although it would be nice if I could find another 168 people to follow me … and quick! The first-person-to-500-followers contest is still going on, and I have about 75 more followers at the moment than Jeff Quipp.
What’s sad is that not even a mention on the LA Times’ Internet blog added any followers to my account! Crazy stuff.
So, the takeaway here is easy: if you’re not doing so already, please follow me on Twitter!
April 26, 2008 at 5:28 pm
Last week in Houston, when every speaker (except me and Stoney D.) at the Small Business Marketing Unleashed conference said the word “twitter” at least 25 times, I made a simple promise to everyone telling me to sign up: as soon as I rank #1 in Google for [last person on twitter], I’ll sign up.
Easy enough, right? Anyone that thinks I should sign up just needs to link to that older post with the exact anchor text as above, and in a matter of days, I should be number one.
I keep checking every day, but I’m not there yet. I keep bouncing between #3 and #4. Right now, I’m No. 4:
I’m quite content not having a Twitter account. I use FriendFeed and still get to see everything my contacts are sharing, so that’s cool. But really, if you’ve been bugging me to sign up, follow through and point a link with the correct anchor text to that old post that’s currently No. 4 for “last person on Twitter.” It’ll probably only take five links to push that post to the top….
April 3, 2008 at 10:27 pm
Since I’m still stuck in Web 1.5, I’ll have to use a blog post to answer this “tweet” from James Helms, whom I don’t think I’ve met. (Sorry if I did, Jim.)
Why I’m Not on Twitter
1.) Because, in the beginning, I was one of the millions who found the concept to be incredibly stupid. I’ve since come to recognize there might be some value there.
2.) Because my day job keeps me very busy, and I don’t have the time or inclination to have to worry about who’s-doing-what in the middle of the day.
3.) Because, yes, I am resistant to peer pressure, to the point of often disliking anything “the crowd” likes simply because the crowd likes it.
4.) Because Jeff Quipp isn’t on Twitter yet, either, and I’m trying to be the last person on Twitter.
(I’m also trying to rank #1 for [last person on Twitter], and as soon as I join, I can’t write about that, use that anchor text in my links, or anything.)
Any other questions? Better leave a comment, since I’m not on Twitter…..
March 28, 2008 at 6:47 pm
Alright, this is getting ridiculous. How on earth am I supposed to be the last person on Twitter when I’m now getting bombarded with e-mails from friends and contacts wanting me to join?
Stop it!!!!!!! You’re supposed to be my friends, so start acting like it, fer cryin’ out loud…..
March 4, 2008 at 12:48 am
I’m not positive, but I think now that Loren Baker and Kim Krause-Berg have signed up for Twitter, I’m the Last Internet Marketer/Social Media User not playing in that sandbox.
I feel like I should win some kind of prize. But I also feel like I should sign up. Hmmmm…choices.
