I read an article by Dan Kennedy long ago
where he talks about “time bandits.” These
are people who will steal your time if you
let them.
Lately, I’ve notice time bandits on Twitter.
I recently tweeted about my time management
techniques on Twitter. Although I tweet a lot,
I’m not on Twitter a lot… maybe 20 minutes a
day!
When I first log into Twitter, I look at my
timeline, and the first thing I look at are
direct messages. The second thing that I look
at are @ messages.
The @ messages are where the time bandits step
in. People who I am not even following, or have
no ongoing conversation with post message to
@williecrawford causing them to show up in front
of all of my followers, but also putting them in
my “twit-stream” when I first log in. I consider
this the equivalent of TAKING my time and resources.
I unfollow people who do that and my staff often
gets people who do that shut down. DON’T do that.
Take time and build real relationships, and real
conversations on Twitter.
Willie