I’m a qualified expert on how to suck on Twitter. The Twitter Influence Calculator shows my lame-ass score of 4.4/100. It also gives me some valuable advice on where I’m going wrong and perhaps some on what I’m doing OK.
Here are my twitter influence results on Jan 29, 2009 for the past week of Tweeting:
Click image above to enlarge results.
Relative authority
- NON EXISTENT
- I have tweeted nothing valuable this week that someone would want to re-tweet into their own stream for their followers.
- based on 0 retweets of @x10’s updates by others
Relative visibility
- SLOWLY EMERGING
- A few people reply to me. Not bad, but it shows that I need to engage others more in conversation.
- based on 9 references to @x10
Relative generosity
- SLOWLY EMERGING
- I don’t take the time to retweet other people’s content. Sheesh, how can I expect to be re-tweeted if I don’t do it myself.
- based on @x10 retweeting 1 times on behalf of others
Relative reach
- DEVELOPING
- My reach has been growing steadily since Guy Kawasaki convinced me to follow all my followers on Twitter. This has been helpful in adding 8 to 10 new followers a day.
- based on @x10’s 417 followers:
Relative velocity
- SLOWLY EMERGING
- I think 14 updates in 7 days kinda sucks personally, that works out to only two posts a day. I update Facebook more than that.
- based on 14 updates from @x10
Relative clout
- NON EXISTENT
- None of the Top 100 Influential Tweeters tweet to me. Makes sense.
- based on 0 influential Twitter users referencing @x10
Relative value of contribution
- DEVELOPING
- This score is basically how much needless crap I post, divided by the amount of useful information I post (references, links, hashtags, retweets). Definitely can improve here.
- based on a signal to noise ratio of 35.7%:
How not to suck.
- Have some real conversations and try to move into the 4th or 5th stage of Twitter Acceptance. (See graphic below)
- Retweet great content when you see it.
- Tweet valuable material.
- Make friends with Twitter royalty? :)
Want to help me stop sucking? Feel free to tweet me by copying this into your twitter client:
RT @x10: How to suck on Twitter. http://bit.ly/J9qM
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