Comments on: Why You Shouldn't Auto-Tweet Your Blog Posts

By: Bradford

Bradford — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:28:32 +0000

I was looking for a plugin that will tweet the first line of my blog along with a shortened url AND have the option to have a custom line from the post page. That would alleviate some of the cons you’ve listed (which I agree with). Maybe I’ll develop a plugin that does this. Anyway, thanks for the article! It was helpful.

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:36:44 +0000

Thanks for the post. I was researching how to auto-post to twitter but now, I think I’ll take your advise and simply write the occassional interesting twitter title.

Although, if I can find a way (Heidi) to post my blog title, maybe I’ll reconsider.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 02:22:47 +0000

Thanks for all the great comments everyone!

@Heidi – I think that a plugin with a dynamic headline would be a decent way to go. I wrote this article a year ago, I suppose it’s about time to take a look and see if anyone has improved upon the “auto tweet” yet…

To those who do auto-tweet – - What are you using?

By: Heidi Walker

Heidi Walker — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:04:33 +0000

So are you saying the technology is not developed and never will be or that even if it could be developed to incorporate a great headline that you should not use it?

BTW I am KCAVON lady in twitter.

By: autotweet

autotweet — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:53:54 +0000

Valid points, all of them.

But as long your friends know the tweet is just a notification of a new blog post it is a good way to let them know you’ve made a post.

By: wowzila

wowzila — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:59:27 +0000

Great article and some really interesting points.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:30:27 +0000

Agree with Andrew Bonar : A very bad system creates a tweet with the same message over and over (“New Blog Post”). I’ve written my own which includes the blog post title with a link to it.

By: Ariel

Ariel — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 06:04:59 +0000

Great point! I’m turning mine off now.

By: srdha

srdha — Sat, 23 May 2009 02:48:45 +0000

i gust want to say some thing “great job”

Update your Twitter randomly according to your intrest Or, from Rss Feed Or, from your own tweet message list Or, Any combination of the above three

By: Shawn Hickman

Shawn Hickman — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 07:46:28 +0000

Great write up! I never thought about how impersonal those posts really can be. You made me think differently about it, and that’s a good thing. Thanks