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Daily Archives: May 20, 2016

Death to the Auto DM

Seriously, though, Auto Direct Messages on Twitter need to die. It might sound like I’m being a bit harsh, or going on a Twitter rant about the number of auto DMs or Direct Messages that I receive…but when you are on Twitter as much as a marketing professional and community growth manager is on Twitter, and connecting with new people every day, they get really freaking annoying.   Really professional adjectives there, I know.  But it is that frustrating.  Emotions of a twenty something startup marketer aside, there are legitimate reasons for not liking this once innovative tool. When the automatic direct message, or Auto DM first appeared on Twitter, it was cool! It was an innovative growth hacking tool that made it easier for marketers and brands on Twitter to reach out and engage their brand new followers, so that they did not have to worry…