Twitter followers and link campaigns

[wedmonds]

Hi All,

This may be a silly question but I like to ask the obvious

If i had acround 3,000 twitter followers and wanted to embark on a link campaign, would it be wise to simply tweet out to all and essentially say, please link to my site XXXX or would it be better to select individual followers and email them directly?

I was wondering if its just a 'win win' with tweeting followers or whether poor links from some users might cause more harm than good.

Thanks all

[Benj25]

I don't think you'll get much benefit from just sending a tweet to all and say please RT this or put a link somewhere.

In my experience, especially with Twitter it is better to build a good relationship first and then start asking for a link or a RT.

If you want more social signals you're probably best offering unique content that people want to share and RT themselves.

The only thing I think would do harm is sending the tweet out - I'd expect to see a huge drop in followers.