I’m slightly at odds with the idea that he’s not a spammer because people don’t have to follow him. If they don’t like it, they simply need to unfollow. I’m not saying he is a spammer but I don’t think that assessment is quite robust enough because, even if you have no followers at all, you can still be spouting out links through a Twitter account that will appear in Twitter searches. Tweet a lot of rubbish and you start to diminish the percentage of useful stuff that can be gleamed from an isolated Twitter search.

Paul

thanks for contributing, sorry I didn’t get to this right away!

i don’t know that I’m “Glowing” with the review. I feel more that I’m trying to point out that Guy’s not a “Social media guru” or twitter guru – nor does he profess to be one. He’s a marketer, plain and simple. He’s figuring out how to use technology in unique ways.

What I’m also saying is that for all the cries he’s a spammer, I really do not find that true. Questionable ethics in using Twitter, perhaps, pushing the envelope – definitely.

Just do not think he’s as bad as what everyone is yelling about.

And if you don’t like what he’s doing, just don’t follow him – simple as that

~Li

His approach to Twitter is professional. He clearly sees Twitter as a fast-growing audience he can capture. That’s what he’s great at: engaging an audience.

In a way, he’s sort of a blend of PayPerPost and just, well, Guy.
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I enjoyed Lisa’s frank take on Guy’s keynote. Li, I noticed that you wrote a fairly glowing review of Guy and he’s marked it in turn as a “balanced review”. I don’t know Guy from a bar of soap so I imagine the real story lies a little in the middle somewhere. While I find Lisa’s comment that “Guy is a Tool” a little harsh I also found it very amusing

I guess everyone takes/reads/feels differently about a lot of things. I really don’t feel the Guy mocks people on twitter, in fact he answers when he sees it, and he addresses issues – example: dave fleet’s post. He was also saying 6-8 weeks ago before Dave’s post he was having help with his twitter account – very upfront about it.

The one thing that people are forgetting, at least I think they are, Guy’s never professed to be a “social media guru” or a “twitter guru” – the guy is a straight up marketing guru, and there in lies the difference.

Wasn’t offended, but I found it very fascinating the sort of responses (wide range) about his keynote and how he utilizes twitter tools.

Li: Innocent question, but were you at the keynote in question? I’m just curious.

I took a lot of slack for my keynote commentary on Guy’s post, so I’ll share my thoughts concerning it. I don’t like the way Guy uses twitter. That’s my preference and it’s why I unfollowed him a long, long time ago. What bothered me about the keynote, however, was the way he seemed to mock both twitter and his followers. It was a total lack of respect. The entire tone of the talk and the way he was taking shots and the intelligence level of people who twitter was really revolting to me. I value the people who follow me on Twitter. It’s clear Guy doesn’t. that’s where my distaste for it came from, not necessarily over how he uses it.

It should be mentioned that Guy follows more people than follow him. That’s certainly part of his marketing genius. Most of us enjoy being followed and many reciprocate at one point or another.