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To: Paul Caridad Sanchez
cc: Oprah, Schwab, BBC, NBC, Mommies, Twitterers, Geeks
bcc: The World
Subject: simply want to be your friend
hi Paul,
Ok, I got your attention now. Instead of replying via Twitter DM, I like to do it in a post where I can be more than 140 characters, thus (probably) give your video few extra hits from my network and Google search result. I am not really sure this works… but hey, let’s give it a try.
You asked me what inspired me to follow you. To answer that, I have to memorize my twitterring activities in a past few week.
Twitter has been the center of attention for social media analyst in the past few months, and I read what those social media guys write about it. So many, then I decided to actively follow more people just to have sort of “experience” added on comprehending what those guy blog about. Not as much as you do but reasonably sufficient for me.
Note: I still don’t get it how Jake Marsh, Calacanis or Scoble listen to tons of twitterers, I suspect they frequently check at replies or utilize tweetscan and summize more than everybody else.
Here’s how. I find people to follow from some references like these:
- A post by Jeremiah Owyang to encourage social media people (who follow him) to connect each other. I checked you weren’t there.
- Twubble by crazybob definitely helps to find like-minded, friends of friends to follow. This could be the connector.
- Nice posts I read and happens that the blog owner have a twitter account. Did not read yours until yesterday.
- Tweetscan result (I did on intention to find people to follow only once, with keyword “South East Asia”, “Asia”, “Indonesia” and “Jakarta”) which clearly, you never listed there.
- Random picks from friends’ follow. Possible connector
- Random tweets. Possible connector.
Knowing the one to follow is important for me. I don’t want too much noise and could worse, spams in my page. Simply say, I tried to be bit organized on listening whilst I don’t want to miss good contextual tweet either. So I do these things before decision to follow:
- Check the Twiterer’s bio and stat. Recency, how many updates, friends and followed. You are a digg addict, then must be interesting links come out from your tweets. Your stat says that you need more followers (friends).
- Visit the Twiterer’s website and found out more about the person. You won on this
Ok, enough all about social media, twitter crap. Now, here is why I follow you. I watched all your videos, visited your lousy blog, and helloed @you. Then I conclude:
You are a great man and I want to be your friend. I empathize your cause, admire your spirit and think that your doing is a portrait of struggling (see this blog title), thus will actively support you. Your presence in this blog could inspire others…
About your blog. Please do post properly, so people can track you conveniently then you can benefit more from organized feedback. You would benefit more from a mention in a Seth’s post, of course the blogosphere.
About the your video view count. I think your old 8 wishes & 10,000 miles video is a bit overtime by last message loop. Approximately you wasted 2 minutes, whilst youtube counts a valid view only for a full view (a research by tubemogul). Probably missed some view counts there. You were doing better with the new 8 wishes but way too little views compare to the old one.
look forward to hear your updates. Good luck and God Bless You
cheers
For everyone: to know about Paul Caridad Sanchez, please view his 8 wishes video and don’t stop until the video end. Also, don’t forget to visit his blog
Oprah, please interview this nice guy.
