{"id":1551,"date":"2011-06-07T11:43:30","date_gmt":"2011-06-07T10:43:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cornwallseo.com\/search\/?p=1551"},"modified":"2016-11-11T10:43:04","modified_gmt":"2016-11-11T10:43:04","slug":"getting-ruthless-with-information-overload","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cornwallseo.com\/search\/getting-ruthless-with-information-overload\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting Ruthless with Information Overload"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This may be hard for some to understand.<\/p>\n<p>But, I am going to stop following everyone on my main Twitter account.<\/p>\n<p>There are a number of reasons for this and a number of advantages.<\/p>\n<p>Of course there will be some disadvantages<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Some people will get the hump and stop following me<\/li>\n<li>I might miss out on a tasty morsel of info<\/li>\n<li>I get behind in SEO gossip <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I don&#8217;t mind if some people stop following me, as I will be using my Twitter account other than to get people to follow me on Twitter. As I have numerous searches and lists running on Tweetdeck I can still be plugged in to needed information whilst reducing distraction.<\/p>\n<p>I use RSS feeds a lot and use Reader on my iPhone to make sure I get enough tasty morsels to keep me fed.<\/p>\n<p>SEO gossip, doesn&#8217;t pay the rent and it can seriously suck up time.<\/p>\n<p>I think I joined Twitter back in 2007, and to keep using it in the same way I used it then is nuts, because my business model has changed. And so the way I use Twitter must also change. I now run a large team of link builders and offer a specific link building service to clients which takes up a lot of time.<\/p>\n<p>Distraction is a big problem for me and I score high on ADD tests, so I have to work hard to reduce the possible distractions and get <strong>RUTHLESS<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>As tweeting is no longer something I need to cultivate to generate new business or do a spot of brand building, it diminishes in its ability to justify itself in the current form I use it.<\/p>\n<p>So, I am going to dump all followers and use it in a more focussed form, which will probably be more conversational and reach out to new networks and new people.<\/p>\n<p>I would only advise others to do this if it fits with your business model.<\/p>\n<p>My tweets will be ripe and full of juice and if you are in the business of SEO, online marketing, social media etc. It will still be worthwhile to follow me.<\/p>\n<p>But if not, no probs.<\/p>\n<p>After all, it&#8217;s only business \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p>ps. If you think it feels like you work for Twitter, rather than getting Twitter to work for you, you may want to have a long, ruthless, think about this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This may be hard for some to understand. But, I am going to stop following everyone on my main Twitter account. There are a number of reasons for this and a number of advantages. 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