Monthly Archives: January 2015

Tom Maxwell’s Blog — Reciprocation As A Tool On Twitter

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A blog on weaponizing Twitter fav to win over people. Enjoy and provide feedback to the author.

Charles Jo 650.906.2600 charlesjo

http://blog.tommaxwell.me/post/106984979508/reciprocation-as-a-tool-on-twitter#.VKedXtm9Kc3

Reciprocation As A Tool On Twitter

Friday, January 2, 2015

I was browsing through the archive of Semil Shah’s blog earlier — one I read regularly — and found myself particularly fascinated by this review of Marc Andreessen’s 2014 on Twitter. In it, you see large numbers for pretty much every metric that quantifies activity on the social network — number of tweets, of favorites, of accounts followed, you get the idea. He’s even behind a new user-created “feature” in the form of the tweetstorm. Marc in 2014 alone tweeted nearly the same amount of times (~41,000) as I have since I signed up 6 years ago, and I consider myself to be a pretty heavy user. To say he took Twitter by storm would be an understatement. But what interests me more most is what Semil has to say about reciprocity:

He’s [Marc] favorited a tweet well over 100,000 times. All of those people who tweeted got a receipt that Marc has read their tweet. Small, but powerful, and reinforces reciprocity, which is a core tenet of building influence over time.

Everyone has their own use for the favorite (or “fav”) button attached to every tweet, a signal that is nuanced just like real life emotions and the expression of them are, but I think the “read receipt” is why I favorite so many tweets. And I think it’s safe to say I do in fact favorite a lot of tweets, as I get these kind of messages directed at me often:

It’s a minuscule gesture, but one that notifies the person on the receiving end that they are being heard by someone. It shouldn’t come as a surprise to any of us that listening can make people like you more — Dale Carnegie and Abraham Maslow together made that famously clear. Favoriting tweets also of course pushes your name into the notification feeds of others which can of course lead to a bigger network and that increased influence that Semil mentions. If there’s anything I’m going to try and adjust about my Twitter usage this year after seeing Marc’s stats it’ll be increasing my replies-to-broadcasting ratio; more replies, less broadcasting of my own mumblings. I’m also giving myself some rope to increase my following count. In the past I’ve kept it at the 300 people I trust with pushing smart content into my feed, but I think I can keep up with a little bit more now. 😉

(I also want to meet more of the people I engage with regularly on Twitter over the next few weeks while I’m in the SF Bay and have some in-depth conversations. If that sounds cool, DM me.)

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My Favorite Apps by Sol Weinreich

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Some good apps to add to 2015 productivity.
Follow him on Twitter @SolfromBrooklyn
Charles Jo 650.906.2600 charlesjo@me.com
https://medium.com/@SolfromBrooklyn/my-favorite-apps-b21ef920fe06

My Favorite Apps by Sol Weinreich

I recently posted this collection to Product Hunt https://www.producthunt.com/solfrombrooklyn/collections/my-favorite-apps. Unfortunately Product Hunt automatically ranks the products based on their popularity on Product hunt. I have a different ranking.

Here it is

Mailbox for Mac (Beta): By far my favorite app in both versions whether it’s Mac or iPhone this app helps me stay on top of my emails. link: http://www.mailboxapp.com

Twitter for Mac desktop app: Twitter doesn’t show any ads on this product. I dont see promoted Tweets or accounts. I don’t see twitter experiments either. Thats awesome! link: Mac App Store — Twitter — Apple

Swype for iOS: Thank G-d apple decided to allow third party keyboards. If I would’ve known what I was missing I may have switched to Android ( not really) link: http://www.swype.com

HipChat 2.0: I use HipChat to work with my team. Being remote, communication tools like HipChat are key. link: hipchat.com

Dropbox: Great way to keep files in the cloud and auto backs up my pictures. I also access my files from my Dropbox folder from any computer of mine. link: https://www.dropbox.com

Refresh: This app is amazing. It makes me feel like i’m a CIA agent or something. It gives me a lot of insight into most people before we meet. link: http://refresh.io

Yahoo Sports iOS7: Being a sports junkie who has little time this app helps me keep up to date on scores and schedules. Its a great way to keep up to date on scores quickly and easily. link: Yahoo Sports on the App Store on iTunes — Apple

WeWork App: To be honest this is more a hat tip to WeWork than it is to the app. The app is great but WeWork is amazing. link: wework.com

Buffer for iOS7: Buffer is a great way to post to social media. They also have great content recommendations. Ive also met the Buffer team they’re awesome. Their blog is a must read as well. link: bufferapp.com

RelateIQ: I just signed up for RelateIQ i wish i would’ve signed up sooner. It’s a really awesome CRM. link: relateiq.com

Google Hangouts/Skype: These are key in maintaining communications with my team. link: http://www.google.com/hangouts/

Trello: This is a must for any Product manger. Its great for keeping on top of progress and keeping the scope of projects in check. link: https://trello.com

Medium: Well there’s a reason i’m writing here ☺. link: medium.com

This Week in Startups: @jason podcast is must see TV. Its chock full of insight on everything startup. link: http://thisweekinstartups.com

Lyft: Lyft is huge for me especially in NYC where it can be tough to find Taxis in the evening. link: http://lyft.com

Frontback 2.0: It’s lots of fun to take pictures with this app. You get context with the pictures. link: http://www.frontback.me

X.AI: Amy schedules meetings for you. She lives in your email and comes out to schedule meetings for you when you ask her. Amy is not a real person. AI is taking over? link: x.ai

Sunrise: A really beautiful calendar app. link: https://calendar.sunrise.am

Matter mark: Great research tool to research VC’s and startups. plus Mattermark daily: Great daily email for everything startup. link: mattermark.com

Google Analytics for iOS: Keep an eye on your websites analytics anywhere anytime. link: Google Analytics on the App Store on iTunes — Apple

Shyp: Easiest way to ship packages. link: http://www.shyp.com

Apple Pay: Contactless payment that actually works. Now if only more stores accepted it.

Hooked: Amazing book by Nir Eyal on how to build habit forming products. Must read. link to the blog: nirandfar.com

The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Another great book by Ben Horowtiz on how to build a startup. link: http://www.amazon.com/The-Hard-Thing-About-Things/dp/0062273205

Cyberdust: Great ephemeral messaging app. They’re also building a nice little community of people who share interesting content. link:http://www.cyberdust.com

Hyper lapse: Fun little app from Instagram that helps you make high speed videos. link: Hyperlapse from Instagram on the App Store on iTunes

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