Digital investigator.
Mr Pete Aspen recently tweeted me the following question:
do you know if @splashmediau is a good place for a newbie to learn how to become a social media manger?
Now I always click into the profiles of those who have taken the time to tweet me (especially if I’m asked to give an opinion on something). I’ve heard of Splash Media in the past and thought Mr Aspen had tracked me down due to my very previous role as a social media manager.
After scrolling through every one of Mr Aspens 1,906 tweets (at the time of writing this afternoon), it became evident though that all he’s doing is asking the same question about social media training and certification programmes.
However, nearly 25% of all tweets (448) references @splashmediau.
Note the timestamps on the right hand side of the tweets below:
Nothing wrong in using timed tweets as to not overload your followers or even strategically ensure it’s when most of them are online, but something is not right here.
As an experiment I engaged Mr Aspen with a reply to try and gain a response:
I heard nothing back (as of yet).
There are two conclusions to be made, either:
- Mr Aspen is using Twitter as a micro-advisory or research platform, tweeting on only one topic / question in an attempt to gain insights for what could be a myriad of reasons; or
- Mr Aspen is a poor automated attempt by @splashmediau to highlight their services
If it is the former then surely @splashmediau (who would be seeing his tweets they are mentioned in) should be all over Mr Aspen to either demonstrate their services (as he’s an obvious customer) or kindly asking him to refrain from referencing them constantly because he’s certainly not helping their reputation.
If it is the latter… well, you make up your mind. Maybe there’s a third reason. What do you think is happening here my little Magnums?
By the way, Mr Aspen and @splashmediau, the floor is yours, feel free to comment below as well.
Image credit to magnum-mania
UPDATE (a few hours later): take a look at the first (right at the botom) and seventh followers of our friend Mr Aspen:
UPDATE (10.11.12): As you can from the comment and this tweet below, there has been a response:
What do you guys think now?
