I’ve been involved in a discussion on LinkedIn, concerning the marketing value of Twitter. Many of the professional marketers in the discussion seem hung-up on the number of followers they have, with one boasting that he has 700 followers, yet only follows 15 people himself. Others are seemingly prepared to dismiss Twitter altogether because they have too many spam followers, and have not thought to block them.

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For a while now, I’ve had two Facebook pages. I’ve had a personal profile and a fan page. Now, I was never quite comfortable with this whole “fan page” thing, but it seemed other writers were doing it, so I thought I’d give it a shot. However in practice, it turned out to be more work than it was worth. Most of the fans on the page also became friends on my personal profile, which meant I was duplicating content and filling their news feeds up with twice as many updates as needs be. So in order to remedy the situation, I’ve deleted my Facebook fan page. I’ve decided to keep things personal. So, if you want to connect with me on Facebook, check out my personal profile: www.facebook.com/glpowell