subject: Stop Using Bots For Social Media [print this page] Let me tell you this: bots are more likely to be blocked on Twitter than real human users. This is because bots are impersonal and can be perceived as a spammer online.
Bots do not work mainly because they do not have the capacity of humans to discern if they are doing things right online. Take the case of those sex bots on Twitter that keep following random people hoping these people would follow back. Although it is clear that my Twitter tackles business topics such as virtual assistance, social media, marketing, web development and other services that a company offers, I still get followed by sex bots and other automated Twitter that does not have anything to do with my business or the topics I tweet about. The bots are totally random in their actions online. They may add people online based on triggers such as keywords but they do not know how to read keywords in context. This is where the services of a virtual assistant can be very helpful.
Virtual assistants can read messages and interpret them within context. The virtual assistant can also target people to follow online. This means that instead of randomly following people online, the virtual assistant can choose the kind of people to follow. The VA can choose people who can bring value to the network. These people could be the people who could be interested in purchasing your products or services. Or they could be people who tweet information that could be beneficial for your business.
It is important to build a good network on Twitter because these are the people that you will be interacting with online. They are the ones whose messages you will read online and who will be reading your messages. Make sure that you are able to reach your target market and that the people within your network can contribute to your success if not through sales then through other means. You want to build a strong network on Twitter. Bots obviously cannot build a strong network because of the randomness in its processes.
It is definitely better to hire a virtual assistant who will do all the social media tasks for you because the virtual assistant understands contexts, can create good content, can update your social media accounts and start and keep up with real conversations online. These are things that a bot cannot do. So why will you use a software when a virtual assistant can do all the social media work for you at costs that you can afford?
