{"id":597,"date":"2011-04-09T08:08:09","date_gmt":"2011-04-09T15:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.knuetter.com\/christian\/?p=597"},"modified":"2011-04-09T08:08:09","modified_gmt":"2011-04-09T15:08:09","slug":"a-twitter-campaign-that-actually-worked-sort-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.knuetter.com\/christian\/2011\/04\/09\/a-twitter-campaign-that-actually-worked-sort-of\/","title":{"rendered":"A Twitter campaign that actually worked (sort of)"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was recently the recipient of a twitter campaign that actually kind of worked.\u00a0 And it was from, of all places, The Weather Channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Every day I get the random follower on Twitter.\u00a0 A lot of times it’s spam in the form of some woman’s name followed by some random characters – these accounts are just that, spam.<\/p>\n

But every now and then, there’s a ‘legitimate’ account that’s trying to reach out.\u00a0 These are usually sites of one kind or another that are following me because of the keywords found in my bio (hiking, traveling, photography, skiing, etc.,).\u00a0 Clicking through to these accounts usually results in a lame twitter page with a bunch of crud tweets.<\/p>\n

Recently I was followed by @TWCFromtheEdge<\/a> and today I decided to check it out.\u00a0 It’s actually a new show on The Weather Channel that follows a nature photographer around.\u00a0 The twitter account is pretty active.\u00a0 The tweets are not that great and the account is not maintained by the actual photographer (lame).\u00a0 But it’s clearly active, it’s targeted and there’s a link to the show’s website where there are videos, photos, etc.,<\/p>\n

This is the first time that I can say that I was actually interested in a random follower – the site was actually pretty compelling (to me) and I would consider watching the show.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, they only make the shows available on TWC on cable, and not available streaming online so I don’t imagine I’ll actually watch.\u00a0 (Who can remember to sit down at 8pm every Wednesday and tune in to The Weather Channel?)<\/p>\n

But good job The Weather Channel for actually making a compelling pitch.\u00a0 I wouldn’t have pegged you as the first.<\/p>\n

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