I don’t read Twitter direct messages anymore (unless they’re from someone I know). Why? Because I’m not interested in “enhancing” anything, I don’t want a loan and if I needed to find a business coach, I wouldn’t use one who solicited me on Twitter.

Maybe I’m missing something.  Shouldn’t a direct message be used for sending a message that has value instead of using it to send a cheesy sales message?  While I appreciate the “thank you for following me” direct messages, I don’t want anyone to sell me anything.  Just thank me and move on.  As soon as I start following you, I’ll have a clear idea of what you can do for me and whether or not I need your services.

When the need to thank and sell at the same time goes away and people use direct messages to send a non-sales message, I’ll start reading them again.  Until then, I’ll stick to e-mail, Facebook and the contact form on this site.

People (and potential clients) want to hear from you…they really do.  Just wait to sell them something until after your first direct message exchange.