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Doyle Lee Austin Davison Iv - I guess I will have to change my response.
When Debbie Gartner thinks a practice would be tacky, I would follow her advice. She is the best!
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Susan Haughton
Alexandria, VA
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Debra Peters
Manorville, NY
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Gita Bantwal
Warwick, PA
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Debbie Laity
Cedaredge, CO
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Debbie Gartner
White Plains, NY
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Doyle Davison
Huntington Beach, CA
1,877,214
Doyle Lee Austin Davison Iv,
I have mixed feelings on this topic. I do believe it might be a bit tacky to request a follow from someone you don't know or someone who you have not communicated with. However, if I am posting a lot of photography related blogs and am communicating with another member who has a common interest I would view the follow request entirely differently.
I can remember within the last year I received an invite to an ActiveRain photography group recommending that I might like to post photos to the group and I thought "Wow, that was a nice gesture".
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Les & Sarah Oswald
Eastvale, CA
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Susan Haughton
Alexandria, VA
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Gita Bantwal
Warwick, PA
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Doyle Davison
Huntington Beach, CA
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Debbie Laity
Cedaredge, CO
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
489,511
I do not think that is a good idea. What is your reason for asking someone to follow you? Ideally, your content alone will compel an agent ot follow you.
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Les & Sarah Oswald
Eastvale, CA
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Debbie Gartner
White Plains, NY
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Debra Peters
Manorville, NY
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Debbie Laity
Cedaredge, CO
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Doyle Davison
Huntington Beach, CA
2,820,193
Actually I would disagree with Roy Kelley on this. I think it's tacky.
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Les & Sarah Oswald
Eastvale, CA
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Susan Haughton
Alexandria, VA
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Debbie Laity
Cedaredge, CO
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
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Doyle Davison
Huntington Beach, CA
2,234,865
I really like Sam Miller response to this question. I think there's a time and a place to ask for someone to follow you, but to come right out and just ask, would be tacky as others are saying. I wouldn't like it if someone did that to me.
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Les & Sarah Oswald
Eastvale, CA
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Susan Haughton
Alexandria, VA
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Gita Bantwal
Warwick, PA
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Doyle Davison
Huntington Beach, CA
8,238,773
Absolutely. However, I would make the request after following them and commenting on their blogs.
It is up to you to write blogs that others will want to follow.
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Gita Bantwal
Warwick, PA
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Debbie Laity
Cedaredge, CO
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Doyle Davison
Huntington Beach, CA
2,820,193
Here's a great quote from an article from Guy Kawalski and Peg Fitzpatrick:
"If you want more followers, earn them with the quality of your posts. If Groucho Marx were alive today, he’d amend his famous joke and say that people who ask you to follow them aren’t worth following. Maintain your dignity, don’t grovel for followers, and share good stuff in large quantities." How to avoid looking clueless.
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Les & Sarah Oswald
Eastvale, CA
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Debra Peters
Manorville, NY
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Doyle Davison
Huntington Beach, CA
1,027,657
Sam Miller said it best, I think. Generally tacky but there are times when it seems acceptable. Andrew Mooers gets extra credit for making me LOL.
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Debbie Gartner
White Plains, NY
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Doyle Davison
Huntington Beach, CA
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Sam Miller
Howard, OH
90,543
I am new to Active Rain and greatly appreciate my Followers. I don't have too many followers and that's ok. I would rather people follow me because they want to, not because I asked them, too. I suppose someone could ask, and the worst thing they could do is not follow. Quality is better than quantity.
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Les & Sarah Oswald
Eastvale, CA
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Doyle Davison
Huntington Beach, CA
305,610
Is it ok? Wouldn't bother me but I would check out what you had to say first to see if I was going to gain some great insight or learning. Now should you? Some folks will look down on it and you might alienate them.
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Gita Bantwal
Warwick, PA
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Doyle Davison
Huntington Beach, CA
2,302,274
If you like being stalked, sure, why not? Just not so close a fender bender occurs. (Smile)
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Susan Haughton
Alexandria, VA
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Doyle Davison
Huntington Beach, CA
864,758
Debbie Gartner - says it best. Give others a reason to want to follow you. Work at it. Write informative blogs, post blogs that you have interest in and multitude of followers will happen naturally. It takes consistency and persistency, but it will come if your heart is at it.
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Doyle Davison
Huntington Beach, CA
4,434,277
I agree with the others who wrote that it would be tacky to ask someone to follow you.
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Doyle Davison
Huntington Beach, CA
6,767,769
3,074,716
279,928
4,322,295
630,351