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Media monitor gives Twitter advice to political parties
Political parties and politicians need to consider more than just how many followers as Twitter user has when looking at hiring âbuzzersâ for the 2014 general election, a media monitoring company says
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olitical parties and politicians need to consider more than just how many followers as Twitter user has when looking at hiring 'buzzers' for the 2014 general election, a media monitoring company says.
'The number of followers alone does not guarantee the success of engagement created via the buzzer. There are other factors to analyze and measure,' Awesometrics business analyst Hari Ambari said in an official release on Wednesday.
Awesometrics gave a number of examples, such as actor Ringgo Agus Rahman who charged Rp 5 million per message on Twitter to promote a campaign to his 1.7 million followers, while professional corporate worker Henry Manampiring could charge between Rp 5 million and Rp 15 million to 'buzz' his 70,000-plus followers.
The comparison clearly showed that users with larger amounts of followers did not always receive higher prices for a 'buzz'.
Hari said political parties and politicians who wished to use buzzers had to consider four other factors: the Twitter user's potential reach, reputation, usual topics and engagement with their followers.
