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Subject:RE: verb for "gaining followers on Facebook" ? From:"Dan Goldstein" <DGoldstein -at- riveraintech -dot- com> To:<techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Tue, 1 May 2012 15:07:24 -0400
Just in case the copyright folks are checking five years from now... :-)
Dan Goldstein
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Riverain Technologies
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-----Original Message-----
From: B.J. Smith
Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2012 2:53 PM
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: Re: verb for "gaining followers on Facebook" ?
"Piper" is a good one!
I don't think there's an official verb for this. Marketers often refer to "grow your following" or "attract..."
You might let the context help determine what verb to use here.
Depending on how you're gaining followers, they might be:
lured
seduced
suckered
snagged
captured
etc.
:-)
On 5/1/2012 12:39 PM, Dan Goldstein wrote:
> "Piper," as in, "She pipered 30 followers last week."
>
> And yes, I just made that up.
>
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