Danny Finn, Director of Internet Marketing for 10e20, has come up with a humorous — but frighteningly accurate — list of “The 6 Types of Annoying Social Media Promoters.”

As a guest columnist today on Search Engine Land, Finn describes (my short summary in parenthesis):

• The Impersonal Users. (They seek your response without getting to know you.)
• The Crazed Cross Promoters. (They besiege you with multiple social platforms … at the same time.)
• The One Way Streeters. (Self-absorbed people who don’t understand there’s a reason someone isn’t responding to them)
• The Always An Emergency Users. (Every tweet includes PLS RETWEET, whether important or not.)
• The Convenient Users. (Users who only post when they want something.)
• The Total Spammers. (You know who they are.)

Danny, allow me to add a quick seventh:
• The Pitcher. (The marketer who can’t resist promoting themselves in commenting on anything.)

Sadly, I’m sure I can come up with many more. For now, let’s just promise that we’re not going to use any of these techniques.