Social media | Celebs make tweet bucks as shills for stuff on Twitter. NEW YORK — Rapper Snoop Dogg gave praise on Twitter to the Toyota Sienna minivan. Actress Tori Spelling linked to a website for rental cars. And reality-TV personality Khloe Kardashian soliloquized about the brand of jeans that accentuates her famous derriere. “Want to know how Old Navy makes your butt look scary good? Ask a Kardashian,” she tweeted on the social-media website. Of course, she capped it with a smiley face. Such celebrities aren’t just writing about family cars and fashion choices for the heck of it. Twitter — which in its five-year existence has reshaped how people shop, vote and start revolutions — is changing the business of celebrity endorsements.
Just as Match.com and eHarmony pair up singles for dates, a growing number of startup businesses are hooking up companies with stars who get paid to praise products to their thousands — sometimes millions — of Twitter followers. The list of celebs and the things they hawk is long and getting longer. Twitter Soars Past TwitPic and YFrog to Become #1 Photo Service.
August 9th was a dark day for third-party Twitter photo sharing services like TwitPic and YFrog. Twitter launched its own official service with Photobucket as its hosting partner. Now, stats shared with us by photo search engine Skylines show that Twitter has become the number one photo sharing service on the platform, handling 36% of shares. TwitPic now processes 30% of tweeted photos and YFrog is down to 21%. Just 5 months ago, TwitPic had 45.7% and YFrog had 29.3%, but now it looks like they must differentiate or die a slow death. Things started getting scary for the third-parties in March when Twitter announced that straight-forward clients would no longer be permitted in an effort to promote diversity on the platform. Another critical blow as struck when Twitter announced it would open an API for its photo sharing service, allowing app developers to build on and host their photos with it rather than through third-party photo services.
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Twitter Unveils Web Analytics Tool, Expands Promoted Tweets. Twitter Web Analytics: How Digital Marketers Can Plan To Use Them. Twitter has (finally) announced a native analytics product that will be publicly available. In its post on the subject, Twitter laments the fact that “people have struggled to accurately measure the amount of traffic Twitter is sending to their websites.” That’s true. Twitter hasn’t provided its own analytics platform with detailed insight for website owners (brands, bloggers, media).
This has left marketers with no context other than what they could gather from tracking traffic from the Twitter web app, and more recently, shortening all links to a “t.co” domain. Now with a Twitter web analytics product, marketers will be able to go deeper into understanding the link between Twitter, their content and user engagement. But how should you get started? 1. Getting more detail from a powerful referral traffic source such as Twitter is compelling for brands already sophisticated with web analytics. 2. There is elegance in simplicity in marketing dashboards. 3. Donate | Obama for America | barackobama.com | Twitter T-shirt.
The Twitter Tea Towel: Bring Twitter Into Your. It’s always interesting when designers are able to combine the cozy feelings from our past into our present life. Those feelings of nostalgia always brings with them fun memories of a time long gone. We see this a lot in the retro gadgets that are so popular right now. We also see this in the retro gaming accessories that remind us of those old school video games.
One thing I haven’t seen before though is something that takes us back even further than our own childhood. This product reminds me of pictures and antiques I’ve seen from my grandmother’s house. Do you remember what a tea towel is? The only time I’ve heard of a tea towel in recent years was when Rob wrote about how to make a tea towel chicken right here on Bit Rebels. Apparently tea towels are still used in places like England and Ireland. You can order your own Tweet Towel for yourself or for someone special.
Twitter users invited to White House state dinner - TODAY People. WASHINGTON — The after-dinner playlist is set. The garden herbs have been harvested. The tweeple are on their way. Thursday's White House visit by South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, the fifth state visit of the Obama administration, features a new category of guests. The morning arrival ceremony, with its heavy dose of South Lawn pomp and ceremony, always is a sought-after ticket. The higher-octane state dinner still is the ultimate black-tie invitation in wonky Washington. But this state visit also will include a "tweetup," an in-person meeting of people who use social media such as Twitter and Facebook, offering participants — tweeple — a chance to attend and live tweet the arrival ceremony for the leader of one of the most wired nations on earth.
It's just one more way for President Barack Obama to make a grand show of hospitality for his South Korean guests at the first White House dinner for their country since 1998. When Mrs. 6 Bizarre and Unusual Tweets That Generated Lots Of Money Unexpectedly. 376 Flares Filament.io 376 Flares × The tweets in these stories have collectively and completely unpredictably brought in millions of dollars.
Stories range from the near-insane to the heartwarming; in one case, most of the money raised was in just 11 cent increments! But in every case, the result was an unexpectedly colossal success. We’ll cover pigs, losers, and some notes that turned into millions, before moving onto some heartwarming and unusually successful Twitter tales. To begin, let’s take the case of “Dear Internet: You Have Lost Your Mind…” “11¢ To Buy Something Incredibly Stupid.”
This isn’t our biggest money-making story, but it’s an unusally weird tale of amazing financial success—of a sort: On March 29, 2011, Twitter user @TheBloggess tweeted “Everyone on twitter paypal me 11 cents in the next 24 hours because I need $1,000 to buy something incredibly stupid.” She later said “I emailed [people] thank-you notes until my wrists seized up and I had to quit.” Article continues below. Twitter by the Numbers. There’s been a lot of talk about “followers” and “friends” and “likes” in social media. I agree that the size of one’s audience matters, but there are other numbers that are arguably better measures of impact and overall strength of one’s Twitter feed. I took over the account @HarperCollins about six months ago out of curiosity—I was skeptical about the use of Twitter and its potential to have an impact on book sales. Is it all just more noise or can it actually move the needle when it comes to revenue?
With some meticulous tracking, I’ve seen interesting results. A few essentials: Number of clicks on your links When someone clicks on your link, that’s evidence of interest in your content. Number of retweets When someone shares your content—even in the context of an opposing opinion—that’s more measurable engagement, as your “handle” and your words go beyond your own subscribers. Number of messages, mentions, and replies Size of your engaged audience Time Follow Friday and Worth Watching. 75% Use Same Password for Twitter and Email, Study Finds.
Twitter Integration in iOS 5: A closer look | iPhone Atlas. Among the many new features in iOS 5 for Apple's mobile devices, one seemingly small addition will make sharing your life in fewer than 140 characters much easier. Integrated Twitter features are now an option in most of the main iOS apps, and on first use, you'll see just how easy it is to send tweets from your browser, photo app, YouTube, Contacts, or Maps. iOS 5 doesn't come standard with a complete Twitter experience that lets you browse tweets as well, but during your first setup you'll find a handy button for downloading Twitter's official client. To get started, you have the option to set up Twitter integration in your iPhone settings beforehand, or you can enter your information when sending a post from any of the integrated apps for the first time. You can either enter your Twitter log-in information or create a new account in just a couple of easy steps. With your account(s) set up, you'll now be able to send posts to Twitter from each of the apps.
Don’t Want To Read Your Whole Twitter Timeline? Why Not Listen To It Instead? Castroneves fined $30K for criticizing IndyCar on Twitter. INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – Three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Helio Castroneves called IndyCar race director Brian Barnhart a "circus clown" during a Twitter rant last week and that cost him $30,000 on Tuesday. The three-time Indianapolis 500 winner was fined and put on probation after complaining about a penalty imposed on the final lap at Japan, making him the first driver in series history to be disciplined for comments posted on Twitter. STORY: Wheldon eyes $5 million, will race in Kentucky And it was there on the social network that he responded to Tuesday's fine. "At this point, I think it's best to just put this situation behind me and move forward," he wrote.
"We have a big race this weekend and my focus now is getting back on track and behind the wheel of the No. 3 Team Penske car as we try to defend our win from last season at Kentucky Speedway. " In Japan, Barnhart dropped Castroneves from seventh to 22nd place after he made a pass under yellow. Twitter used as a tool to map epidemics.
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