Jeffbullas. Twitter has always suffered an image problem and is not usually taken very seriously by the general public. Its name doesn’t help with some people even saying that ‘Twitter is for twits’. Despite this glamor and brand problem this has not held back its growth after its humble origins and launch in 2006. Since then Twitter has gained popularity worldwide and is estimated to have 225 million users, generating 65 million tweets a day and handling over 800,000 search queries per day. It is sometimes described as the “SMS of the Internet” and its 140 character limit keeps the messages short and simple. Its attraction as a social web media platform is maybe in its simplicity and real time messaging that enables breaking news and information to hit the web instantly without filters and censorship. 30 Terrific Twitter Facts and Figures What other interesting Twitter facts and figures have you heard about?
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Not the Clinton and Stacy kind of makeover. Though a little Photoshop to that avatar wouldn't hurt. I'm talking about the writing, content, and networking savvy required to truly cultivate value behind a Twitter page. I had to relearn these essentials after participating in a week-to-week experiment with our own company Twitter page, in which the reigns are handed off to a pair of employees (among three global offices) to host and tweet content however they so choose - with the intention of improving the overall quality of our Twitter presence. However, there are good intentions to outweigh the risks: healthy competition among the assigned tweeters; diverse quality in content that aligns with our company's fascination and study of digital culture and personal passions; and growth in everyone's comfort level with social media.
Twitter Search, Twitter Directory, Twitter Yellow Pages :: Twellow. Everything I Needed to Know I Learned from Twitter. “Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.” - Confucius I admit that when I first signed up for Twitter in the spring of 2008, I didn’t really “get it”. It took months for me to “see the beauty”, even though the awesomeness of Twitter had been there all along. Twitter really came alive for me when I began to see it as a mirror for life. I realized that Twitter teaches us everything we’ll ever need to know in 5 simple tips: 1.
We Are Interconnected Twitter is an interconnected web of life. Just like Twitter, our lives depend on interconnection. 2. Most people have realized by now that selfishness doesn’t get you very far on Twitter. Similarly in life, if all you care about is yourself and have no regard for others, you’re destined to an empty, lonely existence. 3. On Twitter, we choose our tweets (a.k.a. thoughts). In life, we also choose each thought we think. When we become aware that we have the power to choose our thoughts, we choose more carefully. 4. 5. What do you love to do? Favorite Tweets and Retweeted Tweets - Recent Most Popular Tweets on Favstar.fm.
Twitter Lists: Frequently Asked Questions and Strategies. Liz Pullen is a sociologist/ethnographer who is working on a qualitative research project on online social communities with a focus on Twitter. She Tweets as @nwjerseyliz and blogs at Spiral Scratch. Over the past few days, the new Twitter Lists feature has opened up to all Twitter users and there has been a flurry of people trying them out and evaluating their pros and cons. So far, three uses have become most visible: 1) Lists as a way of organizing your followers, 2) Lists as a form of recommendation, and 3) Lists as a way of measuring influence. This article will answer the most common questions about Twitter Lists and talk about how they can be strategically employed by users to enhance the Twitter experience.
Questions and Strategies Question: I've read HOW TO: Use Twitter Lists, but what else should I know about them? Strategy: Currently, each Twitter account can create up to 20 lists, and each list can include up to 500 users. Question: I have a protected account. Thinking About Changing Your Twitter Avatar? 5 Quick Tips To Help You Find The Perfect Picture. Your Twitter avatar, that little picture that accompanies every single message you publish on the network, is important. Probably more important than you think – a poll I ran a couple of years ago revealed that only 5% of my readers didn’t care about the avatar of the people they were following. Here are five quick tips to help you get it right. 1.
We Want To See YOU You should always use a recent photo of your face for your avatar – 58% of my readers prefer and expect that. And just your face – not a close-up of your eyeball, not a picture of you (at least, we think it’s you) from a mile away, and definitely not a picture of your pet, your baby, your favourite celebrity or all of the above. Exceptions: if you’re a brand with an established, recognisable logo, and/or your Twitter profile is managed by a team (as opposed to one person), then it makes sense to put your ego to one side and use your logo. Otherwise, no exceptions. 2. 3. 4. 5. And when you do change it, announce it. Conclusion. Twitter Abbreviations and Twitter Acronymns. HootSuite. Tweet-o-Meter - Giving you an insight into Twitter activity from around the world! Is it true that, "New York is the city that never sleeps!
"? Do Londoners send more Tweets than New Yorkians'? Is Oslo a bigger Tweeter than Munich? Is Tokyo as much into Tweets as Barcelona? Has San Francisco calmed down after all that talk about the iPad? Tweet-o-Meter Knows! The Tweet-o-Meter measures the amount of tweets (measured in Tweets per Minute or TPM) received from various locations around the world. Tweet-o-Meter is designed to mine data for later analysis relating to furthering our understanding of social and temporal dynamics for e-Social Science within the Twitter demographic. Pop Music Video The music video that inspired the application: Tutorial for Twitter. 101 (count ‘em) 101 Twitter Tips from Authopublisher.
Passive Guy has to admit it took him a while to warm up to Twitter, but he’s a big fan now. Each post that appears on this blog also goes out as a Tweet. For your information, about 25% of the new visitors to The Passive Voice come via Twitter links and PG is closing in on 2,000 followers. Excerpts: Twitter Tip #3: ReadabilityMake sure you proofread every tweet you make. It might seem trivial, but making sure that tweets use good grammar and have no spelling mistakes, will make you seem more professional, and your tweets will be more readable. If your followers are having a hard time understanding you, they won’t stay with you for long. . . .Twitter Tip #6: RetweetsRetweeting is fine, as long as you don’t do it often.
Link to the rest at Authopublisher Self-Publicity, Social Media. 15 Twitter Tips To Get You Tweeting Like A Pro. ManageFlitter - Twitter Account Management - Over 293 Million Unfollowed. Nurph. Chatting in Twitter? Get a Room. Twitter 101 : Twitter. Twitter has become one of the most popular social networking sites, mostly due to its ease of maintenance and simple, direct approach. All it entails is the submission of less than 140 characters, push of the enter key and your news, website, press release, etc. is tweeted to all of your followers. Piece of cake, right? Yes, but only after you learn the language, rules and landscape of the Tworld. Otherwise, it’s a foreign land. Here is the ‘Twrommer’s Guide’ to using Twitter: - Since you only have 140 characters, you’ll want to conserve space by shortening those long and unruly URLs.
. - Need Followers (people who receive your tweets)? - Put a ‘#’ in front of key words in your tweet. . - To reply a tweet to a specific person, add a ‘@’ to their twitter name, then tweet away. -If you read a tweet that you love and corresponds to your brand or aligns with your social networking purpose, retweet it. -And one last hint to help you keep track of tweets and who you follow. Twitter Unfollower Tracker :: Twitter App :: Who Unfollowed Me? Free to Join For users with up to 25k friends/followers, Who Unfollowed Me provides a limited functionality 'Lite' version.
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Laura shares some established Twitter marketing processes, best practices, and examples of successful case studies. In this 50-minute webinar, you will learn: What is Twitter and why is it importantHow to use Twitter to monitor your brand and engage customers and prospects directlyHow to reach media and bloggers directly to get PR coverage for your businessHow to measure your performance on Twitter Webinar Details Speaker: Laura Fitton (pistachio) Lazyscope. Mentionmap. Thewildsidejoed Back on Twitter.