Twitter Sentiment Tracking: 5 Free Ways To Track Twitter Sentiment. We’ve seen a lot of great improvements in our ability to track and monitor social media over the last year. One area where it’s still lagging, however, is in the area of sentiment analysis. But that doesn’t mean it’s impossible. There are still ways to track associated brand sentiment if you’re a business looking to do so. Here are five easy-to-use Twitter sentiment analysis tools that can help you break down whether or not a tweet is positive, neutral or negative about your brand.
Twitter Search When it comes to sentiment analysis tools for Twitter, this is about as rudimentary as it gets. Twitter Search doesn’t allow for any real sentiment analysis, however, you can create saved searches for tweets that mention your name + :), :(, or with a question mark. Twitter Sentiment Twitter Sentiment is among my favorite ways to monitor brand mentions on the site. Social Mention Twendz Twitrratr Twitrratr is a site dedicated to ‘tracking opinions on Twitter’ and does a pretty good job doing so. Twitter launches Site Streams to eliminate rate limits for tweets about you. How can I customize Campaign Monitor for my clients? - Campaign Monitor. Campaign Monitor is a white label application that can be rebranded to look like your own product. You can integrate it with other software systems and customize the app itself with your own domain and branding. Many companies use Campaign Monitor just for themselves and still like to customize the account with their own logo and site name.
This page will walk you through all the options available in the Customize section of your account: Color scheme The first thing on the Customize page is a set of color swatches to change how your account looks throughout. Whatever you select is what your clients will see as well, if you have given them account access. Settings Next on the page is "Settings".
Site address You can change the site address chosen when your Campaign Monitor account was created. .com you could change it to yourcompanyname. .com Or, you can override the default domain name completely and set up an account custom domain. Site name Header logo Login logo .com to access the account. JavaScript Tools bundle for Textmate. In my post about TextMate productivity tips I didn’t mention any plugins or bundles. However, one bundle that is really useful and deserves a mention is the JavaScript Tools TextMate Bundle. To install the bundle, download the zip archive, unzip it, and rename the resulting folder to “johnmuhl-javascript-tools.tmbundle”. This should make TextMate recognise it as a bundle that you can install by double-clicking or dragging to TextMate’s icon in the Dock. The bundle does two main things: It lets you run JavaScript Lint from within TextMate, making it much quicker and easier to check your scripts for any problems.
It’s sort of (but not quite) like validating your markup or CSS. Twitter won me over. Yes, I admit I was wrong Jon Friedman's Media Web. By Jon Friedman, MarketWatch NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- I should've known better. Months ago, I took the time and space here to rip Twitter. I thought it was overhyped and fairly useless. Plus, having recently begun to embrace Facebook, in my mind I foolishly felt a need to pit one social network against another. But things have changed. Twitter has made a believer -- if not quite a convert from Facebook -- out of me. Google Music's not here yet. You're going to have to wait some time before you can use Google Music, because the service doesn't exist yet.
I'm not the only one who has seen the light. Watch Media Matters: Why Susie Gharib doesn't tweet Brian Williams, the NBC /quotes/zigman/227468/delayed/quotes/nls/ge GE -0.12% news anchor, has yet to join the Twitter brigade. Twitter has multiple practical purposes for media people. One of the most fascinating elements of Twitter's rise is now speculating how widespread the innovation can get. An online community Cool factor Volume: 339,558. Who Sees Your Tweets? - Web, Twitter, Social Networking & Foursquare Thoughts. I got involved in a tweet conversation today which once reminded me how few people understand who sees your tweets. So much so that I decided to put pen to paper (metaphorically speaking). Ok, with a normal (i.e. public, not private) Twitter account the following applies: 1) Your followers will ‘see’ (in their tweetstream) any of your ‘normal’ tweets. 2) Your followers will NOT see your direct messages (DMs). These are only visible to you and the recipient. 3) Your followers will ONLY see your replies if they too are following the person being replied to.
Ok, that’s a mouthful, let’s try an example. The last one does catch a lot of people out. The last point is the whole reason why (old style) RT works – by changing a tweet from a “reply” to a “mention”, which we do by prefixing it with the adhoc characters RT (btw these characters are not particularly significant to Twitter), you allow the tweet to be visible to all your followers. Phew!
Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device Like this: Inspiration From The Past – Vintage Airline Timetables. It’s time to remember a bit of the past again. If you like the old school design this post will truly inspire you. Here you will find cover images of timetable publications of prominent airlines from around the world like Aeroflot, PanAm, Delta Airlines, Swissair, JAT, Alitalia, Lufthansa, KLM etc.
It’s amazing to see how good these designs are, and how the design trends have changed during the years. So here’s some great examples of vintage airline timetable publications. Let’s fly! Lufthansa 1927 PanAm 1929 Davis Airlines 1930 PanAm 1930 CSA – Czech Airlines 1932 Aero Espresso Italiana 1933 Air France 1934 Swissair 1934 SAM – Società Aerea Mediterranea 1934 British Airways 1936 Air France 1937 British Airways 1939 PanAm 1939 Air Afrique 1939 Aeroflot 1940 PanAm 1945 CSA – Czech Airlines 1948 SAS – Scandinavian Airlines 1948 JAT – Yugoslav Airlines 1950 JAT – Yugoslav Airlines 1951 Swissair 1953 JAT – Yugoslav Airlines 1957 Lufthansa 1957 PanAm 1958 Air India 1959 Panair do Brasil 1959 Aeroflot 1961 PanAm 1980.
Wales Blog Awards | Entry form. South Wales Internet Strategy Program - Web, Twitter, Social Networking & Foursquare Thoughts. I’m pulling together some ideas for something I’m loosely calling an “Internet Strategy development program for business” (working title). The concept is to help business develop a much greater awareness of what they could be doing in the new digital arena. Topics covered include: - social media - website analytics - seo - online marketing - email marketing … One possible format is this: a group meets once a month and we discuss the current topics, discuss how the group progressed that month and set the (flexible) goals for the next month (I like the idea of the group format as attendees can learn from each other in a very supportive environment).
My current thinking is that the program would run for between 6-9 months so we have enough time to properly cover the core topics. Perhaps after that we continue on a rolling basis discussing new topics and drilling down deeper into existing ones. A few things I am mulling: - should I perhaps have social media as a program on its own? Like this: Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway :: Blaenavon, Torfaen. Florida tourism saved by social media. Really. The state mounted a PR blitz to show beachgoers that Florida's surf had been spared an oily disaster. Presidential visits aside, it seems social media helped save summer tourism on the Gulf of Mexico By Shelley DuBois, reporter The BP (BP) Deepwater Horizon spill happened in the middle of nowhere in the Gulf of Mexico, but it also took place, as every event of global import now does, in the realm of social media.
The company and the government learned -- again -- the hard lesson that controlling the information and imagery from the spill is nearly impossible in today's climate. "When you think gulf tourism, you typically think Florida," says Will Seccombe, chief marketing officer for Visit Florida, the state's tourism division. On May 11, about three weeks after the spill, Visit Florida launched a marketing campaign that BP would have killed for, taking advantage of the same social media tools that the media used to spread information about the spill. Charlie Brooker on the "Ground Zero Mosque" Top 10 Lost Technologies.
The world has never been more technologically advanced than it is now, but that doesn’t mean that some things haven’t been lost along the way. Many of the technologies, inventions, and manufacturing processes of antiquity have simply disappeared with the passage of time, while others are still not fully understood by modern day scientists. Some have since been rediscovered (indoor plumbing, road building), but many of the more mysterious lost technologies have gone on to become the stuff of legend.
Here are ten famous examples: 10. Stradivari Violins One lost technology of the 1700s is the process through which the famed Stradivari violins and other stringed instruments were built. How was it Lost? The technique for building Stradivari instruments was a family secret known only by patriarch Antonio Stradivari and his sons, Omobono and Francesco. 9. 8. 7. Following its initial successes, Cahill developed big plans for his Telharmonium. 6. 5. 4. 3. 2. 1. 10 ways data is changing how we live.
Via:@nickbilton: 10 ways data (& data vis) is changing how we live: Let a Thousand Personalized Newspapers Bloom. I wrote recently about Paper.li, a service from a Swiss company called Small Rivers, which pulls in your Twitter stream and extracts any links shared by those you follow, then displays those links in a newspaper-style format. (The company was recently funded by Kima Ventures, whose co-founder bought the French newspaper Le Monde.) More and more Twitter users I follow seem to be making use of the service to construct their own personalized newspapers. Here are a few of the ones I have come across (if you’re interested, my Paper.li is here): Jeff Nolan (technology blogger and VC — @jeffnolan)Umair Haque (director of Harvard’s media lab — @umairh) Ross Mayfield (co-founder of Socialtext — @ross)Wired magazine (the Wired Daily account — @wired)Stowe Boyd (online consultant — @stoweboyd)Alex Howard (O’Reilly correspondent — @digiphile) In many ways, this is a natural extension of the idea that if the news is important “it will find me.”
@jamesainsworth seen this? Very handy for ISS sighting... Email Subject Lines that Won't be Ignored. iPhone : How panhandlers use free credit cards. What would happen if, instead of spare change, you handed a person in need the means to shop for whatever they needed? What would they buy? Can you spare your credit card, sir? In New York City, an advertising executive recently handed over her American Express Platinum Card to a homeless Manhattan man after he had asked her for change.
The man, who had been without home after losing a job, used the card to buy $25 worth of deodorant, water and cigarettes. And then he returned the card. Concerns over the wisdom of sharing of credits cards and credit card fraud aside, the unlikely encounter became a talking point — a feel-good story about, as the New York Post put it in a headline: “A bum you can trust — honest!” Over the past two weeks, I wandered Toronto’s downtown core with five prepaid Visa and MasterCard gift cards, in $50 and $75 denominations, waiting for people to ask for money.
When they did, I asked them what they needed. Some were unbelieving at first. His name is Jason. 13 Twitter Tips for Bloggers | Girl Goes Tech. Geni's living in a box (living in a cardboard box) 10 Ways to Create Your Blogging Persona | JesseLuna.com. By: Susan Young, President, Get in Front Communications, Inc. Too many bloggers are suffering from an identity crisis. It’s like those dreaded high school years when you awkwardly try to find your way and be comfortable in your own skin. It’s not much fun. In business, it’s critical to develop your identity, brand, voice and persona for one reason. Revenue. If you don’t have a clear and crisp voice (through your blog), how can you expect anyone to pay attention to it? Would you give your hard-earned money to someone who is unsure of themselves? The key is to connect with your readers and build rapport with them—through your writing. Here are 10 tips: Get real! Blogging and branding take time. Susan Young works with businesses who want to increase their publicity, credibility and revenues with public relations and social media.
Sign up for her free 21-day video series, “Speaking of Communication” at www.getinfrontblogging.com. Steve Jobs Oldie but Goodie. Are You Protecting Your Ideas? Learn How to do it Right! | Under30CEO. “[I]f knowledge is the means for creating value, then intellectual property is the means for extracting that value.” – Arena & Carreras, The Business of Intellectual Property, Oxford University Press (2008).
Protecting intellectual property is a key business and legal concern that is often overlooked, for one reason or another, by many small businesses. By understanding, identifying and taking steps to maximize the value of intellectual property assets, businesses can enhance their competitive position in the marketplace, develop new revenue streams, and enhance their value when it comes time to sell. Types of Intellectual Property and Measures for Protection Trademarks and trade dress are the identity of the business and its products and services.
A business may have several—or, in the case of Disney, thousands—of trademarks to identify and distinguish its goods and services in the marketplace. Copyrights protect the creative expressions of ideas. Want to reach more customers online? HTML5 Boilerplate - A rock-solid default for HTML5 awesome. Commodore 64 Modern Replica Coming Soon. When I read a year ago that Asus, one of the big companies behind the netbook craze, was coming out with a keyboard PC, I couldn't help but think of the Commodore 64. A keyboard with a personal computer inside that you hook up to your TV? Everything that's old is new again. But when I read recently that the company licensing the Commodore brand was planning a Commodore 64 replica with an Intel-powered PC inside, I had to check the calendar. I thought for sure it was some sort of April Fools' joke. (August Fools' Day, perhaps?)
Alas, it's apparently for real. ZDNet UK reports that the new Commodore PC64 will have an Intel Atom processor, 4 GB of RAM, a 1 TB hard drive and an optical drive (CD/DVD or Blu-ray). Pricing has not yet been disclosed. I haven't seen any reports of what operating system the new machine will have. The original C64 keyboard had a "Commodore" key and a control key. I also wonder if they'll be able to match — of all things — the red power light. Use a Dab of Vaseline to Take Vintage-Style Photos. RT @jeffbullas The Top 20 Threats To Social Media Marketing. Social Media Marketing has moved from an interesting idea to an essential part of the marketing arsenal in the last couple of years.
It was nearly a year ago that I wrote an article on why the CEO Is afraid of Social Media and followed that up with a post that provide some answers on why he should be using social media in the 21st century that highlighted the frustration a lot of marketers were suffering due to the traditional and conservative approach to marketing. Yet despite social media marketing’s maturing from a noisy infant to an arrogant adolescent in the marketing department, over the last 12 months the resistance to taking it seriously and apply and implement appropriate resources is still ever present. 1. Having the time to make the most of it 2. 3. 4, Getting buy in from senior managers and CEO’s 5.Measuring the ROI so as to be able to justify resources and efforts for your Social Media Marketing 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19 Lack of guidelines and procedures.
How Big Brands Employ Social Media Marketing - An Andy Sernovitz Interview. Amazing Roger Federer trickshot on Gillette ad shoot. In need of relaxation? Here are some waves from South Beach, Martha's Vineyard - Eric Andersen's mini-blog. Paul Allen sues the Web for being obvious - Silicon Valley. A Long Tail Look at CRM as a Platform | The Social Customer. How To Bookmark Twitter Links. Sonar image of The Titanic. Google Adds A Filter For Finding Blogs. Self-Improving Bayesian Sentiment Analysis for Twitter. Senior Moment: Tweetin' Grannies and Gramps Outpace Social Whippersnappers. Hardware Acceleration is Coming to Chrome - Try it Now. Website wireframes kit for Adobe Fireworks. Social Bookmarking – The land time forgot. Privacy is Hard Because People Change Their Minds. Archive Your Tweets for Posterity with yourTwapper Keeper.
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