Twitter Introduces Custom Timelines | Huggity. Twitter announced today that they will be rolling out a new feature, called custom timelines to select users of the microblogging service through Tweetdeck. The new feature will give users the ability to create their own custom built streams of information out of content being shared in real time on Twitter. Introducing custom timelines, a new type of timeline that you control.
Twitter API (@twitterapi) November 12, 2013 This can include anything that is within a tweet, including hashtags, phrases or specific keywords and can be created either manually by each user themselves or programmatically build custom timelines by using a new Twitter API. The Custom Timeline will affectively act as Storify has done for some time now and let it’s users curate their own personalised content around a specific event or topic. Of course, Storify also incorporates Facebook updates into it’s application giving it at least one advantage. 8 Twitter essentials for PR | Articles | Social Media. For today’s PR pro, the question is no longer whether to tweet, but what to tweet.
This is, of course, a loaded question—akin to asking, what kind of pet should I buy? Happily, the answer need not be prohibitively complex. Although the specifics will depend on your specialty—crisis, public affairs, business to business, etc. —a variety of best practices cover our profession as a whole. Here are eight that every PR pro should follow: 1. Decide what percentage of your tweets will pertain to news about yourself and your firm, and what percentage will pertain to news about your industry. Follow the model set by @jowyang, who “rarely talks about waking up, eating lunch, or starting my car. 2. If a tweet concerns a client, disclose your relationship. 3.
Remember: Google is watching. 4. Include it in your email signature, on your business card, in your bio on the company website, and/or at the end of blog posts you write. 5. 6. 7. 8. What did I miss? (Image via) How to be a Twitter standout | Articles | Social Media. Since my friend Diana Adams (a.k.a @adamsconsulting on Twitter) and I created a list of “badass women on Twitter,” I get this question often: “How do I become a Twitter badass?” The things that make the community of women in this category so qualified are numerous. So here goes. What makes someone a “Twitter badass”: 1.
You tweet often and engage with those who reach out to you. 2. 3. 4. 5. Vad är meningen med Twitter? Måndag, 12 december, 2011 Inför en förläsning häromveckan behövde jag (Lena) få lite mer koll på läget. Så jag skickade ut ett öppet meddelande på Twitter:”Söker twittrare som jobbar med kvalitet och kvalitetsfrågor, ISO m.m. Finns det några såna här måntro?” Det som sedan följde är ett så bra exempel på nyttan med Twitter: Inom en kvart hade jag fått svar från både företag och yrkesverksamma personer. Jag ställde några följdfrågor och lärde mig lite mer om kvalitetsfrågor relaterat till användning av sociala medier.
Bland annat fick jag en liten inblick i hur en stor organisations kvalitetsavdelning använder sig av sociala medier i sitt arbete och en kommun berättade att de har en facebook-grupp för anställda som arbetar med kvalitetsfrågor. Naturligtvis är detta inte på något vis en vetenskaplig undersökning, men det räckte gott för mig. De flesta ”kvalitetstwittrare” jag fick kontakt med sa sig ha användning för Twitter i sitt arbete. Följ många. Lycka till med Twittrandet! U R What U Tweet: 5 Steps To A Better Personal Brand. If you take a look at the top 10 Twitter users you'll see a list of famous men and women, from Justin Bieber to Selena Gomez, who have used the popular platform to further expand their personal brands. Perhaps more interesting, however, is how everyday people are investing more time and energy into social networking for professional purposes.
Just over a year ago, a local 16-year-old high school student emailed me out of the blue, proposing that he join me as a guest on a TV show I host. Winston Sih didn't send along a resume, but instead included links to his website, Twitter account, Facebook page, and three relevant YouTube clips. While few of us will ever have the celebrity factor to drive our online networks (or a PR spin team to protect us if we post something stupid), there is a lot we can learn from Sih and other personal brand-builders. In 2012, if you have a plan in place, smart social networking is the key to taking control of your professional life. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.