TheSocialCIO/CIOs. Salesforce unveils Twitter CRM software - San Francisco Business Times: Seven Steps To A Better Twitter Daily. I first heard about Paper.li via Gautam Ghosh on Facebook a few weeks (or was it a month?)
Ago. It looked cool, but I didn’t really start playing with it until last week, and when I Amplify’d Neville Hobson’s excellent assessment of it. If you’re not already using it, I think you should check it out. IMHO. What is Paper.li? Much has already been written about what Paper.li is, so I won’t bore you with too many details. TwitterGram: Home. How to create an automated Twitter self-service "RSVP" app using Tropo.com. Do you want an application that lets your customers interact with you via Twitter - but to do so via "self-service"?
I.e. without a person having to help them? What if you wanted to make it so that people could RSVP for an event via Twitter and receive an automated acknowledgement? That's exactly the type of app a colleague of mine wrote about in this recent post: Linking to Twitter using Javascript & Tropo Scripting. A smart use of Twitter by Hyatt Hotels. I received this email from the folks who run the Hyatt Hotels guest loyalty program: We are pleased to announce that Hyatt™ is extending its hospitality and service to accompany you at all times during your travel journey.
Whether it’s before, during or after your stay, Hyatt hospitality will be on-hand to make your travel experience easier and more enjoyable through our new service called HyattConcierge, which can be accessed through Twitter by any web-enabled device.Twitter is a network of 3 million users and is a great tool to find quick, easy answers and information. Twitter Dating - Plenty of Tweeps. 25 Suggestions For How To Use Twitter In 2011. 10 Twitter Features You Might Be Missing: Online Collaboration « Without a doubt, Twitter has become a useful communications tool for everything from breaking news to emergency dispatches to business conversations.
Most of us tend to use only a few of the features Twitter offers; just enough to do what we want to do. For example, I use Twitter daily, accessing it from HootSuite on the web or TweetDeck on mobile, and I just tweet, check my @ messages and DMs, peruse my stream, retweet a few tweets, then move on to something else. However, the Twitter website is rich with features that may not be easily accessible (or even available) via other other tools. How to easily view a Twitter conversation on a single page. One of the fun parts of Twitter is watching conversations happen and picking up pieces of them as they go by.
Sometimes, though, you need more context than what is readily available on Twitter.com or via any third-party application. Here’s a super-simple tool that will show you an entire Twitter conversation with just a couple of clicks: First, you’ll need the ID of a Tweet in the conversation. To find that, just click on the time that a Tweet was sent, then copy the string of numbers at the end: Once you have that, you’ll want to head over to Aaron’s Twitter Viewer, then paste that number into the box: What you’ll find, after pasting the number then pressing Go is a page of conversation, neatly displayed before you: Our thanks to @ChuckReynods and @nacin for being our examples.
Help Center. Twitter’s Official Analytics Product Has Arrived. Twitter has started inviting a select group of users to test a new analytics product, Mashable has learned.
Such a product has been rumored for some time, and a Twitter executive said earlier this year that Analytics would debut by the end of 2010. With Twitter Analytics, users will be able to see a plethora of data about their account; for example, information about which tweets are most successful, which tweets caused people to unfollow, and who the most influential users are that reply and retweet their messages. In the images below, you can see how some of this data is charted. A bar graph over 6-hour increments shows you mentions, follows and unfollows, for example, and you can filter tweets by categories that are defined as "best," "good," and "all. " In what will no doubt come as a blow to the third-party vendors that are already providing similar tools, we’re hearing that the product will be free and that Twitter has no immediate plans to charge.
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Follow us on Twitter @genConnected. As someone who started using Twitter back in the fall of 2007, I’ve learned a thing or two along the way. 33,000+ updates later, there’s almost nothing I can’t say in 140 characters or less. Christopher S. Penn's Awaken Your Superhero. 13 Twitter Tips for Increasing Engagement. Twitter Not Going Mainstream? Correct, It Already IS Mainstream! 40 useful things you can share on Twitter besides blog posts. I was never good at 'pass the parcel' when I was a kid. I blame it mainly on being over zealous. That and my unhealthy competitiveness - always had to win (which didn't always make me the best birthday party guest!) Twitter reminds me of pass the parcel a bit - RSS readers are ripped open first thing in the morning and then the shiniest blog posts get circulated and shared...like a good prize should I suppose.
But shiny doesn't always equal useful. In fact, I'd argue that the more unusual and varied your stream is, the better - both for you and your followers. Making variety a pillar of your approach, coupled with the recognition that time is a finite resource, definitely means there is a place for short and sweet too (and how many blog posts can you really read in one day anyway?!?!?) Tales: Twitter is about... Life. My Best Twitter Advice. When did you lose or gain twitter followers? 5 Useful Tools to Track Twitter Unfollowers.
It can be hard not to take it personally, but being unfollowed on Twitter is as much a part of the microblogging service as direct messages and trending topics.
We can't make losing followers less tough, but we can help you track who stops reading your tweets, and potentially figure out why they hit the road. From services that alert you when someone clicks the unfollow button, to a timeline of tweets that enhances your ability to figure out where you went wrong, here are five options that can help you analyze when and why people unfollow you on Twitter. Let us know which tools you are using to track Twitter unfollowers in the comments below. 1. Friend or Follow Other than trawling through your followers list, or hitting up individual accounts to see if you can DM someone, there's not really an easy way on Twitter to see if someone is following you.
Solutions to this problem come through various web services, one of which is "Friend or Follow. " Donnapapacost : twitter100. 5 tips for finding the best people to follow on Twitter. Twitter has more than 100 million users, which means you're bound to encounter a lot of noise.
You'll find brands hawking their products or services, some users tweeting the mundane details of their everyday lives and spammers insisting you check out their "hottest new pix! " Um, no thanks. But within all that noise are people who can bring you value, whether it's an interesting perspective on an event, an exclusive offer, or an announcement from a figurehead from a competing business.
The tricky part is seeking these people out. The good news: tools can help you find the right followers. 5 Fab Twitter Follower Visualization Tools. We've brought you a few roundups of some pretty cool Twitter visualization tools in the past, and now we're back with five more for your Twitter-lovin' pleasure. The selection we've curated here concentrates on graphically presenting your followers, contacts and various snippets of information related to them.
If you're interested in seeing what your Twitter followers look like as a keyword cloud, on parade, or even on a mug, then have a look at the tools below and let us know your thoughts in the comments. 1. TwitterSheep. HOW TO: Send an Audio Tweet. When Twitter’s 140-character limit just isn’t enough to get your message across, or you want to give a tweet the personal touch, why not add some audio?
We've already brought you ways to share music on Twitter, but the solutions below will help you share the spoken word. Whether you want to sing happy birthday to someone, rant, or make a heartfelt apology, we’ve found five services that can help you out. All the services we’ve tested have three things in common — they are all completely free, they don't require a phone (i.e. they are web-based solutions), and they are all easy to use. There are differences between them, so it’s worth having a read through our experiences so you can see which would best suit your own needs. 1.
How to Mass Unfollow People on Twitter Who Are Noisy, or Don't Follow You. 10 Reasons You’re Not Getting Followers on Twitter. Twitter thrives on the relationship between you and your followers. And yet many small businesses struggle to gain a following and end up abandoning their profiles due to fundamental errors in the way they manage them. This often boils down to a lack of understanding of Twitter as a social channel and an inability or unwillingness to invest the time to learn. But the secret to success is simple: put yourself in your followers’ shoes and consider what you’re adding to their lives.
There are some common mistakes that I see again and again on Twitter, and encountering one or more of these on a profile significantly decreases the chances of me following and/or increases the chances of me unfollowing or blocking. 1. How well do you know your twitter followers? Number of Twitter followers is the most overrated metric in social media. Seriously, it’s total bunk. I know because I spend WAY too much time tracking my referral traffic from Twitter, and the people that send that traffic here via tweets and RTs. Two examples of how # of followers can be deceptive: 1 – Several months ago a member of Twitter with 70K followers tweeted a link to one of my posts. I got a grand total of 3 visitors from that tweet. I checked, and the guy was following 80K people. 2 – Last year, @ShannonPaul RTed a link to one of my posts.
50 Power Twitter Tips. A while back, I wrote 50 Ideas on Using Twitter for Business. It still gets plenty of attention, as it’s listed as an official resource on the Twitter business resources page (thanks, @ed!). But you know, I can’t leave well enough alone, so here I am with another 50 Power Twitter Tips. Feel free to repost all or any of this, but if you do, please give credit to this link.
I broke them down into five categories: intent, technical, business, integrated usage, and off-twitter. Some could probably fit in more than one category, such as it were. Here they are, sponsored by the Genesis WordPress theme: 21 Tips for Using Twitter for Business. Last year, Forbes magazine assembled a visual list for its Top 21 Twitter Tips to showcase business examples on how to use Twitter for marketing, service, sales, and ideation.
The original compilation served as inspiration for a new list, one that helps businesses of all shapes, sizes, and focus embrace not only Twitter, but all relevant social networks. While many examples and quotes remain the same, the list is modified based on my observations and personal experiences. 1. Special Offers. 7 Reasons Every Business Needs to be on Twitter. Despite the fact that Twitter has more than 32 million users, has received massive publicity from both celebrities and government, and produced remarkable results for companies like Dell and Zappos, many business executives still don't “get” Twitter. Granted, there is an awful lot of noise (“Just got back from the gym…eating pizza again for lunch…watch a Seinfeld rerun”), self-promotion and spam-like content on the world's most popular microblogging service—and to newbies it can seem like a bizarre online cocktail party where everyone is shouting and no one is listening—but for those who understand and learn to use it effectively, Twitter can be a powerful business tool.
Brand Elevation Through Social Media and Social Business. 12 Reasons to Start Twittering. Dan Schawbel: 5 Twitter Directories That Will Most Help Grow Your Personal Brand. Top Marketing Professors on Twitter. Twitter. TweetReach: How Far Did Your Tweet Travel? Twitter relationship manager. Twitter: I think I get it. Now what do I tweet? Elizabeth Ricca, Big Duck [Ed. note: This article is part of NTEN's Member Appreciation Month spectacular. The most popular pieces will be featured in our newsletter. TwiBack – New Twitter Application to Use Multiple Backgrounds and Profile Pictures and Rotate Them.