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#FollowFriday – it’s not just a list!

May 8, 2009 By 16 Comments

It’s Friday again, which means #followfriday, where Twitter users recommend people they think are good to follow by sending a Tweet saying ‘#followfriday @username because blah blah blah’

Well, to my mind, that’s what we SHOULD be doing – but in effect what tends to happen is this:

“#followfriday @username1 @username2 @username3 @username4 etc”

Now, anyone who knows me knows that I’m not one for telling people HOW to use Twitter. I can tell you categorically, however, that I pay no attention to those type of lists. I’m sure that YOU know why you’re telling me to follow someone, but with a list like that *I* don’t.

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Twitter is NOT for sale!

May 7, 2009 By 1 Comment

You must have heard the rumours:

“Google is buying Twitter, please retweet”

“No they’re not, Apple is, pls RT”

Well, according to Business Insider, co-founder Biz Stone was on US programme ‘The View’ yesterday and emphatically stated “We are not for sale”.

With the big boys allegedly waiting to pounce, in my mind it can only be a matter of time before they have to monetise Twitter somehow – don’t forget that there are investors waiting for a return on their investment – and I don’t think the Adwords style ads that are showing on profiles at the moment is the final answer.

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It’s not just for kids and geeks – Twitter is good for business too!

May 7, 2009 By 1 Comment

5 types of business that should be using Twitter

They’re all talking about it – the online phenomenon for 2009. Forget Google, forget Facebook and don’t even mention Yell.com – Twitter is where it’s at this year!

Founded in 2006 as a way to let fellow members know “what you are doing”, Twitter has expanded way beyond its founders wildest dreams.

2009 is the year Twitter has become more “mainstream”. This has been helped by celebrities such as Stephen Fry, Ashton Kutcher and Jonathan Ross espousing its virtues but also by the number of businesses out there realising the marketing and promotional capabilities of Twitter.

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Launching Twinterviewing – Twinterviews with Tweeters around the world!

May 5, 2009 By 2 Comments

I’ve been thinking about it for a while – live Twinterviews with people using Twitter for business, but wasn’t sure how to go about it.

And then it hit me – we’ll do it through a Twitter account – and so Twinterviewing was born.

So how does it work?

Well, once or twice a week, we’ll run a live Twitter interview – by following the Twinterviewer and the Twinterviewee, you’ll be able to follow the thread of the interview, and we’ll be using hashtags so that you can see the whole thing later on. We’ll probably also archive the interviews here on Business on Twitter.

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What’s the difference between Social Media Marketing and Traditional Marketing?

May 4, 2009 By 1 Comment

A great post today from Microgeist on the differences between Social Media marketing and more traditional marketing.

Pop over and read the full article, but here’s a quick list of the differences:

  • 1 way vs 2 way conversations
  • Real, or near real, time response
  • Authenticity in consumer data
  • A spectrum of relationships
  • Interactive media
  • Self produced media
  • A focus on content
  • Equalisation amongst authorities
  • A nearer proximity to authority
  • The ability to establish real trust
  • Constant adaptation and growth
  • Diverse distribution channels
  • Low cost
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It’s FollowFriday! What’s FollowFriday?

May 1, 2009 By 5 Comments

It’s Friday today – on Twitter it’s known as FollowFriday.

Now, if you don’t know where FF came from, feel free to read this – http://mashable.com/2009/03/06/twitter-followfriday/ for the longer version, or below for the shorter version and why I think it’s good

FollowFriday began in January 2009, and it’s a way of recommending people on Twitter to your followers. You recommend a person, and then you say why others should follow them. You could recommend more than one person, and send more than one Tweet about this if you want. The important bit (to my mind) is to tell people WHY they should follow this person.

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