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“It was still really only a retweet, it doesn’t matter”

Date: 21st April 2010
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Those immortal words were uttered by David Prescott, son of John, in response to his dad retweeting a suggestion to click a link, find a Conservative party Google Pay Per Click ad and then click it to remove "50p from the Tories' war chest".

Obviously JP has a fair idea of how social media works and by doing so he was helping empty the Tories coffers. His son down playing it and saying it was "only" a retweet was trying to throw the less social media savvy off the scent, and they were probably reading a report about it in their newspaper. Their audience had no idea the power of a retweet to nearly 18,000 people. Their audience was traditional media readers and they were belittling a tweet. If it means that little, why have a presence at all Mr Prescott?

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Why are we adding loads of lists to Business on Twitter?

Date: 22nd March 2010
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Bright AtlantaI’ve been asked this quite a lot recently, and as I have nothing to hide, I thought I’d blog about it :)

Recently we’ve added a lot of posts asking for lists of people – copywriters, PR companies, recruiters, Marketing people – and we plan to add a lot more.

And lots of you have emailed me saying “Why are you doing this?” – some of you even think I have some evil master plan :)

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The Java Balloon Project – The Highest Twitter Client In The Room

Date: 22nd September 2009
Comments: 1 Related Categories: Interesting Tweets, Twitter Fun, Twitter News

A guest post from Viorel Spinu, co-founder of Sety (Java custom development company)

I would like to introduce to you a new Twitter related story that happened this Friday in Bucharest, Romania.

Friday, the 18th of September 2009, the first auto-tweet has been sent from a helium balloon during the local WebStock IT NewMedia conference.

The concept

As an example of unusual Twitter application, we have custom programmed an IPhone to automatically tweet a photo of the room every minute. Next, we have attached the IPhone to a helium filled balloon and let it fly during the WebStock conference (a local Bucharest IT conference), having so created “the highest twitter client ever”.

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7 New Twitter Apps from Killer Startups

Date: 28th May 2009
Comments: 4 Related Categories: Innovative Twitterings, Interesting Tweets, Twitter Apps, Twitter Fun, Twitter Musings, Twitter News, Twitter for Business

I’ve been a fan of Killer Startups for a while – the premise is that they add 15+ startup sites a day and allow users to vote on them. Unfortunately not as many people as could be are voting, and it seems that there are lots of (ahem) Killer Startups missing out on publicity, so if you could take the time to pop over and have a nose around, I’m sure it would be appreciated!

As this is a blog about Twitter, I’m only going to feature recent Twitter related posts on there, but there are others that are well worth a look too!

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

Date: 4th May 2009
Comments: 1 Related Categories: Interesting Tweets, Twitter Musings

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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Would you like to be featured on Business on Twitter?

Date: 7th April 2009
Comments: 7 Related Categories: Guest Blogs, Innovative Twitterings, Interesting Tweets, Twitter Apps, Twitter Fun, Twitter Musings, Twitter News, Twitter for Business

We’re looking to run another series of interviews with people who are using Twitter for Business purposes. It’s very simple, all you have to do is answer a few questions, in as much detail as you like.

Obviously, the more details you give us, the more likely we are to publish your interview first, but we’re not turning anyone away.

Simply copy and paste the questions below into an email and send to nikki@nikkipilkington.com, then follow Nikki on Twitter to be alerted when your interview is published!

Twitter Questions

How long have you been on Twitter?

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Have you had business from Twitter? Let us know!

Date: 19th March 2009
Comments: 6 Related Categories: Guest Blogs, Interesting Tweets, Twitter Musings, Twitter for Business

Guess What, I've just got my own Whale when I was twittering...
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In the last few days I’ve spoken to quite a few journalists about the fact that it IS possible to get business and leads from twitter.

I’ve argued with a couple of people who think that the only people who are making money from it are people offering Twitter training courses or Twitter consultancy.

And do you know what? It gets really frustrating. NOT because I’m trying to promote a Twitter training course. Not because I’m trying to sell them anything in fact (the course is no good if you’ve not already had some experience with twitter). But because I KNOW it works if done properly. And I’m pretty damned sure it will work for everyone.

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The power of the Retweet – how Stephen Fry helped me illustrate a point

Date: 18th March 2009
Comments: 26 Related Categories: Guest Blogs, Innovative Twitterings, Interesting Tweets, Twitter Fun, Twitter Musings, Twitter for Business

[365-289] Mr Fry
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One of the things I cover in the TweetMentor course, and one of the most overlooked things on Twitter (in my opinion) is the power of the Retweet.

The Retweet is an all round good thing in so many ways – I’m not going to go into them all here, but just point you to Retweetist before giving you an example.

Last night I published a short blog about the fact that Twitter had banned @TweepMe and why I agreed. It was one of many such blogs out there. Don’t tell anyone, but it wasn’t even the best….

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Early adopter? Baby Tweets from womb….

Date: 15th December 2008
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OK, I’m all for starting them young, but in the womb? :)

http://mashable.com/2008/12/14/baby-twitter/

Excerpt:

Expectant father Corey Menscher wanted to “create a device that would give me a chance to be aware of our baby’s movements”. He created a waistband for his wife which sends a Tweet everytime the baby kicks, naming the project “Kickbee”.

Read more here –>

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100 Greatest Twitter Secrets

Date: 10th October 2008
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We’re loving this:

MORE TWITTIN’ SECRETS…

in the series of 100 Twitter Tips, visit:

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