Posts Tagged ‘twitter’

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This is a guest post by Robert J. Moore, the CEO and co-founder of RJMetrics, a on-demand database analytics and business intelligence startup that helps online businesses measure, manage, and monetize better. He was previously a venture capital analyst and currently serves as an advisor to several New York startups. Robert blogs at [...]

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July 28th, 2009 | by Ben Parr
Twitter now has a brand spankin’ new homepage. Of course, if you’re a regular TwitterTwitter user, you’re rarely going to see it because you’re already logged in. But for the 5 billion+ people Twitter has yet to convert, it provides the company’s big chance to get them [...]

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July 27th, 2009 | by Sharlyn Lauby
Sharlyn Lauby is the president of Internal Talent Management (ITM) which specializes in employee training and human resources consulting. She authors a blog at hrbartender.com.
I admit I’m a Twitter addict. I enjoy the flurry of tweets and the variety of information my followers share with me. But even [...]

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July 23rd, 2009 | by Ben Parr
We know that Twitter’s rising rapidly in popularity. We also know that a huge number of Twitter users don’t stick around. So what’s a company with a user retention problem to do? Launch a guide to using its own product, of course.
Just minutes ago, Twitter [...]

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by Julie Posetti, May 27, 2009
Twitter became big news once journalists realized its power as a tool for breaking stories during the Mumbai Massacre in 2008. In the aftermath of the micro-blogging platform hitting the headlines, there was an explosion of professional journalists in the Twittersphere. This growth has been fueled by increasing [...]

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by Robin Wauters on February 10, 2009
Companies using Twitter for commercial purposes may soon start getting charged for that activity, according to an interview British trade magazine Marketing (part of BrandRepublic) held with co-founder Biz Stone.
This is what Stone reportedly said:
“We are noticing more companies using Twitter and individuals following them. [...]

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By David Chartier | Published: December 30, 2008 - 11:40AM CT
Ubiquitous microblogging service Twitter is once again making political news today with the announcement that the Consulate General of Israel in New York will hold a “Citizen’s Press Conference” today. David Saranga, Consul of Media and Public Affairs, will be taking questions about [...]

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from Mashable! by Adam Ostrow

California is yet to pass Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s budget, intended to help correct the huge deficit the state is expected to face over the next year and a half. The Governator has apparently had enough, and is turning to social media to urge constituents of the nation’s most populus state [...]

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By Brian Solis
As online conversations continue to gain in prominence and relevance to any customer and market-focused business, it becomes critically important for marketing and service professionals to listen. It’s the listening that serves as the foundation for identifying, guiding, and establishing meaningful engagement.
Twitter is one of the more active and influential communities [...]

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by Michael Arrington on December 28, 2008
If you are the kind of person who can’t help but look when you drive by an accident scene, DMFail is for you. The site, which has been all the rage on Twitter for the last few days, shows direct (private) messages that were sent [...]