Posts Tagged ‘Twitter’
Catching Up & November Summary
As much as I enjoy it I’ve been horrible about posting to my blog lately, and I’m blaming Twitter.
I find that I’m spending a lot more time on Twitter these days and the speed (of information transfer and to post) and audience size just blow away my blog. On average, I get more comments and.
Twitter is Killing My Blog
Increasingly I’m finding that I’m spending more time on Twitter and less time on my blog and I suspect I’m far from the only one. Blogs are great as a repository of information or in depth research but, for me, Twitter has become a much more efficient method of reading and sharing information, not to.
My Top 20 Outdoor-Industry Follows
By this point it should be pretty obvious that I love the outdoors and if you haven’t checked, about half of the people I follow are somehow related to outdoor-oriented sports. Blending my passions of the outdoor industry and social media is amazing; since I can’t be outside 100% of the time what better way.
Seven Basic Twitter Tips for Companies
Some of these might sound obvious but a lot of them seem to be ignored by companies on Twitter. Most will probably state that they don’t have the resources to dedicate to Twitter but they need to make them. A social media manager is just as important as a customer service rep, if.
The Historic Impact of Social Media
This is an absolutely terrific piece on the historic impact of social media by NYU professor Clay Shirkly. It’s certainly easy to forget about the power of social media when we take it for granted and use it for ‘poking’, and posting pictures of, friends. Shirkly states that, “The moment we’re living through –.
The Twitter Value Debate
A quick background to this post; this morning several friends and I had a conversation spawn about the value of Twitter to the masses. The discussion started between myself (@mattsolar) and my close friend, Pete (@petekuhn). Since we’re both bearish on Twitter’s value I decided to rope in another good friend, and content/Twitter.
The “real” Live Search – Summize & Twitter
I passed on the Google Dance this year but was curious to see pictures in near-real time (from less than an hour ago). Google and the other search engines can’t pull the data in that quickly but Twitter is able to using search.Twitter.com (aka Summize). A quick search for “Google Dance” yielded numerous pages of.
Twitter & Facebook Demographics by State
Some interesting graphs illustrating Facebook and Twitter demographics by.
Twitter Acquires Summize
Twitter has purchased Summize for a rumored $15M. Here’s Twitter’s blog on the subject. I’m still luke warm on Twitter, but I certainly think this is a good purchase for them.
“Summize is a popular service for searching Twitter and keeping up with emerging trends in real-time. Like Twitter, Summize offers an API so other products.
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Matt is an experienced search engine marketer and analyst. Over the last five years he’s managed small, regional campaigns and international, multi-million dollar campaigns. An active philanthropist, Matt has also been.
