Tag Archives: social network

The 10 Stages of a Tweeter

3 Sep

My Tweets Over Time (via TweetStats)

Now that I have been using Twitter for some time – from jumping on the bandwagon, to experiencing the learning curve, to really beginning to understand the value – I thought I would share my experience in hopes that I can educate some of those who are still misinformed about usefulness of Twitter and as such have not yet given it a shot.  Though Twitter may not be for everyone, not giving it a shot due to being misinformed is just a shame.

So heres a summary of my experience with Twitter, in all honesty, in hopes that it will enlighten those who are still struggling to understand the platform and its usefulness.

  • Stage 1: Twitter, Shmitter!
    Why would I want to listen to people Tweet that they are “on the porch”??  Come on..

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Social Updates as a Marketing Medium: Part 2

15 Jan

Part 2: Using Foursquare via Twitter for Local Marketing

With the new trend of utilizing social media for getting out marketing messages, there has been a lot of buzz around here lately.  Most of the office is not on Twitter, and I don’t think any are on Foursquare, so when an email with this link from AdWeek circulated around the office, a lot was bounced around.
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Social Updates as a Marketing Medium: Part 1

15 Jan

Part 1: Facebook Status Updates for Awareness

For years now users have been hooked on Facebook app games.  The miracle somehow occurred that developers and marketers teamed up from the beginning with the bright idea to utilize all of their faithful gamers’ Facebook status as a marketing medium by blasting brand messaging via status update everytime their cow takes a poop or their fish dies.

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FB’s Addition of @Mentions : Throwing in the Towel?

15 Sep

To me this move signifies what may be the beginning of the fall of Facebook.

I believe Facebook just became to Twitter as Myspace has become to Facebook -  a copycat, a poser that is recycling used technology because they don’t want to fall behind in the race and be forgotten.  When Facebook came in they had it nailed – a general concept that people were beginning to really latch on to meshed with a completely original, vastly improved interface with deep functionality. But technology and the demands of users morph over time, and Twitter has developed an approach that users seem to really get. (more…)