"Tweeting" Archives

My 5,000th Tweet – Why it Took 2 Years to Get There

Posted on 22 July 2009 (8)

Hello, my name is Brian Wallace, and I’m a Twitterholic.  I’ve been on Twitter as @nowsourcing nearly 2 years now.

(image credit: whendidyoujointwitter.com)
So if I’ve been on Twitter so long, you might be skeptical that I only have 5,000 updates and not even 5,000 followers. Other people are flying by in follower counts.  And that’s fine.  [...]

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Proof that Savvy Social Media Users are the Most Contagious Viral Seeds

Posted on 26 August 2008 (42)

This is a guest post by Dan Zarrella, social and viral marketing scientist. He has put together a viral content sharing report and below is an expansion and exploration of some of the data uncovered by that report.
The research I did on viral content sharing shows that frequent users of social web technologies like Twitter, [...]

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Think Twitter Sucks? You’re Wrong, Here’s Why.

Posted on 11 March 2008 (25)

I’ve probably just become the envy and bane of every desk-chained slave of the corporate world… (please don’t hate me!) Hi! I’m Patricia Mayo, and I get paid to do the stuff most get fired for doing. Officially, my title is “Social Media Strategist.” But really I just stick my head in the clouds, pull out great ideas, and play with those sites you probably need a proxy to visit at work. My apologies in advance if I end up getting you fired… *sheepish grin* How did I get such a great gig? Well – chances are you have already seen my work.

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