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Should Businesses Use Twitter As a Marketing Channel? [Infographic]

Mindjumpers

Launched in 2006, Twitter is popularly called the “SMS of internet&#. Another important thing to note here is the emergence of the trend of a channel being used for a specific function. One of such platforms whose value for business and utility is being questioned is Twitter.

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A Brief History of the Evolution of Social Technology

Social Media Marketing

Used to rally demonstrators, Facebook postings, mobile phone images and SMS messaging played a huge role in organizing a thus-far loose-knit regime opposition. David Murton has been helping companies build and maintain their online relationships with customers since 2006. Cases in point are the recent uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia.

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Teens & Young Adults Prefer Facebook Over Blogs

Firebelly

Blogging by teens (ages 12-17) has been cut in half - from 28 percent in 2006 to 14 percent in 2009. Where did they go? Social networking sites (SNS). 73 percent of teens and 72 percent of Gen Y are now active on at least one SNS. 71 percent of young adults prefer Facebook while 66 percent of younger teens prefer Myspace.

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Preparing for the Next Disaster: The Future of #crisisdata

SocialFish

Patrick Meier is a director of crisis mapping at Ushahidi, which is a platform that unifies data gathered from multiple sources (SMS, e-mail, web) and distributes it onto a visual map or timeline. In the five years since Hurricane Katrina, social media has exploded, and its potential for use in crises was clear after the Haiti earthquake.

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Why I Rarely Answer My Phone | Bare Feet Blog

Bare Feet Studios

And when we had our little earthquake here a few years back, phone did not work tho SMS did! Roxanne Darling August 13, 2010 at 1:06 pm @Mike – Unlimited texting really covers the mark. Looking at the “emotionally high bandwidth&# cost to phone call interruptions as Clive mentioned, you’ve added context here.

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Five Benefits to Using Twitter Â? Techipedia | Tamar Weinberg

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

When email is unavailable, there’s almost always SMS. © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg. Last week, when I went to Seattle, I was in a timezone that put my family three hours ahead of me. Still, they were interested in my whereabouts and wanted me to email them. Have them check your Twitter page to see that you are safe and sound.

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Dear YouTube – You Broke My Heart – An Open Letter to @YouTube

ProBlogger

Our romance has been long – it began years back (my birthday in 2006 if I recollect correctly) when I summonsed the courage to post a little video of myself on you and then posted it on my blog. You didn’t call, email, SMS, Tweet… I had to hear it from a friend – and nobody seems to know why.

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