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Is Twitter Crossing the Line Between Useful and Creepy

Convince & Convert

Thus, Twitter is following its now- familiar playbook of watching other companies innovate on its platform, and then either buying that technology, or copying it. Maybe it’s a sign of the social media times, where we know people by their avatar more so than their street address of phone number.

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Enterprise 2.0: social scorecard and social media karma

Laurel Papworth

Foursquare becomes Social Work and all the better for it. Daniel proposed that we set up Foursquare style badges to encourage staff to contribute and use the internet. Now we can see leaderboards and games played out in social spaces, it’s easier to buy into as a concept. systems from a thing of work to a thing of play.

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22 Twitter revenue streams – monetizing tweets

Laurel Papworth

Collectibles buy an account and get special badges like the Pro badge above. Or Foursquare style reward badges – most retweeted, most linked. Maybe nice avatars or backgrounds created by budding entrepreneurs and facilitated by Twitter? SMS other social networks are built on SMS revenues such as SMSFun.

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33 (of the) Best Social Media Guides, Tips and Resoures of 2012 So Far

Webbiquity SMM

’ Be yourself on social media platforms and reveal your true essence…Show who you are with your avatar and profiles. Seuss style, among them “‘Today you are you, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is youer than you.’ Include information that proves you’re human.”

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Facebook Credit: Zuckerberg next Treasurer of the Internet App2User

Laurel Papworth

Foursquare? Technically money is a Medium of Exchange (virtual item easily transported), often a Unit of Account (menu of stuff you can buy, a Show of Worth) and almost never a Store of Value (gold coins actually worth something). Say you buy a tractor for 5,000 Farm Coins, which equals about $3.30. local photo forum?

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

On days with big deadlines, I have to acknowledge that the needs my in-the-flesh clients may have to trump my friends-in-avatar-only for a day. On days with big deadlines, I have to acknowledge that the needs my in-the-flesh clients may have to trump my friends-in-avatar-only for a day. But just for a day. But just for a day.