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Corporate Twitter Account Train Wreck! The 3 Types of Self-Destructive Tweets

Convince & Convert

As more and more companies ramp up their Twitter presence, the likelihood that something off-message will slip by the digital goalie goes up considerably. As usage of tools like CoTweet (client) and Hootsuite soar, this becomes an ever-more-likely scenario. Note that I LOVE the advice from Beth Kanter in her post on Twitter drama.

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10 Social Media Tools To Help With Your Crowdsourcing Efforts

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

There have also been doctors that have used social networking tools, like Twitter, during surgery. He used Twitter to raise money for charity if people tweeted and blamed his cancer. Here are ten social media tools that can aid you with crowdsourcing: Twitter It is already being used for many crowdsourcing efforts.

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Train Wreck! The 3 Types of Self-Destructive Corporate Tweets

Convince & Convert

As more and more companies ramp up their Twitter presence, the likelihood that something off-message will slip by the digital goalie goes up considerably. There are 3 types of Twitter miscues that cause corporate heartburn (or worse): Twit Happens #1 – Wrong Pipe. Twit Happens #2 – Tone Deaf.

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Invitation Avalanches, Attention Infidelity, and the Science of the Social Break-Up

Convince & Convert

That’s one of my main takeaways from fascinating new research from ExactTarget and CoTweet (clients) called “ The Social Break-Up &# that studies why customers call it quits like Kim Kardashian and boyfriend du jour. We know that Twitter follows and Facebook likes are essentially digital bumper stickering. Not one bit.

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The Twitter Follow Ratio

Koka Sexton

Koka Sexton dot Com Home About Koka Contact Twitter FULL RSS The Twitter Follow Ratio I was chatting it up with a fellow Tweet the other day talking about interesting Twitter apps that we both like to see if anything new has come around. Twitter Friend-Follower Ratio Scale Here’s how the TFF scale works: A ratio of less than 1.0

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Epic News Alerts On Twitter

Koka Sexton

Koka Sexton dot Com Home About Koka Contact Twitter FULL RSS Epic News Alerts On Twitter In my continuing saga to understand everything about Twitter , I wanted to see how mainstream news is contributing. Twitter is a communication tool, so there is no surprise that mainstream media wants to capitalize on the service.

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The Twitter Follow Ratio - Koka Sexton dot Com

Koka Sexton

Koka Sexton dot Com Home About Koka Contact Twitter FULL RSS The Twitter Follow Ratio I was chatting it up with a fellow Tweet the other day talking about interesting Twitter apps that we both like to see if anything new has come around. Twitter Friend-Follower Ratio Scale Here’s how the TFF scale works: A ratio of less than 1.0

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