Direct Marketing Observations

APRIL 26, 2011

I know that the comparisons between Facebook and Twitter are not justified. Facebook is really about developing deeper relationships with friends and family whereas Twitter is more about sharing and consuming information with people in a quick and easy fashion. And now Facebook has created Deals … What has Twitter done ?

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Direct Marketing Observations

MARCH 23, 2010

Recently I read somewhere that the demise of Twitter is imminent and all anyone wants to talk about anymore is Foursquare and Gowalla , 2 shiny new LBS based companies that are reeling in new users by the bushel. let me tell you why Twitter still matters. So why does Twitter still matter?

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Direct Marketing Observations

JUNE 10, 2010

Twitter COO Dick Costolo who was speaking at the Conversational Media Summit in New York City, offered up that Twitter is now attracting 190 million visitors per month and generating 65 million Tweets a day. Most users , says Costolo, d on’t Tweet at all, but rather use Twitter as a consumption media. Driving sales.

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Direct Marketing Observations

APRIL 19, 2010

With the advent of blogs and micro-blogs, there’s a constant online conversation about breaking news, people and places — some famous and some local. A waterfall of real time data coming from Twitter. 2) Google Alerts are email updates of the latest relevant Google results (web, news, etc.) Time elapsed: 30 seconds.

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Direct Marketing Observations

MARCH 18, 2010

1) Get a Twitter account. Beyond just having a Twitter account that’s not doing much, learn how to use it to your advantage. You can listen for opportunity and you can use Twitter as an ad hoc arm of customer service and reputation management. The good news? The other good news? Now go get ‘em.

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Direct Marketing Observations

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

But I have news for Todd and everyone else. Tags: Twitter social media blogging ghost blogging ghost tweeting marc meyer social media ethics todd defren. Last week, Todd Defren , who is taking a unique approach towards the social media space by discussing the ethical side of engagement, blogged about ghost tweeting and ghost blogging.

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Direct Marketing Observations

JANUARY 7, 2010

In fact this exact discussion took place at Social South late in the Summer by a pretty smart group of folks worth following on Twitter. How to use Twitter and what the purpose of twitter is. This is a new world where having expertise or a degree in one discipline just won’t cut it anymore. How to write a proposal.

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