I thought it was just me and thus I wrote about the rise of the transactional conversation of Twitter on Monday. And Todd Defren lastly writes about moving the needle on Twitter.  All of these posts and reports and what have you, alluded to something that may be occuring before our very eyes and that’s this: Conversations on Twitter have deteriorated into flat out unadulterated pimping of one’s wares, or the company they work for. Subconsciously, we have become a party to and have embraced traditional marketing on Twitter. The interuptive interaction? MORE >>

In order for people to know that you are open for business you have to get them to your website, your blog, your Twitter account or your Facebook page, right? What brands do you follow on Twitter and Facebook? Last week in a very thought provoking Tweetchat hosted by Lisa Petrilli , the discussion, though swirling around how an introvert uses social media, somehow segued into driving website traffic. So my first thought was a poll was in order. What are they specifically as it pertains to the web? 1) Driving traffic -  The challenge in 2011 is the same in 2012. Content creation. MORE >>

But nevertheless, Exercise TV has a clean UI with video, blog, community, Facebook, Twitter and iphone app  integration all working towards engaging the user at every touch point. One of my clients, a very large sports drink company, has indirectly nudged me into taking a look at the state of what I drink, and ea, on a daily basis. As well, it’s opened my eyes to what we all eat and drink. The offshoot of this has been that I have been paying a lot of attention to the health and fitness social space. Yoga is hot, no pun intended and getting hotter. This site rocks. Huge user base. MORE >>

According to  Pew Internet Research  which has been tracking Twitter use, there is a general upward trend in adopting Twitter for daily use. Don’t look now but Twitter might be the Facebook killer for the 18-24 demographic.  With over 500 million registered users and 140 million daily users, it doesn’t seem like Twitter will be slowing down anytime soon. Then we have the following: Twitter Twitter TrendsThe bottom line? MORE >>

Yesterday I threw out a tweet about 125 twitter chats worth checking out on Google Docs. 6) #Hcsm The Health Care Communication & Social Media community hosts a weekly Twitter conversation about communication and marketing practices by Health Care organizations, including use of social media. the #1 monthly hashtag chat for recruiters on Twitter that takes place the last Wednesday of each month at 9pm Eastern at #TNL. Tags: Twitter Marketing social media marc meyer PR tweetchats twitter chats Great discussions. all archived and easily searchable. MORE >>