Janet Fouts

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Meercat jumps on Twitter Video

Janet Fouts

People are jumping on Meerkat , a relatively new app that allows us to live stream video directly to Twitter through the app. If you’re streaming a Meerkat video it’s pushed to your followers on Meerkat in real time and viewable on Twitter in real time. That immediacy for which Twitter has always been famous.

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Two Tools to Manage Twitter Chats With Ease

Janet Fouts

If you participate in Twitter chats regularly you’re as sad as I am to hear that Twitter’s API changes made it difficult for some applications to work. You can also see the trending tags on Twitter, who is actively participating and a list of the links shared. Here’s a video overview of the Twubs interface.

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Easy guide to the Periscope video streaming app

Janet Fouts

A lot has changed with Periscope since my last post on streaming video apps. You don’t have to use Twitter to join Periscope. Sign in with your Twitter acct (preferred) or your mobile phone number. You are not required to use your Twitter handle but if you have a following there it’s a good idea.

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App dot net- It’s not Twitter

Janet Fouts

Wait, here’s a video, I’ll let him tell the story. The difference between ADN and Twitter. When you look at App.net initially the website itself looks like a stripped down version of Twitter. People post short messages, almost always with links, photos and casual chatter, much like on Twitter. I like that.

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Twitter’s Big Announcement

Janet Fouts

I just listened to the live Ustream broadcast of Twitter’s big announcement thanks to @Scoble and Ustream. Since 90% of the content on Twitter is public it’s hard to find the specific information you’re interested in. Twitter mobile users are up 250% this year. There’s something on Twitter for everyone.

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Twitter’s enhanced analytics dashboard

Janet Fouts

Twitter has been slowly improving their analytics features for profiles and ads and it’s been very interesting to see. The new analytics dashboard shares top tweets, mentions, Twitter cards and followers on a month by month basis. Thank you Twitter! Twitter cards. These things are effective!

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Marketers are freaking out about Facebook

Janet Fouts

Twitter shares, by the way, jumped almost 5% on the announcement. Create content with clear calls to action like quizzes, questions and short videos that give great information. Videos that are longer than a couple of minutes, or clearly marketing driven are probably not going to get you as much engagement.

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