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Why I’m Competing With You. And You. And You. And You.

Convince & Convert

The same is true on Twitter, where your tweets are sandwiched between Bieber musings, Breaking News, and God knows what else. 41% of people have unfollowed a brand on Twitter because their stream was becoming too crowded with marketing posts and they needed toget rid of some (2nd most common reason). Your Success Breeds My Success.

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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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Don’t be a Pest with “This Social Media Stuff”

Janet Fouts

Get them all together in one place and show them the impact they could have if they were only engaged. Let them understand you’re not asking them to spend all day on social networks and that training is available to help them learn the right way to engage if they need it. But I don’t have time for this!

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Twitter X-Factors

Jeff Esposito

Home About Archives Press Clips Spark Advisors Suggested Reading Twitter X-Factors Written on September 6, 2010 by Espo in Twitter Exact Target and CoTweet put out this report ( click here if you are having trouble viewing) a few weeks ago and got the chance to chat with the team behind the report.

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Enterprise Twitter

Koka Sexton

Koka Sexton dot Com Home About Koka Contact Twitter FULL RSS Enterprise Twitter The Twitter service can and should be used by businesses. Both small and large companies can benefit from the additional branding and communication outlet Twitter offers. Here are some examples of companies using Twitter and their reach.

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

Convince & Convert

If someone signs up to follow your company on Twitter, when you tweet will that person see it? That depends upon how many other people/brands they are following, and how often they check Twitter. In general, however, the chances any one Twitter follower sees any specific update from you is minimal. Very, very few.

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Measuring your social output

Jeff Esposito

For Twitter, you can sign up for a third party tool like Twitter Counter to track your account’s growth. Engagement. One of the biggest benefits of social media is generating engagement with both existing customers and potential customers. Tracking engagement can be done on a number of levels.

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