Buzz Networker - Social Networking

April 23rd, 2008

Missing the point

I was basking in the sunshine yesterday, more or less participating in a client’s strategy meeting. (Good news is, they were basking in the sun too - it was a very lazy strategy meeting on our rooftop deck!) We were talking about the upcoming beta launch and how we were going to use Twitter with […]

By Colleen -- 4 comments

April 2nd, 2008

The Importance of Keeping Your Ratio Balanced on Twitter

Since I have been working a lot with twitter recently I have been trying to make an effort to keep my followers/following ratio balanced.
Why keep the ratio balanced? 
Because since I have been actively adding people if I let the ratio get too far out of whack (5oo or more) I think people are less receptive […]

By Kevin -- 1 comment

March 3rd, 2008

What Happens When You Add 1000 People on Twitter

Last weekend in a fit of boredom and procrastination I decided to follow around 1000 Twitter members on my twitter account just to see what would happen. It took me about an hour and a half to add 1000 members but it gave me something to do besides school work and unpacking.
Statistically the results can […]

By Kevin -- 12 comments

February 19th, 2008

Twitter Me This … And Be Informed

Guest Post from Jason Falls of SocialMediaExplorer.com
Twitter had a breakout 2007. The microblogging software proved that showing up at SouthXSouthwest can put your startup squarely on the map. The premise - simply answering the question, “What are you doing?” in 140 characters or less for all to see - sounded dumb. Then the thinkers […]

By Kevin -- 5 comments

November 16th, 2007

How to use Twitter effectively

One of the things that I really took from Blog World Expo wasn’t anything that I learned in a meeting or in a session but seeing the sheer amount of people using Twitter. When I first reviewed twitter I thought the application was rather self indulgent and pointless, I kind of discounted it and never […]

By Kevin -- 11 comments

June 5th, 2007

Twitter Goes Political

Abcnews.com has a three page article on Twitter on the campaign trail.
I have a distaste for twitter, which I made clear here in my review of the social networking site.
One of the reasons I am highlighting this article is some of twitter bashing that goes on in it, including this gem:
Media writer Simon Dumenco wrote […]

By Kevin -- 0 comments

May 7th, 2007

Review: Twitter

“I don’t get it.”
-Josh Baskin, Big

Twitter has been a social networking site that has been garnering more and more attention as of late. This website allows you to update your status, notifying your contacts via text message or IM whatever status message you post. You can also create a widget for your blog or webpage […]

By Kevin -- 2 comments