business cards...really?
The other day we rush printed new business cards for some of us heading to SXSW. (Check out my new title!)
You can't go to a major conference like SXSW without cards, right? Wrong. I handed out about four cards. Maybe five, if you include the card that was required to get a free t-shirt at the Veer booth.
And for me, SXSW was all about meeting people. I met hundreds of new people. Some amazing people. Some really smart people. The thing is, they don't need my card. And I don't need theirs. If we made a mark on each other, we know how to find each other - and we've probably already connected on Twitter.
People like Steve Rubel are really proud of the fact that their Twitter ID is now on their card. (We've been doing this for years.) I ask: do we really need cards at all?
We are in desperate need for a universal contact exchange (that people are willing to adopt) that does not involve paper. Plenty of companies have invented this, but no one has created a product that's hit the hot button. Yet. This has to come soon. Maybe Google, Facebook or Twitter will make it happen. Or maybe we'll just keep printing rectangular squares with website addresses on them.
How many pieces of paper have you left behind, recently?
Labels: green, productivity, sxsw, trends, twitter, workplace
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:36 AM
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Monday, March 01, 2010
lady gaga: get rid of your login
Here's proof that if your site requires a login and you're not integrating the current leading social media systems, you're losing customers:
89% of users coming to LadyGaga.com chose a third-party logon rather than create a new account. This is the future. People are comfy with their Facebook, Twitter and OpenID logins. They don't need a new one for your site, too. From @jcioban.
Labels: facebook, marketing, social media, twitter
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:30 AM
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Thursday, February 25, 2010
tell your boss you need more facebook time
Here's some nice proof from efficiency experts that say spending time on Twitter and Facebook during the day make you more productive.
Yep. You should tweet this, and then send it to your boss.
Labels: facebook, social media, twitter
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:39 AM
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Tuesday, February 23, 2010
please don't rob me
Maybe you've heard about Please Rob Me, a site devoted to tracking Twitter and FourSquare updates and aggregating tweets of people that aren't home.
Len Kendall has created something better: Please Don't Rob Me, a site that pulls together tweets with the keywords "Don't Rob Me" OR "someone robbed me" OR "I own a gun" OR "i set a trap".
The result is a pretty funny collection of "don't rob me" tweets, like "my apartment is reinforced with voodoo." From Culture-buzz.
Labels: foursquare, social media, twitter
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:29 AM
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Friday, February 05, 2010
your tweetage, illustrated
Xefer is a new tool that lets you graph your tweets by time and day of the week.
So now you can put together a PowerPoint presentation and impress your friends with the volume of your tweetage. (Definitely a big hit at parties.) From @darmano
Labels: twitter
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:11 AM
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Friday, January 22, 2010
meet your personal assistant on twitter
Twuition is like your personal assistant on Twitter. Want to know the temperature in Miami? Ask Twuition. Or the nearest location of a business? Twuition to the rescue.
Here's how it works:
Type in the appropriate hashtag (ie: twuitionweather, cityname), and @twuition will respond to you with the answer.
There are currently four or five hashtags being serviced that include weather, locations, product pricing and a couple of others. It's all paid for by sponsored tweets. (Which, since you don't expect Twuition to be a real human, we suppose is ok.)
Labels: productivity, social media, twitter
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:25 AM
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Tuesday, January 12, 2010
case studies from the mountain top
Still not convinced that Twitter has some value for your brand?
Now Twitter has released their very own case studies showing how brands like Dell, Pepsi, JetBlue and others have incorporated the tool of wonder into their marketing plans. Pass it to your boss.
Labels: marketing, social media, twitter
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:59 AM
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Friday, January 08, 2010
tweetdeck: should be required in the workplace
Sky News is requiring all of their journalists to install Tweetdeck - so that they might better gather and share news. Hmmm...seems like this Twitter thing is getting really popular.
If the old school, dying news industry can integrate Twitter with their employees, maybe this is just the story you can send to your boss, to convince him to require the same of all employees at your company.
Why shouldn't everyone in the company be aware of what's being said about their brands and industry (and be a part of the conversation?) They all have phones, right? From @MattCeni.
Labels: news, publishing, social media, twitter, workplace
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:33 AM
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tweet while driving. safely.
We've been saying that every car should be a rolling internet device for about a kabillion years now. Hooray to the Ford Motor Company for taking the most forward steps toward making it happen.
They were all the buzz yesterday at the CES show, debuting among other things, their new Sync system - which integrates a Twitter tool (!) and Pandora, an awesome internet radio station.
How sweet to have your tweets read to you outloud, while driving! CEO Alan Mulally says "We're moving at Silicon Valley speed, delivering the car of tomorrow today." (He should have tweeted that, while driving down Las Vegas Blvd.)
Disclosure: Ford is a sponsor of our PlaidNation tour, but that doesn't change our opinion on how awesome they're doing.
Labels: automotive, productdesign, social media, twitter
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:22 AM
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Wednesday, December 30, 2009
"i don't need to know what people are having for lunch"
Have a hard time explaining Twitter to your co-workers and friends? Has your boss tasked you with the responsibility of Twitter training to the rest of the staff?
Relax. Guy Kawasaki has outlined everything you need to demo Twitter to a newb, or confused co-worker.
Guy accurately points out that we're only in year three of the Twitterverse. It wasn't long ago that people doubted email and web browsing, and said things like “Why would I go to a web site when newspapers and magazines come to my house, I can see people in person or talk to them on the phone, get driving instructions by looking at my AAA map, and buy books by going to the mall?”
So take his advice and help your coworkers get up to speed in 2010. You'll all be better, stronger and more informed. (And you'll know what everyone is having for lunch.)
Labels: social media, twitter
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:40 AM
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what everyone else is watching
Ever wonder what everyone else is watching? At this very moment? Here you go: all the videos being tweeted as we speak. From @mouselink
Labels: social media, twitter, viral
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:38 AM
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Wednesday, December 16, 2009
your credit card is tweeting
What if your credit card could tweet every purchase you made? Sound totally ridiculous? That's essentially what Blippy does. While at first glance you might ask "why would I tweet that I just bought socks?" when you dig a little deeper, the benefits of Blippy technology are pretty interesting.
This is a potentially useful tool for financial and purchasing analysis. Sites like Mint let you budget and see how your spending stacks up against others on a wholesale level, but so far, there's nothing that allows you to compare that spending on a granular, purchase by purchase level. It's also creates new potential for location aware social networks like FourSquare or Gowalla. Your credit and debit cards know where you're at, so that you don't have to "check in" using your fat thumbs on a keyboard.
Plenty of people thought that a tool allowing users to share the fact that they're eating a grilled cheese sandwich had no value. The marketplace says otherwise. Retailers, location based businesses and marketers...this is worthy of exploration.
Labels: retail, social media, twitter
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:37 AM
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Friday, December 11, 2009
making art a tweet at a time
With a superior command of the keyboard, Tw1tt3r Art is creating individual tweets of art for the entire twitterverse to enjoy.
Each tweet is hand crafted with glyphs, symbols and other keyboard tricks to make tweets that are guaranteed to pretty up your tweetstream.
Labels: art, social media, twitter
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:16 AM
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Tuesday, December 08, 2009
branded versions of tweetdeck
TweetDeck is now apparently supporting themed skins for their super awesome magical Twitter browser. This is a cool opportunity for brands to extend themselves further into the lives of the tweeters who are ignoring their brands elsewhere.
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:20 AM
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Friday, December 04, 2009
the tao of tweeting
Mashable has a great post that applies the centuries old Tao te Ching to the use of Twitter. He's come up with some pretty taotastic advice:
1. Show versus tell.
2. Have a passion for the process.
3. Find a balance.
4. Focus on what you can add, not on the technology.
Great advice, and the entire post is worthy of a read. First learn stand, then learn fly.
Labels: social media, twitter
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:19 AM
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Tuesday, December 01, 2009
twitter tells you when to send marketing email
Chris Penn and Toddle show you how to use Twitter and your Google RSS reader to find the most excellent time to send that email newsletter to prospects. From @ogilvydigital
Labels: email, rss, social media, twitter
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:16 AM
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Thursday, November 12, 2009
kind of like twitter. and linked in. and facebook.
We suppose that you could call Sprouter a Twitter tool for pros. Sprouter is a new, twitteresque tool geared entirely to the workplace. They're seemingly to Twitter what Linked In is to Facebook.
They've included a couple of popular features from Linked In and Facebook, like organized topics and events. Since these don't really exist on Twitter, it might be cool to organize your tweets in this manner. They also allow you to claim hashtags, so that you can declare your authority on the matter.
Pretty cool concept, although they'll need to reach a critical mass to be a truly valuable business tool. This may be difficult, since everyone's already tweeting about their business life on Twitter. Do we need a professional tweet tool?
UPDATE:
Erin from Sprouter contacted us to say:
Sprouter isn't a tool for the workplace. It's a niche network specifically for entrepreneurs and startups to connect, collaborate, and engage in conversation. If you want more information about Sprouter you can check out our feature article in the National Post here, and I'd be happy to answer any questions.(email in comments)
Labels: social media, twitter, web2.0
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:54 AM
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009
your next tweet could be a new sitcom
If you haven't already heard of Sh*t My Dad Says, you'll want to check it out. The Twitter stream is that of Justin Halpern, who allegedly had to move back into his parent's basement. He makes the best of it by sharing daily hilarious quotes from his dad on Twitter (not all safe for work.)
It's become such a hit that CBS just picked up the concept for a new sitcom. Twitter. Birthplace of tomorrow's tv stars.
Labels: social media, tv, twitter
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:00 AM
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Friday, November 06, 2009
bringing twitter to the classroom
W. Gardner Campbell, director of the Academy of Teaching and Learning at Baylor University believes that Twitter can be a valuable resource in the classroom.
Imagine a classroom where students can tweet their questions and comments on the subject matter, projected on a screen at the head of the class. Imagine students having access to that stream after class, for additional discussion and additional input.
Sound far fetched? Actually, that's exactly the scenario that exists at SXSW (above) and other conferences. Why not bring the same level of communication and information to students?
Some say the distraction wouldn't do well in class. Campbell disagrees. Commenting on the possibility of a classroom filled with the clickety clack of keyboards, he says “That’s a godsend! Suddenly, I’m not just the one at the front just dispensing everything, and the students aren’t just sort of milling about doing their thing — we’ve actually got a team of people working together.”
From HalThomas
Labels: education, social media, twitter
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:43 AM
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twitter = second youngest of all social networks
ReadWriteWeb has some super interesting perspective on the population of the socialverse. When you look at the median age of each social network's audience, here's how they line up:
Twitter: 31
MySpace: 26
LinkedIn: 39
Facebook: 33
The report also shows that Facebook is getting older, as the retirement class continue to flock to the network. They also report that Gen Y is warming to Twitter - 37% of those 18-24 now use Twitter when only 19% did back in December 2008. Celebrities? Because their workmates are doing it? Who knows. What we do know: LinkedIn is for the super old. ;)
Labels: facebook, social media, trends, twitter
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:24 AM
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Monday, November 02, 2009
your tweets graphed like an impressive science experiment
This is so magnificently brilliant that we can only begin to understand its value.
The Social Collider tracks Twitter conversations through time and visualizes them much like a particle collider draws pictures of subatomic matter. (Not that we've ever seen a particle collider draw subatomic matter.)
Read all of the details on the development blog. From the ever brilliant Andy Jukes
Labels: analytics, mashup, social media, twitter
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:40 AM
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Thursday, October 29, 2009
apply to college through twitter
The College of Charleston is now testing the use of Twitter in its application process.
Here's how it works:
You send a tweet to the College of Charleston illustrating why you're perfect for their college. If your tweet is good enough, the College of Charleston will follow you back and then begin a direct message conversation.
While some see this as controversial or even ridiculous, it's not so vastly different than an interview with an admissions counselor. Ace that interview, and perhaps your application will get more attention. That's very likely how the Twitter program will work. In essence, the College of Charleston has applied modern tools to an age old process. Nice work. From Chngbkt.
Labels: education, social media, twitter, youthmarketing
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:16 AM
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Thursday, October 22, 2009
find all of your lost tweets
It's official: both Google and Bing announced deals with Twitter to make tweets searchable. Bing's version is live now. Hooray for the internet.
Labels: bing, google, search, social media, twitter
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:31 AM
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Wednesday, October 21, 2009
recycle your friends crappy tweets
Finally, a tool to help clean up the Twittersphere, now littered with boring, ridiculous tweets. Recycled Tweets is a free service that takes your friend's useless tweets, and recycles them into something more interesting.
Watch the awesome instructional video above for details. Then use daily. From The Denver Egotist.
Labels: creativeinspiration, green, social media, twitter
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:32 AM
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Tuesday, October 20, 2009
you can meet anyone on twitter
Jonathan Ames lives in Brooklyn. He just wanted to watch the show that he penned. You see, he's the writer for a new HBO series called Bored to Death - but apparently doesn't have HBO.
So he sent out a tweet to see if there was anyone in Brooklyn that would have him as a guest to watch his show.
Plenty of friendly strangers reached out, and Jonathan got to watch his show. All is well in the Twitterverse.
Labels: social media, tv, twitter
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:53 AM
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Thursday, October 15, 2009
measure your twitterfluence
Klout is a new Twitter analytical tool that checks out your tweetage and profiles the people that most influence you, that are influenced by you, and that are personal friends. It plops everything onto a really nice graph suitable for a PowerPoint presentation. (Like if you were planning a presentation all about yourselfk to impress your friends.)
Oh yeah, and there's a numerical rating that some people will unnecessarily obsess over and tweet to all of their friends. (We say take it all with a massive grain of salt.) From Ben Kunz.
Labels: social media, twitter
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:08 AM
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Wednesday, October 14, 2009
what's happening right now
News from the Herd points to a super cool tool that monitors statistics of the social mediaverse and streams them live. Because you're all about the here and now. Amazing.
Labels: facebook, social media, trends, twitter
posted by darryl ohrt @ 8:04 AM
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009
more people use social media than email
There's an interesting article in the Wall Street Journal that supports what we've been saying all along: email is old school and sucky.
Only the Wall Street Journal says it more intelligently. Here's the most interesting factoid:
In August 2009, 276.9 million people used email across the U.S., several European countries, Australia and Brazil, according to Nielsen Co., up 21% from 229.2 million in August 2008. But the number of users on social-networking and other community sites jumped 31% to 301.5 million people.
(That Twitter bird is really smiling now, and eating email for lunch.) From Brett, via Twitter. Duh.
Labels: social media, trends, twitter
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:34 AM
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Monday, October 05, 2009
save your tweets for posterity
"Mommy, what did Grandpa used to tweet about?"
How many times have you feared this question of the future, and thought you'd have to answer with "I don't know. Your grandpa didn't save his tweets."
Twitter only allows you to see your most recent 3,200 tweets (although they keep them all on file.)
But now, thankfully, you can rest assured that your tweets can be protected for future generations and that pesky 2012 end of the world scenario. Thanks to the fine folks at Back Up My Tweets, you can do it free in exchange for tweeting about it. Seems fair.
From Greg Verdino.
Labels: social media, twitter
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:53 AM
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Tuesday, September 29, 2009
madmen tweets: the whole story
You've probably seen a handful of the MadMen characters tweeting about their lives back in the 60's...on Twitter.
MSNBC has done a nice job telling the story about how this started, and what it's evolved into - like how now even the office copy machine tweets. From Adbroad.
Labels: adindustry, madmen, twitter
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:25 AM
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Monday, September 14, 2009
all you ever tweet about is brands
This is Herd points to a new study from Penn State that reviewed a half a million tweets. (That's even more tweets than I read in a day.) They concluded that 20% of them were comprised of people 'asking and providing' product information.
(It's true. Look through your own timeline, and see how many brands you've named.)
More proof that when people are in need or feeling emotional about a brand, they're going to Twitter. Or that brands are so much a part of our lives that we can't remove them. Still think your brand doesn't need to be there?
Labels: branding, customerservice, social media, twitter
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:41 AM
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Wednesday, September 09, 2009
tweet for a job
Hal Thomas points us to a sweet opportunity for anyone that might be looking for a job in social media. And you can apply by tweet.
Finally the job application process gets down to 140 characters. Finally there will be no room to state senseless crap like "I'm a team player, self starter, and highly motivated, blah, blah, blah."
May the best Tweet win. (Although we're really liking Hal's response.)
Labels: adindustry, social media, twitter
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:40 AM
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Tuesday, September 08, 2009
become a twitter search expert
Mashable has an outstanding overview on how to use Twitter's advanced search. Required reading for all Brand Flakes devotees - because we need to be smarter than the rest of the nation. (Whatever nation you're a part of.)
Labels: social media, twitter
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:51 AM
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it's brizzly.
What's cute and cuddly with blue feathers?
It's Brizzly. The new Twitter tool that looks killer as a grizzly and sweet as a tweet. But it's not ready for prime time yet. You'll need an invite to give it a try (don't ask me, I don't have any) so just sign up on their site.
In the meantime, you can watch the YouTube video about how the tool works. From Steve Rubel
Labels: social media, twitter, web2.0
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:41 AM
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Thursday, September 03, 2009
gah!! teens are on twitter!
Here's a new development in the never ending, non-stop tweeting about who's on twitter.
Teens are not on Twitter.
What??? Teens are not on Twitter?? I thought teens owned the internet??
Nope. Teens don't use Twitter.
This just in...
According to some new data from Comscore, those in the 12-17 and 18-24 year-old demographics – are Twitter’s fastest growing audience segment.
Teens are on Twitter! Quick, hide your tweets!
Labels: social media, trends, twitter, youthmarketing
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:32 AM
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Monday, August 31, 2009
save california. one tweet at a time.
As California burns down and runs out of money, they need ideas. And what better way to solicit ideas than with the wonderous tool of Twitter. Governor Schwarzenegger launched MyIdea3CA so that anyone can submit ideas on how to save Cali.
(Maybe they could ask their residents to stop calling their friends back east and taunting with how warm, beautiful and perfect everything is. ;p) From Ben Kunz.
Labels: politics, social media, twitter
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:54 AM
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Wednesday, August 26, 2009
sh*t my dad says
"Your mother made a batch of meatballs last night. Some are for you, some are for me, but more are for me. Remember that. More. Me."
You're 28 years old, and living at home with your dad. How can you make the best of it? Tweet all of the funny stuff that he says. That's the premise of Sh*t my Dad says on Twitter. Totally awesome.
If your workplace can't handle the "s" word for poopies or the "f" word for (well, you know), you'll have to enjoy this one at home. From Angus Whines.
Labels: creativeinspiration, twitter
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:20 AM
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Friday, August 21, 2009
we've traced that tweet. it's coming from INSIDE the house.
Twitter has announced that they plan on launching a new feature that allows you to broadcast exactly where your tweet was coming from. That's probably the most significant feature release for the tool since...ever.
Soon you'll be able to see who's tweeting in your hood, where your friends are, and where to get the best bbq.
Third party applications have made this generally available for those tweeting from their phones, but this will apparently be incorporated into the actual Twitter API.
This opens a world of promotional and development opportunities. Treasure hunts, location based promotions, and whatever you might be able to dream up that includes GPS and Twitter.
Some will likely be creeped out by this, some will love it, and the world will tweet on.
Labels: gps, social media, twitter
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:27 AM
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Friday, July 17, 2009
just what you needed: a new twitter tool!
There's a brand new Twitter tool in town. And because you deserve the latest and greatest, you'll need to try it out. Tweet3 is web based - so you don't have to download anything.
It's simplicity is pretty refreshing. You should check it out too. (It's Friday - it's not like you're going to get any work done today, anyway.) From Make the Logo Bigger
Labels: twitter
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:20 AM
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Monday, July 13, 2009
tweets, animated like peaceful waves of tweet bliss
This is how I would like to fall asleep. Watching tweets come in and blow away, like grains of sand. Visible, moving tweets.
Visible Tweets lets you search any keyword and watch an animated stream of tweets devoted to the search. Here's what a search on "plaidnation" looks like.
AWESOME, AWESOME, AWESOME. You should project this in your lobby, or at your trade show booth. From Make the Logo Bigger.
Labels: mashup, social media, twitter
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:34 AM
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Thursday, July 09, 2009
some more twitter facts for your powerpoint deck
News from the Herd points us to loads of new Twitter factoids, graphs and trends.
Go ahead and include all of this stuff in your next PowerPoint deck to the boss. She'll think you're a twitteriffic superstar.
Labels: social media, twitter
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:52 AM
1 comments
Friday, July 03, 2009
"i only bought a ford because of twitter."
Some people say trying to monetize Twitter is like trying to monetize the telephone (I tend to agree, mostly), but sometimes Twitter allows for stronger relationship and brand building. Seeing this tweet from Chris Lovett says it pretty succinctly.
And before you say "let's get our best intern on this," consider this post from Church of the Customer. Would you let an intern:
* Man your customer service line?
* Be your receptionist?
* Be your spokesperson to the Wall Street Journal?
* Be the main contact for your most talkative customers?
Is your presence on Twitter creating future tweets like the one from Chris Lovett? Could it?
Labels: automotive, branding, social media, twitter
posted by darryl ohrt @ 8:37 AM
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Thursday, July 02, 2009
coke and pepsi fall in love on twitter
After years of sitting side by side on grocery store shelves and 7-11 coolers, you kind of wonder how they didn't fall in love before. It took the magic of social media to bring to opposites together, and romance has blossomed.
Here's how it went down:
Coke sends Pepsi a tweet. Pepsi responds. And then the Twitterverse suggests that they end the war and follow each other. And now Coke follows Pepsi. And Pepsi follow Coke.
World peace is certainly next. Twitter: turning hate into love since 2009.
Labels: pop culture, social media, twitter, yummyfood
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:36 AM
2 comments
Wednesday, July 01, 2009
people are tweeting about you
We've posted before about Convo Monitor and other useful Twitter tools. Steve Rubel points to another one: Backtweets.
When people post urls on Twitter, they're usually shortened and therefore not picked up using normal Twitter search. So how do you know if people are tweeting up your site?
The folks at Backtweets have figured out some secret magic to search through the actual urls of tweets. I found a bunch on BrandFlakes that I didn't know about before.
Genius. And useful.
Labels: search, social media, twitter
posted by darryl ohrt @ 8:00 AM
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Monday, June 29, 2009
a tribute told with twitter
Maybe you're tired of all of the Michael Jackson tributes and pretend news...but this one is completely different: A tribute to MJ carried forth with tweets. You'll want to watch it twice. Amazing.
From Robert Scoble
Labels: mashup, music, pop culture, twitter
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:12 AM
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Friday, June 26, 2009
get your twitter on
Turn any word that you want into a cute little Twitteresque logo. (Birdie not included.) From Chris Pirillo
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:38 AM
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Wednesday, June 24, 2009
plot your twitter followers globally
Ever wonder how widespread your Twitter friend group is? Are you global? Foller.Me gives you all sorts of senseless information about your activity on Twitter, including a handy map of your followers charted on a Google map.
Clearly I need to follow more people in Kazakhstan. And all of Africa. From Greg Verdino.
Labels: mashup, social media, twitter
posted by darryl ohrt @ 8:06 AM
2 comments
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
vw tweet analyzer
VW has a fun set of new banner ads that analyze your tweets and tell you which VW might suit you best. I like that it put me in something black and fast.
Hopefully you won't get the beige Jetta Wagon. (Not that there's anything wrong with that.) From Red Square Agency
Labels: ads, automotive, twitter
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:19 AM
3 comments
Monday, June 22, 2009
facebook and twitter: the facts
Here's everything that you wanted to know about Facebook and Twitter, presented in an easy to love wonderous info graphic.
If you're too lazy to click through, here's some juicy facts for your breakfast pleasure:
+ There's 50% more tweet activity during the week vs the weekend.
+ 850 million photos are uploaded to Facebook every month. Some are embarrassing.
+ Facebook now has more users than Brazil has citizens.
(Check out the graphic for even more delicious social media factoids.)
Labels: facebook, social media, twitter
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:26 AM
1 comments
Friday, June 19, 2009
the next best thing to being there
Online friend CB writes a nice post about how she attended Neocon. Virtually.
It's true that now thanks to Twitter, you can watch just about any conference from afar by searching the associated hashtags. So it's almost like you're waiting in the same line at restaurants, complaining about the same poor wifi, or listening to the same brilliant speakers. Who needs to travel, if your Twitter friends can do it for you?
(And of course any blog post that mentions me by name is always a brilliant piece of wonderment. Thanks, CB!)
Labels: social media, tradeshow, twitter
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:28 AM
1 comments
Thursday, June 18, 2009
news reporters realize that twitter is cool
Because people that are in love with Twitter love to talk more than 140 characters about Twitter, they've created a conference for them. 140 Character Conference brought together a bunch of Twitter lovers and media stars to do what they do best: talk endlessly about the Twitterverse.
One cool concept that apparently came out of the event is the possibility of a Twitter News Network - or TNN.
Ummmmm.....DUH. This is something we suggested back in May, and the folks at TwitterGrep created (which now sadly appears to be defunct.)
Here's an idea: CNN, NBC, whoever: instead of waxing over the possibility, why don't you create it? Next week? The tools are here (TwitterGrep was proof of concept) and the opportunity exists for a valuable tool branded with your network's name on it. (Call us if you really don't know how.)
Oh, and if you didn't make the conference, but have a secret crush on Ann Curry like I do, then you'll love the beautious shots that Brian Solis captured at the event.
Labels: cnn, news, publishing, social media, trends, twitter
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:48 AM
1 comments
Monday, June 08, 2009
twitter staff not addicted to twitter
ReadWriteWeb has an interesting post on how the employees of Twitter don't use the tool as aggressively as some of their more ardent fans.
ReadWriteWeb believes that it could be a problem that Twitter employees don't tweet as much, don't follow as many people, or don't follow the known Twitter community of developers.
Twitter CEO Evan Williams thinks differently, and responds to Marshall's points in the piece. An interesting read, and proof that everyone has their own perspective on how best to use Twitter.
I like that Evan Williams believes that 1000 people is "the right number" of people to follow. The Twitter users who see this all as a contest might learn a little something from that statement.
Labels: social media, twitter
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:33 AM
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