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Twitter Client Usage - How Do You Tweet?
Published by Toronto Mike on March 15, 2011 @ 17:16 in Twitter
I'm in that 42%. I happily use Seesmic.
I have one simple question for those of you who tweet. What do you use to Tweet?
Blue Jays on Twitter
Published by Toronto Mike on March 8, 2011 @ 08:20 in Toronto Blue Jays, Twitter
If you're looking for members of our Toronto Blue Jays to follow on Twitter, here are all Blue Jays on Twitter. J.P. Arencibia @jparencibia9 The official Twitter account of the Blue Jays, by the way, is @BlueJays.
Kypreos on TSN: Tweet of the Year Candidate
Published by Toronto Mike on February 26, 2011 @ 14:19 in Twitter
Kypreos tweeted about Bryan McCabe going to the Rangers, and TSN's Darren Dreger quickly followed that by tweeting no deal was done. That led Kyper (I prefer Kypper) to tweet "I'm confident it will get done. Those fuckers at tsn try to discredit me all the time. I'm really pissed! As always, thanks for yo...".
I'm loving this TSN ~ Sportsnet war! And I'm loving the excuse to post this picture of Nick Kypreos grabbing my ass!
[Tweet cap via Pension Plan Puppets]
Top 10 Most Retweeted Tweets
Published by Toronto Mike on December 15, 2010 @ 12:53 in Twitter
I'm not sure what my most retweeted tweet was in 2010. It might have been when I blamed that damn Pepsi cheer for our junior team losing the gold medal game to the USA, I honestly don't know... Today, Twitter unveiled the 10 most retweeted tweets of 2010. I didn't make the list.
Steve Johnson Blames God via Twitter For Dropped Ball
Published by Toronto Mike on November 29, 2010 @ 14:39 in Toronto Bills, Twitter
Following the game, Steve Johnson was so upset, he sent a tweet to God.
At least he said thanks...
Unintentional AM640 News Twitter Feed Hilarity
Published by Toronto Mike on September 26, 2010 @ 12:53 in Twitter
For example, on face value, this AM640 tweet suggests one of their newsmen has been stabbed. I sure hope it wasn't James MacPhee!
And I'm as surprised as anyone that a local news plane would travel as far as Pakistan. I sure hope everyone is alright...
Dear AM640... Add a colon after AM640 News. it's just one character, and it makes a great difference.
Twitter Is Killing RSS Readers
Published by Toronto Mike on September 12, 2010 @ 10:01 in Twitter
If you're following a publisher who tweets all of his or her new articles or entries, RSS would become redundant. At the time I asked aloud: "Would people follow a Twitter feed as a means of following a blog like this one?" Business Insider is now proclaiming Twitter has killed RSS readers.
Personally, I still read the bulk of the blogs and sites I follow in Google Reader. It's a mandatory, daily read for me, and I swear by it. I'm a big RSS guy, but I'm also a big Twitter fan, and can totally see Twitter making RSS obsolete for some readers. Has Twitter replaced RSS for you?
5 Funny People I Follow on Twitter
Published by Toronto Mike on August 28, 2010 @ 20:52 in Twitter
Here are five funny people I follow on Twitter. You might want to give them a shot.
@SarahKSilverman is Sarah Silverman Most recent tweet:
@alyankovic is Weird Al Yankovic Most recent tweet:
@StephenAtHome is Stephen Colbert Most recent tweet:
@ConanOBrien is Conan O'Brien Most recent tweet:
@downgoesbrown is Down Goes Brown Most recent tweet:
That last guy is the only person on this list I've actually met in the real world (seeing Conan live isn't meeting him) and he might be the funniest of the bunch.
Twitter is Over Capacity! The Fail Whale Returns!
Published by Toronto Mike on June 9, 2010 @ 12:28 in Twitter
The Twitter Status page has the following message posted under the title "Site availability issues".
And this is what I currently see at Twitter.com. I can't say I've missed this guy.
Twitter Nation: An Interview with Paul Madden All About Twitter
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Published by Toronto Mike on May 8, 2010 @ 12:16 in Interviews, SEO: Search Engine Optimization, Twitter
Toronto Mike (TM): As a blogger, I originally saw the benefit of Twitter as an RSS alternative of sorts; a way to push content to subscribers. Then, after using it for a few weeks, I realized it was a great deal more. Why should people be on Twitter? Paul Madden (PM): I also came to look at Twitter initially as a distribution method for my work and there is little doubt that it does that task in a great way. RSS offers an easy way to distribute content but Tweets offer not only a distribution channel but also an opportunity for people who enjoyed the content to further distribute the link onwards. But as you say its so much more than simply a method to promote content, its a community where people can feel connected to others who they wouldn't be able to reach out to in normal ways, its a brand builder for companies to put forward their message as part of the conversation. Its also a real time customer service tool and reputation management suite. And away from the use in business Twitter represents a profound shift in the real time spread of news and comment in a way that the search engines and traditional media have struggled to replicate. So in answer to "Why should people be on Twitter?" I think its hard to find many good arguments for why people shouldn't be on Twitter. TM: It seems every good and services company has a Twitter account these days. If a company isn't on Twitter, are they missing out? PM: Twitter offer companies so many advantages that I feel its very short sighted if they aren't taking advantage of them today. From offering a way to reach out and converse with their customer base to a way of promoting their brand and growing new business Twitter is an effective tool. Many companies have learnt quickly that by offering up someone to act as their representative on Twitter they can put a human face on their brand and start to join in with the conversations about their niche and brand in a way that provides them with the sort of feedback that they wouldn't realistically get through any other medium. TM: What role can Twitter play in B2B marketing strategies? PM: I think that if the company can open up and become more transparent in their plans and workings then Twitter offers an opportunity for them to truly learn what their customers want and need. It also allows companies to form direct personal relationships with people regarded as influencers in their niche and can therefore offer a powerful method for any brand to launch and promote their message in a cost effective and efficient way. TM: I love the real-time aspect of Twitter. A Twitter search gives you a great reading of the current zeitgeist. Is search the future of Twitter? PM: I am not sure it represents the future of search, I do think it represents an important component of what search will become. I think that Googles rushed attempt to integrate real time results into their search results really docent do that well though. I still find that if the search I want to do is about a news or topical subject searching Twitter directly has now replaced Google as my default place to start. Normal searches and research still relies for me on Google and their link and trust based algo. I can understand though why Google rushed to incorporate the real time Tweets into their results but the current implementation is rather poor. I do agree that Twitter has recognised the power that search provides them and whilst it isn't their reason to exist it probably represents their best option for profit in the coming years. TM: I've got to know, how does Twitter eventually make money, considering so many of us use the service without ever visiting twitter.com? PM: That is their biggest challenge in my opinion. I cant understand why they haven't started serving Adverts in an Adwords style in their search results on Twitter.com. Given the volume of traffic and the fact that people are used to seeing ads in the context of search this seems a no brainer to me. The challenge though, as you rightly point out, is that a large proportion of users never actually use their site directly and instead access their data via clients like Tweetdeck etc. This means that to get any revenue from their data they would either have to charge the clients for the data and they would therefore have to move to a subscription or ad supported model (Dangerous for the growth of the platform). Alternatively they would have to find a way of getting revenue from the data itself, serving ads into the stream, charging business for use on verified accounts etc. There is a huge amount of danger in any of those options for them but they will have to face up to the revenue question soon, for me it probably makes more sense for them to sell to someone interested in acquiring their user base.
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According to a Sysomos survey, Twitter users only send 58% of their overall Tweets using the company’s own proprietary Twitter applications and website. If my math is right, that means 42% of us use non-official Twitter apps.
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When AM640 tweets, they precede their tweets with "AM640 News" or "AM640 Sports News". They don't use some kind of dividing character before the actual tweet, such as a : or - or |. This leads to unintentionally humourous tweets.
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