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Twitter bird
I often write about the microblogging platform Twitter.com because I believe that Twitter is such a powerful social networking tool.
I’m now on my third three-ring binder of collected Twitter information because I read everything I can about this free online resource.
And I found it of particular interest that Laura Isensee in a July 24th Reuters article titled “Twitter to pitch add-on tools to businesses” said that “the company will work to position the product as a communication network and less of a social network.”
Yes, I thought, that’s exactly it. Twitter is an amazing communication network if used effectively.
Here, then, are my Twitter Examiner.com articles to date to help you use Twitter effectively:
Twitter: The microblogging platform that is deceptively simple
Internet marketing: What’s the strategy for following back on Twitter?
How to explain to your mother, husband, best friend that Twitter is not a waste of time
Use Twitter for do-gooder projects that can help others – and helping others can be good for you
How do people actually use Twitter – how does someone develop a following on it?
Internet Business 101: How to decode the symbols in tweets (Twitter updates)?
Internet Business 101: How do you get followers on Twitter?
Do follow me on Twitter at http://twitter.com/ZimblerMiller.
And for more information on Internet marketing, listen to a recorded interview of Yael and me by Drew Gerber of PitchRate.com.
© 2009 Miller Mosaic, LLC
Comments
Wonderful reader benefit to round up Twitter articles. I've kept them all, because they're all easy to apply and good to keep. Now I won't have to worry about where I filed them!
Just received an article from Immediate Future (UK) asserting that number of retweets, not number of followers, is the measure of blog performance. Couldn't include the url here; the article is called "Two thirds of brands on Twitter are being ignored."
Thought it would interest you, given all your own work on Twitter.
Thanks and regards,
Susan
Susan --
Thanks for leaving such a nice comment.
I would agree, even without reading the article, that the number of followers on Twitter has very little to do with the effectiveness of that particular Twitter participant.
And I would also agree that the number of retweets is an indication of the quality of the content being shared. But I'm just not convinced that this is a statistically significant "measure."
Phyllis
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