Sprouter: The ‘Twitter’ For Entrepreneurs

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I doubt if there is anyone on the Internet who hasn’t heard about Twitter — some people just rant and rave on it, while some businesses promote heavily on it. Even fortune 500 companies like Dell have begun to use twitter for their business. But wouldn’t it be nice to have something like Twitter just [...]

Is Twitter is Nothing But Trash?

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I had always known that this sort of study would come to the fore; that someone out there would stand to reason that any sort of time spent on social media, Twitter Included, is a huge waste of time. The researcher, Pear Analytics, made an arresting conclusion that about 41% of the content on Twitter [...]

It’s Good That Teens Don’t Use Twitter

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There was this interesting post about teens not using Twitter as much as adults do. Although Ben Parr has a well-researched take on the whole issue, I am actually happy that teenagers don’t Twitter as much they use facebook or myspace. Here’s why I think I think it’s a good idea: Teenagers talk crap: One [...]

What Doesn’t Work On Twitter

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As I go about tweeting everyday, my twitter stream is unending, flowing like a raging river 24/7. However, half of whatever content (tweets) floats there is nonsense. I can’t even bear to read those 140 characters leave alone replying or re-tweeting. Here are some things that put me away and make me run for cover [...]

Twitter Isn’t for Promotion. It’s For Rapport Building

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I was reading this post on Idea Anglers called 6 Tips for Better tweets and I don’t seem to agree with anything Kim Murphy says in this post. With all due respect to his credentials and a long career as a copywriter, his take on tweeting is too, well, commercial. The thing about social media [...]

5 Stupid Things You Might Be Doing On Twitter.

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Twitter is now a rage and all that and it won’t mean a thing to you if you treat it just like an open-to-public, random messaging platform – you got to take it seriously. I haven’t seen that happening much, going by what I had seen on my twitter updates (presumably my followers and those [...]