Tag Archive | "twitter"
Social Media
Twitter is all about change this week. Yesterday the company announced they will begine to add advertisements known as “Promoted Tweets” to the site. Today the company is answering the question that’s been on everyone’s mind for years. “How many people are actually on Twitter?” Twitter CEO Biz Stone announced at the companies first developer conference, Chirp, [...]
Industry News,Social Media,Social Networking
Twitter has launched it’s advertising platform, which many have been anticipating for months. Obviously, Twitter has to make money some how and today is the day that ad’s are introduced to the site. And like Biz Stone said back in November, “It’s going to be amazing.” The best part seems to be that the ad platform seems to be [...]
Industry News,Social Media
Twitter announced on Friday that they have offically purchased Atebits, the company which produces the Tweetie iPhone application along with a desktop application for Mac’s. It’s the first time Twitter has linked up and purchased a fellow company, which is just sign at how well the social network is doing. Loren Brichter is Tweetie’s creator, and [...]
Social Media News Brief
How large is Twitter really? Then grab your pillow, we’re telling you about an event promoted exclusively through social media. And who said the recorder and the Glockenspiel were boring instruments to play? They aren’t in today’s social media news brief… Did you like this? Share it:Tweet
Social Media,Web 2.0
Twitter still has yet to confirm but, WebProNews is reporting that Twitter now has more than 100 million + users. The company has thier own tracking service, known as Twellow, a yellow page of Twitter users if you will. Chris Crum wrote, “In March, the total tweets sent increased 29.8% over February, the largest month-over-month [...]
Social Media News Brief
Is China to blame for the latest Google drama? Twitter’s homepage gets a facelift, what some of you are saying about the new look? And why a few third graders are causing some of the biggest controversy of the year so far in today’s viral video… Did you like this? Share it:Tweet
Social Media,Social Networking,Viral Marketing
Ah, the power of Twitter. We use it to share and learn about breaking news, to express our feelings, to offer and find exclusive deals, and to keep up to date with our friends. Twitter can be so much more than that though, like making new friends and/or making a difference. I, myself have met [...]
Social Media News Brief
Google thinks it figures out how to get though Chineses laws, but then the government stuck back. We’ll give you the latest details in the battle between China & Google. Then we’re talking spam. One social media site has almost no spam, while another is being flooded with it. And the latest internet craze becomes [...]
Social Media
It’s nearly impossible to avoid spam on the Internet, but Twitter is trying to do something about it, at least on the microblogging website. In a blog post Tuesday, the company announced the amount of tweets sent out a day is 1%, which is an incredible task. During the same time last year, spam on [...]
Social Media,Social Networking,Studies & Stats,Viral Marketing
We often here of studies that find consumers who follow or fan companies or brands on a social networking site, like Facebook or Twitter are more likely to purchase products or services from them. Once again, the latest study from Chadwick Martin Bailey and iModerate Research Technologies confirms that. Amazingly, the study found that consumers who follow [...]
