1. Does Twitter Hate Advertising? →

    We’ve all already established how well-designed and subtle online ads can be, but it’s not an avenue Twitter has in mind to better define what they’re still striving to interpret when they speak publicly about how the service might become a profitable business

    The idea of taking money to run traditional banner ads on Twitter.com has always been low on our list of interesting ways to generate revenue. However, facilitating connections between businesses and individuals in meaningful and relevant ways is compelling. We’re going to leave the door open for exploration in this area.

    There’s already been confirmation of Twitter launching paid accounts which would offer users more features in exchange for a fee, but Mr. Stone says Twitter hasn’t set a launch date for them. As much as I frequent the service, I can’t think of any novel feature that would justify paying for using it although I’m sure the upgrade would benefit business in some way. So the question still remains. What exactly is Twitter’s business model?

    2 years ago  /  Notes

  2. My opinion regarding tweets can be summarized thusly: “I don’t give a fuck what you had for lunch unless you give me reason.
    – Colorful opinion of Rands in Repose

    This mostly applies to people who are novel to the service and who later realize that not all nuances of their lives are Twitterable. The Tweets that I’ve come to hold in high regard are the ones posted by people who are passionate about something. They are the ones who share their proficiency in a field, they help people, they engage in their own Tweets, they get you thinking and they continue to deliver 140 characters that you consistently look forward to.

    2 years ago  /  Notes

  3. Best Twitter Advice Ever →

    Mark McGuinness gives some pointers in how to procure more followers on Twitter and while I don’t think there’s a secret formula in achieving overnight attention in the Twittersphere, these two simple rules of thumb are quite close:

    • To get followers — do interesting things away from Twitter
    • To keep followers — be interesting on Twitter

    2 years ago  /  6 notes

  4. Selective Twitter Status on Facebook →

    There’s time when I’ve posted questions on Twitter that only a select group of people (mostly Mac enthusiast or web designers) would understand and because I currently have my Twitter status to automatically rollover to my Facebook account, I often receive mix responses from followers on Facebook in that they don’t understand the content. It’s apparent in my case, that the audience on both social networks is different.

    For that reason, I’ve been wanting to find a way in which I can designate the tweets I want to appear on Facebook instead of all. The Selective Twitter Status application for Facebook lets you do just that. You simply end a tweet with the #fb hashtag in your Twitter post and only those tweets with the hash tag at the end will be posted on Facebook. Problem solved.

    2 years ago  /  4 notes