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Screencast – Twitter: Why Some People Give Up

18 March 2010

According to last year’s Sysomos study, 21% of twitter users have never posted a tweet. Its common for people to say, “oh yes, I tried that twitter thing. I don’t get it.” So why is that?
This is my first screencast, a bit shaky! I’d be interested to know what you think of it.

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Using Twitter and Linkedin to get a Job – Paul Weston’s Story

16 March 2010
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“Its like a soap opera, it’s the soap opera of life” – Dave Monk BBC Essex
This morning my friend Paul Weston was interviewed live on BBC Essex radio by Dave Monk. Paul is a normal guy, an estimator from Essex who like many of his colleagues was made redundant recently. So how come he’s on [...]

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Twitter: No-one Reads Everything you Say (and that’s OK)

15 March 2010
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When first starting out on twitter, we follow our friends and people of interest, and some follow us back. Do you find yourself reading the whole stream – making sure you don’t miss anything?

What happens when you’ve found over 50 people to follow – do you still read everything they say?

This is the point when [...]

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What is twitter really useful for? [Survey Result Post]

11 March 2010
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In the last few weeks we’ve seen what twitter is not – its not a broadcast medium, its not a waste of time, its not trivial.

So what are people like you using twitter to do, and why?

Here are some examples given by respondents to my Twitter Survey in January. I’ve added in a few of [...]

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How to beat the Twitter Phishing Scam: FAQ

27 February 2010
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Or: what to do if your twitter account starts sending messages without your consent?

There’s a wave of phishing messages spreading out over twitter at the moment, and its very disconcerting. Suddenly you find that your friends are complaining that you are sending them rude direct messages on twitter, or someone tells you your account has [...]

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Twitter is Self Selecting [Survey Result Post]

23 February 2010
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In my last post I pointed out how easy it is for people to ‘follow’ and ‘unfollow’ people using Twitter, and how it is unidirectional – that is, if I follow you, it doesn’t mean that you have to necessarily follow back.

You might think that Twitter’s inate ‘opt in/opt out’ qualities make it fickle, and [...]

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Follow Friday – what is it and how should I do it? #followfriday

19 February 2010

Its Friday again, great. We all love Friday, and Twitter users in particular, partly due to a great tradition which emerged, like many features, from its users.

Follow Friday is an important aspect of twitter interaction, and after a request by Andy Marshall (@fotofacade on twitter) I’m going to give you my take on it.
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Why don’t I get any business from Twitter?

16 February 2010
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Have you seen a twitter profile like this?

A perfectly turned out twitter profile page, co-ordinating background, company logo as picture, link to website, profile text. Everything in place.

Following anything from 100 to 2000 people. Followers – a hundred at most.

Every tweet (or message) on the page is a keyword loaded call to action – [...]

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Twitter is a Waste of Time

10 February 2010
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Your employees can waste a lot of time on twitter – right? Well of course they can.
One of the architects whose practice I managed employed a school leaver for six months as a receptionist. She dressed well, spoke well and was well mannered, but she spent every moment she could, talking to her friends via [...]

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Twitter looks trivial from outside – but is it?

5 February 2010
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Is twitter really pointlessly trivial? It certainly seems so from the outside looking in. Here’s one view on why it looks so bad, and a bit about why it’s not.

Visit a person’s profile page on twitter with an open mind. I’m going to use @London_Law_Firm because Chris Sherliker (for it is he) is a case [...]

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