If you don’t know how I use twitter, I’ve inverted the question from “what are you doing now” to instead be “What’s important to me now”. While I’m high volume, you can read how I use the tool. I added a 6th bullet to reflect … Continue readingImpacts of MicroMedia on the Client/Vendor Relationship
I still get questions from clients saying they don’t get Twitter, and after the Presidential election the use of the tool has gone up, in fact I’m hearing many radio talk shows mention they now have a Twitter account –it’s growing. Computerworld interviewed me (jowyang) … Continue readingFor the Professional: How to Get Started On Twitter
Last year, I kicked off a twitter game that let folks rate superbowl ads, and we collected the results from the tweets and found that the popular favorites on twitter weren’t too different than what media analysts were predicting. We found that many enjoyed making … Continue readingRate the Superbowl Ads: How To Participate
This is just an educated guess, as we don’t have confirmation from Twitter, nor has the funding closed. Rumors are coming in that Twitter may raise another round of capital at valuation of $250mm, quick calculations from my archive of social networking stats show many … Continue readingTwitter’s Valuation, $73.52 an Active User?
It’s entertaining to watch how the PR industry self-spins, in this latest dust up regarding a tweet by James Andrews, an executive who works at Ketchum, a well known PR agency. James is accused of bad form, and his company had to backtrack when he … Continue readingMisjudgment or Transparency? How a Single Tweet Caused a Stir With a Client
I’ve returned to Twitter last week, after taking 20 days off, and I’m getting a lot of questions from people asking about the “outside world”. There’s a condition known by prisoners that get comfortable with conditions that return even after they are released, I’m sure … Continue reading20 days off from Twitter: A View From The Outside
I used to promote my blog posts on Twitter, then when I left Twitter, noticed a significant loss in traffic. Yesterday, I did a blog post encouraging others to tweet then retweet my blog post, as you know, being on a Twitter hiatus gives a … Continue readingFindings: Why You Don’t Need to Tweet to Get Traffic from Twitter
I’m on a Twitter hiatus and am not tweeting for a while, instead, I’m focusing on what Forrester calls energizing, what others may refer to as “word of mouth’. So instead, I’m going to conduct experiments to help my clients understand how to best use … Continue readingHow Bloggers Should Inspire Retweets
Despite my heavy usage, I’m on Twitter Hiatus I’m known for being a very active twitter user, recent applications have tracked my daily usage from being 20-30 tweets on average. I’m not like other twitter users, as I have a very specific method in which … Continue readingAbout My Twitter Hiatus
Left: The famed HP Labs think tank in Palo Alto. A few months ago, I spent an entire day with the HP Labs group in Palo Alto, they’re responsible for the R&D and innovation that goes into their thousands of technology products on the market. … Continue readingUnderstanding HP Lab’s Twitter Research
