Twitter: Looking beyond the stupid stuff

Robert, Saint Louis, MO — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:48:58 GMT

trying to determine how to potentially use Twitter to reach principals and school administrators about an instant parent notification service that saves schools time, money, and resources ...

Twitter: Looking beyond the stupid stuff

SBoaze, Danville, VA — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 22:04:42 GMT

When I post to my blog it automatically tweets to my twitter page. It's another Internet media tool, although still young, that offers a unique social connection. I just hope it doesn't become clogged with ads. Society is so overwhelmed with ads that keep users from sharing. Tweet about something worthwhile and people will follow. It's all about common sense.

Twitter: Looking beyond the stupid stuff

Katrina Shoreline, WA — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:12:41 GMT

I'm Twitterpated!

Twitter: Looking beyond the stupid stuff

John Fray, Seattle, WA — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 06:54:48 GMT

Thanks for the tip. I'm going to try it. Having worked in the income tax software industry for 20 years and having recently been laid off I decided to try the self-employment thing and develop my own version of income tax software. Mine is a little different though. After discovering that it's relatively easy to add calculations to pdf forms I downloaded most of the commonly used pdf tax forms from IRS.gov. I added tax calculations and posted them to my website. They can be accessed for free. My only reward is from the google ads posted there. We'll see how this business model works. Oh yea, my site is:
http://www.pdftax.com/

Twitter: Looking beyond the stupid stuff

Ian Hendry, London, UK — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 09:17:14 GMT

You can automate a lot of your Tweeting, taking RSS feeds from your favourite websites and your own blog and putting them through Twitterfeed. Follow me @wecandbiz to see how we Tweet the Biz Need sales leads from our website without any effort. It's important you mix this with personal recommendations, article link posting and acknowledging new followers though. But it makes it easier to build an opt-in marketing list of people who reTweet your postings to help you build your numbers and broaden your reach.

Ian Hendry
CEO, WeCanDo.BIZ
http://www.wecando.biz

Twitter: Looking beyond the stupid stuff

Roger — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 13:10:19 GMT

Hello Eve. Nice post debunking the myth that Twitter is just about trivia. ("Twivia" I call it.)

My take? We haven't even begun to figure out the importance of Twitter, nor how to leverage it. Twitter is a mirror. It reflects the individual's thoughts, desires, needs and together represents the collective consciousness, or "panconciousness."

There's more about this broader perspective of Twitter on my blog.

Twitter: Looking beyond the stupid stuff

damygeebo, Rochester, MN — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:35:42 GMT

Raccoon Willie fans will be able to get a minute-by-minute account of the next video shoot when Animal Planet brings a film crew into town in February to film the little critter... live updates all on Twitter!

Twitter: Looking beyond the stupid stuff

Andrew Mastrandonas, San Ramon, Costa Rica — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:49:13 GMT

This is great! Having lived in Costa Rica for three plus years now and running a retirement tour for people considering moving here, this could be helpful. My company is "Boomers in Costa Rica" and I'm at www.boomersincostarica.com . Also, my other company with stunning ocean-view lots is CR Communities and is at www.crcommunities.com

Twitter: Looking beyond the stupid stuff

Kiernan, Williston VT — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:02:49 GMT

Twitter has been extremely helpful in getting small bits of information out about our Medical Travel company Navigate Global Health. The challenge is finding fun wording which gets picked up.

Twitter: Looking beyond the stupid stuff

Deal Shopper — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:14:31 GMT

We started using twitter now to provide daily updates about our current deals that consumers might find useful.

Twitter: Looking beyond the stupid stuff

Cynthia — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:30:07 GMT

How reall, is this different from Facebook or even updating a blog? I still don't get it.

Twitter: Looking beyond the stupid stuff

Paul Glowiak, Madison, Indiana — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:31:20 GMT

I am also trying to figure how to leverage this in my Graphic Design business. I feel that social networking can not only be a way to attract business, but helping other companies with social networking and implementation is another source of revenue.

Twitter: Looking beyond the stupid stuff

Phil - Flagstaff, AZ — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:49:28 GMT

I am trying to leverage twitter for my pearl jewelry company. www.climatepearl.com - It is often very challenging just starting out. I am excited to see where this will go!

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Rachel, Southern Tier, NY — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 20:11:20 GMT

Penny Arcade did it first...

Twitter: Looking beyond the stupid stuff

dale nelson, Carthage, MO. — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 07:07:35 GMT

No comment as of now.

Twitter: Looking beyond the stupid stuff

Emilio Olivares, Monterrey, Mexico — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 12:36:01 GMT

http://www.yammer.com/ is twitter for internal business communication. Excellent tool, we use it all the time.

Twitter: Looking beyond the stupid stuff

Lee Morin, Park City, Utah — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 17:30:43 GMT

Hi Eve, Your story delivers alot of great insight. I just launched my new social networking site this week called SkiTube www.skitube.us. The site is designed to give skiers, snowboarders, and winter action sports enthusiasts a smaller community to post, watch, and share their clips with peers. Due to our size, we have to be creative and look at ways to gain awareness, without breaking the piggy-bank; so you've given us lot's to consider, and appreciate MSNBC for finally delivering some great news we can all use in our everyday business lives!!!! Lee

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Norfolk, VA — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 08:13:49 GMT

I use Twitter, it is an effective way to be noticed. I am an environmental engineer and I am engaged in the business of trying to inform the public about renewable energy resources and the need to change to this technology to power our society. I speak of love and life in my 'tweets' however and I try to share my thoughts on just about any subject. In this way, I don't think people mind that I mention my sites from time to time. At this point in my life I realize it is important to try and help your fellow man (or woman :))follow me! I am gypsyman27

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andy — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:04:21 GMT

2 problems with using twitter as a revenue channel (detailed here : http://www.savingtoinvest.com/2008/12/why-twitter-will-not-help-your-blog.html )Firstly, the traffic you do get from Twitter is most likely other bloggers and/or online marketers that are highly unlikely to click on any advertisements contained on your blog. As a blogger myself, I know I have almost become immune to ads and unfortunately unless something really strikes me I am not going to click on ads. I also don’t believe in using Adsense or other pay per click ads as a Tip Jar, by falsely clicking ads to help a fellow blogger out. Google and its advertisers have paid for real clicks, and I do not want to risk myself or the blogger’s whose site I am on from getting banned by Google for fake clicks (there are other ways and more legit ways to help fellow bloggers).

Twitter: Looking beyond the stupid stuff

Tom Feldewerth, St Charles MO — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 14:20:25 GMT

I have some very humurous small mirrors that have gotten a great reception in my retail store. One for examlpe says "Mirror, mirrror, what the .......?" The sell for 10 24 dollars depending on the size. They are fun to hang on your bathroom mirror to give you a grin in the morning.

Twitter: Looking beyond the stupid stuff

Melissa, Philadelphia, PA — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 17:51:12 GMT

It's definitely helped me send traffic to my website. One tweet in particular, <a href="http://www.mymochamoney.com/744/eat-for-free-on-your-birthday-and-more/">"Eat For Free On Your Birthday And More!"</a> sent a ton of traffic to my website to read that particular post. Your tweets just have to be interesting and provide value to your followers if you want to get any real value out of Twitter.

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1800insurance.com — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 18:03:04 GMT

Any good thing can be abused by those who do not know better. Once the masses learn of the new technologies they are sure to drag them into places not intended.

Twitter: Looking beyond the stupid stuff

A. Summer, Minneapolis, Minnesota — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 02:54:56 GMT

I started using Twitter after it and the BBC broke the story with photos and related information of the Turkish airliner that crashed in the Netherlands. Twitter would be more relevant for me if I could use it in this way. Any suggestions on what sources to follow?

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Robert Yourell — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 03:50:01 GMT

Familiarity boosts sales. One of my things is advanced stress management. To see what Twitter posts look like, or get some stress tips, look at the app at Yourell.com (lower right). For a guided experience, go to www.PsychInnovations.com/sound/shimmer/Shimmer_Basic_P4.mp3

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Thu, 09 Apr 2009 18:00:49 GMT

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Twitter: Looking beyond the stupid stuff

Randy Hall — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 18:52:32 GMT