SubscribeHow Twitter Can Backfire
If you own a business, you might rush out and put your business on Twitter. While this is a good idea most of the time, you should also be aware of how Twitter can backfire and hurt your business. Check out our list below to see if your company is in danger.
Lack of Updates
If you have a Twitter page for your business that isn’t updated regularly, people may think your business is unreliable. Or they may think your business is… More »
Selecting a Twitter Handle for a Business
So, you’ve decided to start a Twitter page for your business. The first thing you’ll need to do is to select a Twitter handle. If the name of your business isn’t available, you have several options. Here are our tips on how to select a Twitter handle for your business.
Add Location
If your Twitter handle isn’t available but your business operates out of only one city, consider adding the city name to your Twitter handle.
Add First Name
By adding your first name… More »
Kasey Kahne Doesn’t Like Boobs
Kasey Kahne is apparently a NASCAR driver. He also apparently hates boobs. What kind of guy hates boobs? Apparently the same type of guy who turns left for a living.
In a childish Twitter rant, Kasey Kahne went off about a woman he saw breastfeeding at a store. He said he was disgusted.
Really? You are disgusted by boobs? This guy needs to have his man license revoked.
He also went on to call one of his Twitter followers a “dumb female dog”… More »
Most Tweeted Moment of 2011
Nowadays, humans can be judged by the ebbs and flow of Twitter. It sounds odd but it’s definitely true. We’ve become a world of communication and Twitter lets us communicate quicker and easier than ever.
So what was the most tweeted moment of 2011? Here are the top three most popular moments on Twitter this year.
3. Osama Bin Laden’s Death
The raid that led to the death of Osama Bin Laden resulted in more than five thousand tweets per second.
2. Japan Earthquake
The… More »
Most Important Person On Twitter for 2011
Being influential on Twitter is very valuable. Companies will pay famous people with a lot of money tens of thousands of dollars for a single tweet. So that begs the question: who was the most important person on Twitter in 2011?
To judge, we’ll look at the person who gets the most retweets. While followers is nice, it’s easier to spam followers than it is to spam retweets. Thus, for this measurement, we’ll use retweets instead of followers.
And the winner?
None other… More »
Most Popular Hashtags on Twitter in 2011
If you use Twitter, you know about hashtags. By measuring the number of times a certain hashtag was used by the Twitter community, you can judge how big a story was. In 2011, what were the most popular hashtags on Twitter?
Here’s the answer:
3. Japan
During the Japan earthquakes, #japan helped keep track of the latest breaking news.
2. TIGERBLOOD
Congrats, Charlie Sheen, you go down in history for the #tigerblood trend on Twitter.
1. Egypt
As the world tried to help the people of Egypt,… More »
Pictures: Paulina Gretzky Pics – Wayne Gretzky’s Daughter
Wayne Gretzky’s legend continues to grow. Check out this seed he dropped. Paulina Gretzky, Wayne Gretzky’s 22-year-old daughter, is so hot she’d melt an NHL ice. And best of all is that she knows she’s hot and posts pictures on her Twitter page.
The bad news? It looks like Wayne Gretzky stepped in and has made Paulina Gretzky stop posting semi-nude pictures. A not-so-great move by The Great One.
Amazingly enough, Paulina Gretzky’s Twitter page only has about 25,000 followers. Why is… More »
Twitter Murder: Rap Beef Leads to Murder
Twitter ain’t no joke in Los Angeles. A rapper known as Boskoe recently got arrested for killing another rapper named RoseMo. Their beef apparently started on Twitter. A twitter murder? Yes, we’ve reached the era of Twitter-related killings.
After the initial Twitter argument, @Rosemo700 reportedly beat up @Boskoe1. To retaliate, @Boskoe1 murdered @Rosemo700. This all went down in the L.A. streets.
Honestly though, this isn’t much of a surprise. Once something gets popular on the internet, murders are soon to follow. Ask… More »
Twitter: Hulk Hogan on Macho Man Randy Savage
Macho Man Randy Savage died earlier today. We remembered Macho Man Randy Savage in pictures. Hulk Hogan is remembering Macho Man Randy Savage on Twitter. Check out these tweets from Hulk Hogan’s Twitter account. Up until a short while ago, Hulk Hogan and Macho Man Randy Savage weren’t on speaking terms.
Hulk Hogan Twitter: “I am completely devastated. After ten years of not talking with Macho Man Randy Savage, we have finally started to talk and communicate.”
Hulk Hogan Twitter: “He had… More »
Twitter Usage in 2010
Sysomos recently did a study comparing Twitter usage in 2010 vs 2009. Analyzing over one billion tweets, some of the highlights of the study are below. Not surprisingly, Justin Bieber is one of the top phrases on Twitter, and most users have made fewer than 500 total tweets.
Some of the highlights of the study are:
Users with 100+ friends have increased by three-fold to 21% since 2009.
22.5% of users accounted for about 90% of all activity.
80% of users have made fewer… More »
Arnold Takes a Jab at Palin on Twitter
It’s not just the celebs and athletes taking jabs at each other on Twitter. Politicians get in the act too.
On Thursday, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Tweeted:
Sarah Palin took notice and threw a barb of her own:
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The Twit Network Trailer Parody
As you probably know, The Social Network is an upcoming film directed by David Fincher about the founding of Facebook. The film is set to hit theaters on October 1, 2010.
Recently a new social network movie trailer parody was released – The Twit Network, which as you can probably guess is the fictionalized version of the story of Twitter.
There have been a couple other funny faux social network trailers that have come out lately. Watch the trailer for The Other… More »
Lakers Win Set Tweets Per Second Record
Sports are making a real impact on Twitter traffic (and downtime) this month. Twitter revealed that it achieved a record 3,085 tweets per second on Thursday night as the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Boston Celtics in Game 7 to win the NBA Championship.
On average, Twitter receives about 750 tweets per second (65 million total tweets per day).
Basketball isn’t the only sport that has been popular on Twitter lately though. Twitter highlighted the most tweeted goals of the World Cup… More »
Twitter Analyzer Expands Your Twitter Info
If you haven’t figured it out just yet, there’s quite a bit of information that can be gained by paying attention to your activity using the network’s micro-blogging functionality. Finding out more information about your activity on Twitter can help you adjust your activity if necessary, or just identify other areas to work on improving your Twitter citizenship.
Twitter Analyzer provides details about your activity on Twitter. Including who you follow, who re-tweets your messages, what you’re talking about and just… More »
Some Significant Twitter Spam Activity Today
There was some significant spammy Twitter activity today on the network. I’ve received a number of tweets throughout the day that were less than what I’d expect from the people I received them from in my followers lists. As you can read in the screen captures above, it’s the obvious sex and performance subjects of topic that we’re used to receiving in our email Inboxes. The problem now is the increase in activity on the twitter… More »