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How Twitter Can Backfire

Stephen Kersey — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:08:17 +0000

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 out of business.

Sounding Like Spam
If all you use Twitter for is to talk about your products without any other sort of interaction, your company may get a “spammy” reputation.

Customer Service
People may begin to use your Twitter page as a sort of customer service. Unless you have the time to answer questions on Twitter, this could quickly turn into a hassle.

Is Twitter right for your business?

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Selecting a Twitter Handle for a Business

Stephen Kersey — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:21:22 +0000

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 to the end of the Twitter handle, it can give your Twitter page a personal feel. And customers love that!

Contact Twitter
If you have a trademark on your business name, contact Twitter and they may decide to give you the Twitter handle of your choice.

Buy It
If your Twitter handle is unavailable, contact the current owner of the Twitter handle and offer to buy it.

Twitter Handle for Business

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Kasey Kahne Doesn’t Like Boobs

Stephen Kersey — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 23:32:03 +0000

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” … but in harsher terms. Hopefully he woke up on the wrong side of his trailer or something because his Twitter rant was just embarrassing.

Kasey Kahne, class act.

Kasey Kahen Hates Boobs (Image: TSN.ca)

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Most Tweeted Moment of 2011

Stephen Kersey — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:03:27 +0000

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 devestating earthquake in Japan had tweets being blasted at more than 5.5 thousand per second.

1. Beyonce’s Pregnancy
When Beyonce announced her pregnancy at the MTV Video Music Awards, Twitter exploded to nearly nine thousand tweets per second.

Beyonce Pregnant Pictures

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Most Important Person On Twitter for 2011

Stephen Kersey — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 02:11:22 +0000

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 than Justin Bieber. In 2011, the average Justin Bieber tweet got retweeted five million times. Wow! To put that in perspective, Barack Obama only gets retweeted about 250,000 times per tweet.

For better or worse, we live in a society where a pop star from Canada is more important than the president of the United States.

Amazing.

Justin Bieber

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Most Popular Hashtags on Twitter in 2011

Stephen Kersey — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 02:38:57 +0000

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, #egypt blew away the competition.

Charlie Sheen was a Twitter hashtag god in 2011

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Pictures: Paulina Gretzky Pics – Wayne Gretzky’s Daughter

Stephen Kersey — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:48:54 +0000

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 everyone sleeping on her? Free sexy pics sounds like a good deal to me.

Here are the sexy Paulina Gretzky pictures:

Paulina Gretzky Pictures

Paulina Gretzky Sexy Pictures

Paulina Gretzky Twitter Pictures

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Twitter Murder: Rap Beef Leads to Murder

Stephen Kersey — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:38:13 +0000

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 Craigslist. Ask Facebook. This wasn’t the first Twitter murder and it won’t be the last.

Boskoe Twitter Murder

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Twitter: Hulk Hogan on Macho Man Randy Savage

Stephen Kersey — Fri, 20 May 2011 18:04:45 +0000

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 so much life in his eyes and in his spirit. I just pray that he’s happy and in a better place. We miss him.”

Hulk Hogan Twitter: “We miss him a lot. I feel horrible about the ten years of having no communication. This is a tough one.”

Hulk Hogan Twitter: “I just pray that Macho Man Randy Savage is happy and in a better place. We miss him.”

Hulk Hogan Twitter

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Twitter Usage in 2010

Kori Ellis — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 03:52:47 +0000

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 than 500 tweets.
Justin Bieber is one of the top two-word phrases and top names in user’s bios.
Significantly more users are disclosing their location, bio and web information in their Twitter profiles.

Check out more from the study at sysomos.com.

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