Category Archives: Twitter

Twestival coming to an area near you next week

Posted on September 6, 2009 by Kieron
Back in February we saw the first ever Twestival. A fund raising event held in various locations around the world that raised over $250k for charity: water. From the Twestival site: What is a Twestival? A Twestival or Twitter-Festival is a global series of events organized by volunteers around the world under short timescales, which bring people offline for a great cause. Twestival is run 100% by volunteers and independently from any not-for-profit; although the organizing teams do work closely … Continue reading →
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How to use Twitter to grow your online business

Posted on April 27, 2009 by Kieron
In a couple of my recent posts about Twitter I’ve received comments from a lot of people who say they still don’t “get” Twitter and certainly don’t see how it can be a tool to drive customers to your site and indeed grow your business. So I thought I would share a few techniques and real-life examples here that have worked for me. The following guide presumes you know how Twitter works, if you don’t read here first. 1. The … Continue reading →
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Who says you can’t use Twitter for business?

Posted on March 12, 2009 by Kieron
There are still a *lot* of people that I speak to who don’t get Twitter. They don’t know how to use it to get the best from it and they definitely don’t see any use for it in business. However it can be a huge source of traffic if you do it right. The above pie chart shows the split of all traffic sources to my new site ShareMyPlaylists.com that I launched just over a week ago. As an experiment … Continue reading →
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Daily Mail close down Twitter parody

Posted on January 13, 2009 by Kieron
Saw this yesterday written by @jemimakiss. It seems that Twitter have caved into legal pressure from the Daily Mail and closed down a Daily Mail parody account on Twitter; NotDailyMail_UK. I urge you to read the full article here but here are a couple of juicy snippets: Further proof, if we needed it, that the Daily Mail (LSE: DMGT) has no sense of humour. Some wag created the inevitable spoof account for the Mail on Twitter, which resulted in various … Continue reading →
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