Someone pinged me today asking about how to find an old hashtag conversation on Twitter. Awhile back I would have had to say they were out of luck. But thanks to a deal with Google that was penned earlier this year, older tweets can be found. I found it wasn’t really all that intuitive to use the new Updates Search feature but it does provide hope for the data miner and procrastinator alike. According to Google, they have Tweets back to February 11, 2010, and this simple search for my Twitter name shows read more...
How to Use Twitter’s Embeddable Tweets Feature on Your Blog, Step-By-Step
There was lots of talk today about Twitter's entry into the Android market with its own app. However, another interesting announcement was a tool to allow you to embed a tweet. Here is an example of a tweet about this new development that I made earlier today: Twitter's embeddable tweets feature should give it some branding and Google juice http://bit.ly/bqPI14read more...
RT This Post: Why Twitter Is Making Us Lazy
It has always been hard to get people to do what you want them to do. In fact, if you try to get me to do something, chances are I won’t. It is one of my fatal flaws. I am stubborn like that, but I am willing to bet that a lot of you are, too. Public relations professionals and marketers have been trying to overcome this inertia for centuries. It is one of the reasons people look at our profession as little more than spin and persuasion. Then along came social media and… read more...
Facebook Covers Legal Risk for Giveaways; Maybe Opens a New Revenue Stream?
The day is fast approaching for the current social networking darlings, Twitter especially but also Facebook, to continue their transformation into media properties. The name of the game is making money while keeping their user base largely happy and mitigating risk that would put the business in jeopardy. Here are some of the recent changes which you should know about: FACEBOOK SWEEPSTAKES Facebook, while never being particularly friendly about sweepstakes and giveways, is now downright read more...
Shel Israel is Coming to Houston on Twitterville Tour and to a City Near You?
I am very excited to announce that Shel Israel will be coming to Houston October 20-21, 2009, as part of his book launch tour for Twitterville that will start this weekend in San Francisco with his Twitterville Bash (TBash) read more...