There were a lot of smug faces in the twittersphere (can you say that?), and abashed techies over at The Telegraph when they decided to publish live tweets posted to the tag #budget during the week, without thinking the obvious – without moderators you’re basically giving an open space for all – including the malicious [...]
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Moderating Peril – The telegraph twitter trap
Saturday, April 25th, 2009Tags: #telegraphfail, anti-spam, blogging, do's and don't's for twitter
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Overoptimistic about Twitter search
Friday, April 24th, 2009There was an interesting article last month about twitter search, which raises questions for any prospective webmaster – given that search engine optimisation is, rightly, a major concern in the design and upkeep of a site.
The article, published in twitip.com, will have pleased twitter executives as it – with more than a little hyperbole – [...]
Tags: advantages of using twitter, clever use of social networking, the live web, twitter search, twitter vs google, using twitter badly
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Using twitter to promote your band
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009Many bands starting out have a huge amount of energy and enthusiasm – they want to evangelize and spread the word about how good their band is. The internet revolution has meant that – as opposed to when bands like the beatles, u2, or even nirvana were starting out – bands nowadays have a huge [...]
Tags: building a band website, do's and don't's for twitter, establishing an online presence, musicians' marketing tips
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Using twitter in a crisis – two case studies
Tuesday, April 21st, 2009Two recent events have struck home how useful Twitter can be from the point of view of customer relations, and how poorly it is being used by some companies who should know better.
The first was the by-now notorious #amazonfail case, where word got out that Amazon had shunted all Gay Lesbian and Transgender tagged works [...]
Tags: #amazonfail, pr on social networks, using twitter badly
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