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Re: Gaming Twitter For Followers – How do YOU feel about it?

Peggy Dolane — Wed, 20 May 2009 23:10:26 -0000

I don't get mass following from any perspective. Having tons of followers makes sense if you are a celebrity or a broadcast channel like the @NTTimes. But for individuals, not? I used to have great relationships with people when they had fewer followers. But once you get into the 10s of thousands it's a challenge to keep up relationships with them -- even if you are exceptionally gifted social media artiste.

I'd rather grow my community organically. The followers I have are more likely to retweet me, support my efforts, laugh at my jokes and answer my questions. And isn't that the best part of twitter?

Re: 8 Tips To Help Companies Avoid Image Fiascoes On Twitter - Share YOUR tips!

Peggy Dolane — Wed, 20 May 2009 23:16:08 -0000

I had a problem with NetNanny crashing my computer after I installed it. I tweeted my frustration. I got a tweet back from the PR person who rallied support. Within an hour I had a phone call from the head tech support person at the company who fixed my computer. I am a fan for life!

Re: Hashtags 101: How-To Use Hashtags - Share YOUR #hashtagtip

Peggy Dolane — Wed, 27 May 2009 01:02:26 -0000

Here's a link on how to get an effective # event started on Twitter used by @linkedinexpert, @marismith and @freerangemom http://linkedintobusiness.com/?p=395

Re: Users Over 55 Quitting Facebook: The Baby Boom Times Over?

Peggy Dolane — Wed, 27 May 2009 20:58:59 -0000

Love the photo of the 80 year old guy on the computer to represent the 55 - 65 age group. God help you if you look like that when you get up in years!

At least Facebook is starting to pay attention to boomer-generation users. As of very recently they were grouping everyone over 45 into one lump category (see visual on this page for ex http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/advertising/?...) There's a vast difference between a 45 year old user and a 70 year old user, for example.

Older users have fewer reasons to be motivated to stay on... they are usually well established in their communities. However, as the children of boomers start having grandchildren, you can bet those users will all be plugged in every day to see what their families are up to!

Re: Everything I Need to Know About Twitter I Learned in J School

Peggy Dolane — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:42:45 -0000

Twitter is all about learning what headlines sell and which ones don't. Take a page from the direct marketer handbook and test it. Use a trackable url shortener like budurl or snipurl when you shorten your link. Try a few different headlines with your links. Then watch to see which tweets get the most clicks.

Re: Does Twitter Monitor Its Brand? Fake-Twitter.com Suggests No

Peggy Dolane — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 12:29:46 -0000

Clearly it is a libel suit waiting to happen. Twitter should just ignore it and let the lawyers take care of it.

I tried to use it for fun, however, and it didn't appear to work. Perhaps it will suffer the same FAIL problems that Twitter has and die on it's own from popularity.

Re: What is your retweet rank?

Peggy Dolane — Thu, 21 May 2009 14:24:52 -0000

So why do several people have the same rank? (1001)

Re: How To Turn Twitter Followers Into Friends

Peggy Dolane — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 20:43:38 -0000

I absolutely believe that RT is the heart and soul of Twitter. @'s are a close second. People who do that well, are absolutely worth following.

Great work here. Of course I'll subscribe to your blog. And of course I'll post the link on Twitter.

Re: How To Find Great Links For Twitter That Get Retweeted Like Crazy

Peggy Dolane — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 19:56:10 -0000

Awesome post. This is above and beyond for value-added! You are moving up in my book as one of the most valuable people I follow on Twitter. Running off to promote you now.

Re: Why URL Shorteners Are Important

Peggy Dolane — Fri, 22 May 2009 01:56:29 -0000

Thinking about this over on FriendFeed. Here's my comment again for the unFF masses. (grin)

I just had an inspiration. Imagine a 140 character link? Perhaps what we need instead of a short URL is a LONG ONE?! That way the entire link is the hook, line and sinker. There is simply not enough space in a short url to do anything but function as conduit to content. But a long url that includes the headline copy then allows for the branding AND the tracking in one simple link. Is there a tool out there that does this? Just like we are already doing in our webpages every day. Gimme!

Re: My Favourite Tweets

Peggy Dolane — Tue, 19 May 2009 00:13:35 -0000

Don't miss Favotter (http://favotter.matope.com/en/) it shows everyone's favorite tweets -- including those that are most popular.

Re: You need a better reason

Peggy Dolane — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 20:07:55 -0000

Non-profits have little enough resources as it is to go running after a Facebook account just because some board member thinks it's the best thing since sliced bread. Asking 5 strategic questions (http://sn.im/f1evr) can help slow a board member down and refocus the conversation on what's important -- clients and donors.

Re: I’m following you!

Peggy Dolane — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:19:47 -0000

You got my attention -- and that's saying a lot. Will watch what you do with interest. Thanks for the invite to participate.

Re: Top 10 Reasons Why I Refuse To Read Your Blog

Peggy Dolane — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 13:09:43 -0000

No reason to cut someone off from your list if they use blogspot. That's the same reason people miss great vocalists like Susan Boyd.

In my book the platform is not what's important, it's what you have to say. I don't look at your url, your ideas are what make me come back and keep reading over and over. The irony here is that blogger was created by the same folks who made Twitter.

The goal -- make blogging accessible to all. Time to give platform snobbery a rest and judge a blog by it's value not by it's cover.

Re: Twitter Wisdom: How to Use TweetLater Correctly

Peggy Dolane — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:36:12 -0000

I'm being followed by so many people these days, it's almost a given that I will unfollow someone who spams me with a tweetlater "thanks for following me" DM. Just about everyone using them is promoting themselves. You might be surprised to hear that as a marketer I'm not using Twitter to be marketed to. I'm using Twitter for news, ideas, information, engaging with others, and even entertainment. I don't mind if you Tweet about your product over time. Please do it as part of a whole picture -- otherwise you appear as a one note song.

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Re: Why Twitter is not a replacement for email marketing

Peggy Dolane — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:21:09 -0000

Great idea to include a tweetable link in your newsletter!
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