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Infographic: The 4 Stages of “Getting” Twitter

Josh — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 12:52:37 +0000

This infographic takes you through the four stages of getting Twitter, from a complete inability to understand the purpose to being totally addicted.

Is Twitter faster than an Earthquake?

Josh — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 12:21:15 +0000

During the 5.9 magnitude earthquake that hit Virginia last week, tweets reached New York City before the earthquake hit the Big Apple. According to Twitter, more than 40,000 earthquake-related tweets were sent within a minute of its occurrence, hitting a rate of about 5,500 tweets per second!

Twitter adds image galleries to user profiles

Josh — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 12:20:11 +0000

Now when you upload photos to Twitter, they will be featured within an image gallery on your Twitter profile. When you visit a user’s Twitter profile on Twitter.com, you will notice that their profile highlights the most recent four images. To view more images from a user, just click the “view all” button to see several images in a grid view or a detail view highlighting the tweet that was associated with the photo.

Images are collected from Twitter’s new photo-uploading tool, as well as other third-party photo apps like yFrog, TwitPic, or my new favorite, Instagram. I like the fact that it pulls photos from multiple photo sharing services. I think this is a great addition to user profiles (makes the profile look more interesting) and will hopefully create more engagement with tweets that contain photos.

Twitter adds new activity features

Josh — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 01:20:10 +0000

Twitter is rolling out two new activity features on a partial redesign of Twitter.com.

The first new feature adds more activities (@mentions, favorites, follows, etc.) to your @[username] tab. Previously, the @[username] tab just displayed your @mentions. I think this feature will be helpful to me as I never know when I have a new follower or if someone has favorited my tweet (because I have the email settings turned off).

The other new feature is the Activity tab, which provides activities of my followers – the latest Favorites, Retweets, and Follows. Think of it like Facebook’s News Feed. I’m not sure if I find this feature very helpful, especially if you’re following lots of users on Twitter. I’m just thinking it could be a lot of information to try to sort through, which is why Twitter lists are very helpful of sorting through the clutter.

What do you think of these new features? Helpful or not?

Tweet Hunt: Shooting game powered by Twitter

Josh — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 00:56:08 +0000

Tweet Hunt is a fun shoot-em-up game powered by Twitter. Each bird in the game represents a real tweet. Using your slingshot, you must shoot enough tweets to advance to the next level. It’s like Angry Birds meets Duck Hunt.

Oh, and the game wouldn’t be complete without the fail whale. When you’re tired of shooting down birds, you can shoot the “Fail Whale” to kill all the birds on the screen. Tweet Hunt is available in two versions: Celebirdies ($.99) and Classic (free).

Adoption of social plugins by top websites

Josh — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 01:43:02 +0000

According to a report cited by VatorNews, Google+ now has more sharing buttons installed on top websites than compared to Twitter Share and Twitter Instant follow buttons.

40% of users follow at least one brand on Twitter

Josh — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 18:32:31 +0000

According to data from eMarketer, 40% of users on Twitter follow at least one brand.

Brand that respond on Twitter see increase in loyalty and purchasing

Josh — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 17:44:47 +0000

It pays for brands to respond to questions from their followers. According to May 2011 research from InboxQ, 60% of participants said they would be more likely to follow a brand that answered them, and 64% of users would be more likely to buy from a brand who responds to their questions on Twitter. Thanks to @shacheng for passing this info along. Read more at eMarketer.

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America according to Twitter

Josh — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 00:33:24 +0000

Did you know that 66% of Twitter users don’t give an actual city as their location? So, Column Five and InboxQ investigated geotagged tweets to find out what users were entering as their location on Twitter. They took those locations and plotted them on the map below.

InboxQ – Answer Questions on Twitter

Via Column Five for InboxQ.

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Is Twitter a waste of time?

Josh — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 14:25:25 +0000

When I ask people about what they think of Twitter – I usually get 1 of 2 reactions: either they’re really into it or they think it is a big waste of time. I remember when I first joined Twitter, and I recall that it took me several months to get into it. For me, the value and interest of Twitter grew over time – which I think happens for most people if they give it enough time. Now, I’m a huge Twitter fan and have two personal accounts: @Jmart730 and @ilikebigputts.

The infographic below – created by Problogger – provides statistics, highlights, and case studies/stories of how Twitter is being used.

What do you think of Twitter?

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