That’s what Alexa Scordato did. Looking for a new job, Alexa Scordato didn’t email or call her contacts about possible openings. Instead, she messaged them via the social-networking Web site Twitter.com. Her brief message: “Hey there! Looking for a Social Media job up in Boston. Are you guys doing any entry level hires?” Within a [...]
Live Twittering A Murder Trial
Ron Sylvester is live twittering a murder trial. He’s done this before. This time, he’s covering the trial of Justin Thurber. His unique way of live coverage is compelling.
Not Worth Much, But Still Fun
Check out TweetValue. It tells you what your Twitter account is worth (I guess). Some information that’s missing… Who’s willing to pay for my Twitter account? By the way–I’m only worth $371.
Newscoma LIVE at ONA Nashville
Newscoma will be live tweeting today’s Online News Association conference in Nashville, and we’ll have the live feed here along with some other guests tweeters! Stay tuned to what’s going on at the conference here at NTZ!
Building Clientele Through Twitter
This post at Mr. Tweet tells how mainstream businesses can use Twitter to build up their clientele. When J.R. Cohen, Operations Manager for CoffeeGroundz (@coffeegroundz) Cafe in Houston, Texas first heard about Twitter from one of his customers, he was puzzled but intrigued. Today, he credits Twitter with almost doubling his clientele and with opening [...]
More on Google Analytics — Traffic Quality
The other day I posted a short introduction to Google Analytics along with a couple of ideas about how the information compiled there could be used specifically by journalists. One of the other really cool features (it’s new) in Analytics is the ability to create custom reports. One that I’ve created for some sites is [...]
The Digital Gap and Weekly Newspapers
So you’re a weekly newspaper publisher and you produce a quality newspaper product with original local news and a vibrant editorial page. Your ongoing efforts and commitment have allowed you to control your local news market. Readers respect you and look to you for the facts – they want you to act as a watchdog [...]
Easy Way to Make 140 Characters
On Newscoma’s post from yesterday people are discussing what Twitter has done to blogging for some people. I know it has cut down my blogging quite a bit, especially on those posts that were basically a link out to something I found interesting. Well, here’s something interesting–a bookmarklet that helps you condense your tweets down [...]
Did Twitter Make You Quit Blogging?
There is a lot of talk about Twitter over at NTZ these days. Mainly because it is in the news. And here is the question? Has Twitter impaired your blogging? Are you using Twitter as an RSS feed? Mark Evans asks and pontificates quite eloquently. My sense is Twitter is emerging as a vibrant alternative [...]
Twitter Valuation
This is something all of us might want to watch. This is a post from Jeremiah Owyang regarding Twitter valuation. Last week, when I visited the smooth Twitter offices in SF, I asked them about official registered users and they commented “they don’t give out those numbers”, as it would benefit others more than them. [...]