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4 Ways the Twitter You Know is Changing Forever

Convince & Convert

Twitter is on its way to becoming something entirely different. This isn’t a new phenomenon, as Twitter’s first incarnation as short form narcissism gave more than a kernel of truth to the old complaint among non-users that “they didn’t want to know what people had for lunch.” Twitter as a Ratings Service.

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5 Great Reasons to Retweet Others on Twitter

Webbiquity

One of the key characteristics I (and many other Twitter users) use when determining whether I should follow someone back on Twitter is the level of interaction in their tweet stream. But Twitter is a social tool, not a broadcasting medium. Retweeting is a key part of the social interaction on Twitter. Answer them?

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10 Reasons I Won’t Follow You on Twitter

Webbiquity

Before I start this rant, let me make it clear that I love gaining new followers on Twitter and I’m honored by (almost) every one—I’m grateful that you want to hear what I have to say! Okay, we all need to eat, and there’s nothing wrong with occasionally promoting your content, product or service on Twitter.

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List of Brand-Side Corporate Social Strategists: Twitter Edition

Webbiquity

It’s an outstanding list, categorized by industry including Automotive, Chemicals, Electronics, Telecommunications, and a dozen other sectors, but all of the names were linked to the individuals’ LinkedIn profiles—no Twitter links! Serious disconnect there.). Anyway, on to the list! List of Corporate Social Strategists for 2011.

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Proper Care and Feeding of a Blog

Webbiquity

The best blogs communicate with readers rather than just broadcasting to them. When someone is thoughtful enough to link to your blog, show your appreciation: leave a comment on their blog, link to their post from your blog or from Twitter, Digg their post, send them a quick note, do something to affirm the recognition.

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Content Curation: The Oldest Media Activity

Digital B2B Marketing

By consistently providing valuable content, marketers move beyond broadcasting to anyone that will listen and begin developing an audience that specifically listens to them. Most Twitter lists are examples of curating sources, not content. Good is no longer good enough. Curated Sourcing Just as content is curated, sources are curated.

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What is Webbiquity? How to Be Everywhere Online

Webbiquity

From a historical perspective, the web a decade ago (or even a bit less) was still primarily a broadcast medium with limited inactivity. Media sharing accounts are connected to Twitter, which is also used to promote content marketing. And everything links back the enterprise’s website and blog. Share this on del.icio.us.