Give meaning to Twitter’s #FollowFriday with Klout

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“Follow Friday” has become diluted, and I think Klout +K can save it. #FollowFriday (#ff) is the weekly  Twitter practice of  suggesting people to follow. You simply add the #FF tag to a tweet with a users @name in it. Klout +K is a new feature that lets people vouch for someone as an influencer of a topic. [...]

Old style retweets vs new style retweets: What’s the difference & how can we abuse them?

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If you’re new to Twitter you may know be familiar with the concept of “old style retweets” (now often referred to as “retweet with comment” vs “new style retweets”. Here’s a quick rundown on the history of the retweet (RT). When Twitter began there was no retweet built into the service. There was also no [...]

You’ve got game: Social media analytics in a game

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If 2010 was the year of the location game, 2011 is the year of full blown social gaming. Social gaming is simply a social network that has the ability to “win”, whether it’s simply earning rewards or beating your friends. Foursquare and other location games helped introduce us to this concept but this year social [...]

CSI Twitter: The price of worthless tweets

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Twitter gives every person the ability to document their lives. Many of our tweets are extremely relevant to us especially at the time, but most people could care less. Take one interesting but not very informative tweet: Gust of wind up to 60mph will today will be fun at work… I guess I’ve lived long [...]

Speaking with @Guavalicious about Twitter micro communities at #140conf small town

#140conf small town is a Twitter based conference that emphasizes concise communication. Kate (@Guavalicious) asked me to speak with her about micro communities on Twitter. A Twitter micro community is a group of tweeters that have one specific thing in common that is usually identified by a hashtag. Kate and I both utilize micro communities the [...]