A-Twitter “Thank you very much”

written by Adam Cupples (@ACupples) I’m sure my most astute and loyal readers (or just my mom) will remember my last Twitter post, and yeah, I was a little harsh and down on the tweeting trend. (For the rest of you, here’s the link if you want a refresher). Today, I’m changing my tweeting tune [...]

“I don’t get Twitter”

written by Adam Cupples (@ACupples) If you guys haven’t noticed, I’m a Twitter fan.  It’s been useful for me personally and professionally.  I think it’s entertaining and helpful.  I’ve been known to jump to its defense when I hear the commonly uttered phrase, “I don’t get Twitter.” My common defenses:  you can meet new people and network; [...]

Um, sir, you’ll have to pay for that.

Last week brought the “announcements” that the Providence Journal thinking about possibly monetizing it’s content and that Twitter is probably going to offer a paid business account soonish that would offer analytics. A sign of the economic times or a factor of inevitability… In an interview Jonathan Fildes for BBC News, Twitter co-founder Biz Stone [...]

My Sunday Morning and the Boston Globe

Adam Here: On Sunday morning I woke up before the kids, grabbed my cup of coffee, sat at the kitchen table and read the Boston Globe section by section, folding and flipping while the tips of my fingers slowly turned gray… Wait wait wait, that isn’t exactly how it went. With mug in hand, I [...]

Organizing via Twitter Lists

  Scoops Here. Twitter Lists are novel concept to most socialmedialites out there, however many organizations can use this tool to help simplify its collective voice as well as provide a slew of other benefits.  In essence, Twitter Lists is now what we would call groups so you can assemble the types of people you [...]

i spy with my little search engine

or big search engines… Monitoring the online conversation just got easier as both Bing and Google have penned deals with Twitter allowing the search giants to mine Tweets for their search results. What does this mean for you?  Real time twitter results for Google and Bing search queries are on the horizon. Vanity searches are [...]

It is never to late to start Tweeting, Twitting, Tweetie…

Scoops Here. If you feel like social media is too beyond you, take some advice from Bill Cosby. Although not his thing, at least he tries. Mr. Cosby decided to dip his feet in the water by promoting “The Cosnarati,” a socially conscious hip-hop group he hopes will guide young people to do good with their lives. [...]

How Do Your ReTweets Spread?

Scoops Here. Have you ever retweeted a story  and thought..where does it go? and is who else has caught on? Well, TweetMeme has proved to be a powerful tool for online publishers. TweeMeme already has analytics tools and packages, but they have also decided to delve into a complementary tool to their existing offering for deep insight into [...]

I will be a Follower of McDonald’s on Twitter…

I am probably the only true fan of McDonald’s in the office. Making my daily morning trip for hotcakes and sausage. Grabbing a double cheeseburger without the cheese on my way to an appointment. Now starting on Monday I will be able to follow my favorite quick service brand on Twitter. Always careful with their [...]

Twitter Can’t Seem to Get You to Open Up…

Scoops Here. Researchers at Penn State recently revealed the results of a study which looked into how people were using Twitter to talk about products. For Companies, perception is key when it comes to brand building. Many businesses currently fear how people on Twitter perceive their products.  According to this study, companies may not have to worry about Twitter [...]