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Musicians Make Connections On Twitter

Mary Long — Fri, 25 May 2012 19:00:50 +0000

Twitter is a great place to witness celebrity meltdowns firsthand, but it’s also a great place for them to make connections. And for musicians, this is helping more of them leap right past that “awkward introduction” phase straight to “let’s collaborate!”
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Students: “Play” Your Tuition Bills With Grantoo

Mary Long — Fri, 25 May 2012 17:00:19 +0000

You’re going to think this is too good to be true or a ploy to get you to read this piece, but it isn’t.

What would you say if I told you that students could win tuition grants and help out the charity of their choice by playing games online? Old news – gamers win money every day, right? Well, we’re not talking hardcore ‘gamer type’ games here. These are just regular, ‘anyone can play them’ type games. Your grandma could play them (more on that later).

If you’re a student, or if you know one, you’ll want to check this out. Students are winning between $50 to $5,000 a pop and it’s completely free to play.
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Social Media Jobs: Jellyvision Games, PopCap Games, Socialdealer

Nadine Cheung — Fri, 25 May 2012 14:00:04 +0000

This week, Jellyvision Games is hiring a software engineer, while PopCap Games needs a UI lead. Socialdealer is on the hunt for a senior .NET developer and TinyCo is seeking a C++ game engineer. Get the scoop on these openings and more below, and find additional just-posted gigs on mediabistro.com.

Software Engineer Jellyvision Games (Chicago, IL)
UI Lead PopCap Games (San Francisco, CA)
Senior .NET Developer Socialdealer (Oakbrook Terrace, IL)
C++ Game Engineer TinyCo (San Francisco, CA)
Product Manager – Bubble Island Wooga (Berlin, Germany)

Find more great Twitter-related jobs on the AllTwitter job board. Looking to hire? Tap into our network of talented AllTwitter pros and post a risk-free job listing. For real-time openings and employment news, follow @MBJobPost.

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Dabble In The Stock Market? Make Your Next Buy Based On Twitter Sentiment

Lauren Dugan — Fri, 25 May 2012 12:00:25 +0000

The much-lauded Twitter-based hedge fund by Derwent Capital Markets only traded for a single month before the company shut down all tweet-based operations – but they’re not done with Twitter yet.
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Twitter Shuts Down Summify Five Months After Acquisition

Lauren Dugan — Fri, 25 May 2012 10:00:33 +0000

Those still receiving daily Summify emails – which compile the top social posts from Twitter, Facebook and Google Reader – will have to start looking for a new way to curate their social feeds: Summify is shutting its doors on June 22, just five months after being acquired by Twitter.
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Customers Bullish On Travel, Spending This Memorial Weekend, Says Social Sentiment Index [STUDY]

Shea Bennett — Fri, 25 May 2012 08:00:24 +0000

Are you traveling this Memorial Day weekend? Planning to do a little shopping, too?

You’re not alone. IBM’s Social Sentiment Index, which aggregates public opinion from Twitter, blogs, message forums and other social media channels, has revealed a 46 percent increase in the amount of conversations about Memorial Day travel over last year.

And there’s good news for retailers, too – the ratio of positive to negative comments about shopping this weekend is up five fold on 2011.

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Just 16% Of CEOs Use Social Media [STUDY]

Shea Bennett — Fri, 25 May 2012 06:00:53 +0000

Did you know that more than three quarters (77 percent) of customers have said that they would buy more from their favourite brands if the company’s CEO was tweeting?

It’s a no-brainer. CEOs and other business leaders who show that they both understand and embrace modern technologies set a fine example to their workforce and their consumers. Plus, they’ll position themselves to be better informed about what social media can do for their organisation and whether their employees are using these tools productively (or simply wasting time).

So why is study after study showing CEOs being so frustratingly reluctant to get on board?

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This Story Is Being Published One Tweet At A Time

Mary Long — Thu, 24 May 2012 21:00:02 +0000

We all know that attention spans are shrinking and traditional book sales are declining, but are we really at the point where people want to read a book posted one tweet at a time?

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jennifer Egan is counting on it – and plans to begin publishing her newest novel, Black Box, on Twitter this week.
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Would A Twitter IPO Beat Facebook’s?

Mary Long — Thu, 24 May 2012 18:00:29 +0000

With so much going on about the Facebook IPO, we thought now would be a good time to consider (speculate) what Twitter’s IPO would be worth – if and when they ever go that route, of course. As we recently told you, Twitter’s CEO, Dick Costolo, doesn’t anticipate this happening any time soon. But one never knows what can happen next in this crazy tech bubble kinda world we’re living in, now do we?
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Manage Your Online and Offline Twitter Connections With #Hashable

Mary Long — Thu, 24 May 2012 15:15:56 +0000

Do you have trouble remembering all of the people you meet or do you struggle to connect who someone is offline with who they are online? Or maybe you help folks make professional connections – or just want to keep track of the introductions you’ve made for future reference? There’s an app for that.

#Hashable allows you to “easily save and remember everyone you meet, send biz cards, keep track of meetings and interactions, anchor connections with reminders and notes” and, if you’re competitive, try to accumulate the most Hashcred on the leaderboard. continued…

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Create A Twitter Contest To Generate Buzz For Your Brand With Binkd

Lauren Dugan — Thu, 24 May 2012 12:00:36 +0000

Twitter lets you connect to your potential customers, but it’s up to you to engage them and generate interest in your brand. How do you get them talking? Hold a contest! People love winning things, even if the prize is just a retweet.

Binkd Promotion is a Twitter contest app that can help you get your brand’s message to go viral by creating unique contests to get people voting on, retweeting, mentioning and sharing your content.
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How Is Twitter Being Used During Disasters? [STUDY]

Lauren Dugan — Thu, 24 May 2012 10:00:59 +0000

Twitter is a real-time social network, so it is a naturally good fit as an emergency communication tool. But just how are we actually using it to share information in times of trouble?

A study from North Carolina State University explores how people used Twitter during the 2011 nuclear disaster in Japan, finding that Twitter doesn’t really change what we communicate but it certainly increases the speed at which we do it.
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Why First Class Customer Service Is The Key To Social Media Success [INFOGRAPHIC]

Shea Bennett — Thu, 24 May 2012 08:00:02 +0000

Did you know that social media users who receive excellent service from their favourite brands go on to spend, on average, 21 percent more than non-social customers?

Conversely, 83 percent of socially savvy consumers have walked away from a purchase in the past year after having a negative support experience with brand, compared to just 49 percent of everybody else *.

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Which Social Sharing Buttons Are Right For Your Website? [INFOGRAPHIC]

Shea Bennett — Thu, 24 May 2012 06:00:51 +0000

When you set up a new website it can be tempting to bolt on every single social sharing button in existence – after all, you want to maximise traffic and exposure, and what better way to do this than by letting your visitors share your content any and everywhere?

This sounds like a good idea, but it’s actually a mistake. Not only do dozens of share buttons risk making you look a little desperate, but by giving your visitors too many options you can actually trigger choice paralysis – with so many possibilities available to them the decision becomes overly-complicated and, frustrated, they often end up choosing none. By giving them less choice, you’re actually far more likely to get the outcome you desire.

Moreover, the different social networks are popular with different types of demographics, and not all of them will have a general interest in your business. So how do you know which share button is right for you?

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Are Your Tweets @ALittleRacist?

Mary Long — Wed, 23 May 2012 21:30:48 +0000

Have you ever seen racist tweets and thought to yourself, “Man, I wish someone would call them out for that!” Your prayers have been answered.

There’s a Twitter handle, @alittleracist, run by some anonymous man in the UK (according to the corresponding website). The account “calls out racism, xenophobia, and stereotyping on Twitter. Because, well, someone has to do it.” Amen to that!
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