blockquoteno doubt this is going to improve. Datamining has to be at the top of list for Twitter and vendors looking for income/blockquotebr/
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blockquoteLists are just a new level of “following” .. right now, it’s so much work to add tweeps, most of mine are less then 1% complete. Too early to get riled up over it./blockquotebr/
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Here a “how to tweet” question that comes up often, so I’m posting some of the research that we did when we wrote Twitter Revolution.. it still great advice today.
One common social media automation idea is that you can reach different people in different time zones by setting up a repeated tweet every few hours.
Fact is, you will reach more people with that specific tweet, and if you are tweeting just the one tweet it’s likely that almost no one will notice.
Unfortunately, most of the people using this technique fail to add any real value beyond the self promotional tweets. So while I would never say that you should not repeat a tweet (after all, our mantra is NO RULES) I do regularly caution against having a profile page that is full of “come and look at me” type tweets
@GuyKawasaki wrote a piece showing his results when he repeated a tweet:
You would think that the skies would open up, and I’d get struck by lightning by the Twitter gods. Think again. In the case of repeating a tweet four times in thirty-two hours, there was a big spike for the first tweet, but the next three still yielded very good results. In total, the four posts resulted in 5,059 clickthroughs in tranches of 1,481, 1,415, 1,208, and 955; note, however, I looked at the server log and approximately 20% of these clickthroughs are bots. 700 people signed up for this service, by the way, because of my four tweets.
As suspected, more people saw the tweet each time it went out and the total clicks went way up.
What Guy left out was that he has a reputation for saying very smart things and engaging in real conversations with many tweeps.
What I prefer to see is self promotion with variety. I often use the same URL in a dozen or more tweets in a single day, for instance, the link to my Twitter radio show However, I use the link in unique tweets, mostly in answer to people asking me a question.
Sometimes, I’ll promote an upcoming event or show with several hints about the show. One tweet will have the show announcement, another will thank the guest I’ve booked, yet another will mention what we will cover on the show.
What about RT (ReTweets)?
Use the same ideas for tweets I see from those I follow, I often send out their message to my tweet stream. I’ll use the lazy RT button if that is available in the software client I’m using that day, sometimes I think what was written was perfect. But usually, I try to add value with a comment, or by writing my own tweet. Other times, I’ll see a link, read a post and end up with a blog post of my own (as happened today with this post.. thanks to @24k for the link)
It’s only 140 characters.. be creative and write more about your subject. Anyone seeing more than one will appreciate the details and you get a new batch of readers each time. When you get to have hundreds of thousands of followers, you can repeat without worry. Until then, give us unique valuable content whenever you can.
There are NO RULES on what you post of Twitter. It’s a communication channel and whatever works for the parties in a conversion is perfect.
For me, great content is always great content, and nothing is a important as talking to real people, answering real question and having conversations.
How about you?
I’ve been talking with David Greschler and his team at Microsoft about their mission to bring virtualization and cloud computing to us all. Some of my friends on Twitter have asked what all the fuss is about, so I”ll explain here.
Computing “in the cloud” is using computer power that is outside your own machine. Essentially, you are doing this everytime you access a web site, view your email online or join a social network.
Virtualization is a breakthrough that allows companies to use just the computing power they need. This will lower costs, save energy and bring a lot more service to you where and when you need them.
If you have questions about cloud computing, virtualization or how to create a vision for your enterprise, just TWEET to my friend David Greschler (@DGreschler on Twitter) or post a comment here.
A new study shows that adoption of this technology is the next big thing in computing and will affect us all. You may not need to know HOW it work.. but do take a moment and watch this video for an overview.
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Just in case you are still wondring if social media is just a fad…
Sure, Twitter as we are using it today may not always be there.. but that’s not the point. The REVOLUTION is just begun.
Note: The photo here is NOT my Palm PRE. It is the must have soap replica from TwoEggplansFirst off, the PRE rocks. I tried hard to hate it exclaimed “this thing is going back before the 30 days is up” at least 27 times.. but the truth is that I love the multitasking, gps tools and promise of more cool apps to come.
I’m on my 2nd PRE now. After fighting with an incredibly slow response, I swapped for a new phone a couple of weeks back. I had outstanding service from the Buford GA Sprint repair center. Rayna told us she has not been given authority to fix the PRE. I guess Palm won’t let Sprint people open the phone. So we tried a new one.
I’m not out of the woods yet. The new PRE doesn’t require a reboot every day, but once the import of my thousands of contacts from Gmail was done, the searches were slower. Might be me, but they appear to get slower over time.
So, I have trouble looking through past calls, finding a contact when I want to make a call.. just about anything to do with finding people. The Twitter app works so much better than my last phone and I’m still hoping that APPS make a difference.
I’m tempted to compare the Palm PRE to that other device that sells millions. But their customer prevention department has done a good job. (I’m not mentioning their names because I’d like to think there will be someone looking for a review by searching for Palm PRE without the A names)
So why did I keep the PRE?
I’ve been buying and using leading edge technology for decades. I’ve been burned many times, but generally feel that it’s a small price to pay for the productivity gains I can get from understanding the tech and implementing it’s features.
My fantasy is that I’ll find an hour to erase the contacts and upload a smaller list. I don’t call 8,000 of the contacts in there, no sense bogging done gmail and the phone with it. Of course, that will mean spending some time cleaning up my contact list. 🙂
Two really dumb moves by Palm as far as I can see.
The keyboard is tiny, but I prefer it to typing on a touch screen. I assume future models will allow for a side keyboard and apps that switch orientation when you use it.. but this one is very usable. Would be nice if they added in keyboard options for more of the commands.
The Palm PRE has many innovations. Sprint and Palm were in trouble, bet the farm with on PRE and gave us a phone that tries a little bit too hard. Will they hit a home run? I’m waiting to see.
One thing I’ve learned from social media is that a message can spread quickly when it has benefit to those that pass it on. I do hope you can see that clean drinking water for every person on Earth is not just doable, but a message worth spreading.
Please take a minute after you watch this to post/tweet/share this with all you can.
Too much of the world lacks access to clean drinking water. Engineer Michael Pritchard did something about it — inventing the portable Lifesaver filter, which can make the most revolting water drinkable in seconds.
An amazing demo from TEDGlobal 2009.
The days of corporate irresponsiblity are over.
Have you ever been stuck on hold for hours?
Ever feel like going down to corporate headquarters to speak personally with the employee who said “It’s not my department?”
We don’t all have a band and a video producer to make something like this.. but it’s getting closer everyday
In the spring of 2008, Sons of Maxwell were traveling to Nebraska for a one-week tour and my Taylor guitar was witnessed being thrown by United Airlines baggage handlers in Chicago. I discovered later that the $3500 guitar was severely damaged. They didn’t deny the experience occurred but for nine months the various people I communicated with put the responsibility for dealing with the damage on everyone other than themselves and finally said they would do nothing to compensate me for my loss.
So I promised the last person to finally say no to compensation (Ms. Irlweg) that I would write and produce three songs about my experience with United Airlines and make videos for each to be viewed online by anyone in the world. United Breaks Guitars is the first of those songs.
Most issues aren’t near as hard to fix as you might expect. Just follow this two step formula:
Think about the people you love, your friends and family. You can’t always get them what they want, but you do your best and they understand that (most of the time).
So do your customers.
Listen and love. It’s a simple as that.
What are you doing to listen to your readers and customers?
Let’s get beyond the gee whiz over technology and talk about a time when every consumer of media is a producer of media.
That time is here.
Reposted from July 7, 2008 (our preparation for Cheesy Joke Day)
Tomorrow is July 8th, 2009.
The ONLY time you can answer this cheesy joke correctly with the date:
“Why is 6 afraid of 7?”
July 8th was my father’s birthday. He passed away last year and I thought of this while wondering about the changes we will have now that he’s not attending the party.
Dad loved a cheesy joke more than anyone I know. I’m going to tweet and post comments with a few of them.
Share your Cheesy Joke for Cheesy Joke Day
The following 36 Responses to “Cheesy Joke Day Celebration on Twitter” were added to capture all from our old blog.
There are some real cheese balls here:
Twitted by WarrenWhitlock says:
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Jeff says:
-what did the baby corn say to the momma corn?
where is pop corn?
-so there are two olives chilling on a plate. one falls off onto the floor. the olive on the plate leans over and asks his friend if he is ok. he responds “olive”
-What do you call a cow with 2 legs?
Lean Beef.
-What do you call a cow with no legs?
Ground Beef!!!
Ok… U asked for it:)
Katie says:
So what did the fish say when he ran into the concrete wall? Oh, Dam!!
And what do you call a Filipino contortionist? A Manila folder!!
badda boom!
Debra Oakland says:
What kind of Bee gives milk? A Boobee!
Edward Philipp says:
In honor of the Tour de France bicycle race I must frame this cheesy joke in such a way that there is a chain of little chuckles and hope to get over the bar before you get tired of reading and the presure flattens me.
So now that the stage has been set and the race just started I’ll tell you the bicyele joke that won’t leave my mind. Because, believe me I have tried to get rid of it.
What is the difference between a man and a woman?
Edward Philipp says:
A man has a kick stand… and a woman doesn’t.
Wendy Young says:
Two sausages’ in a frying pan. One sausage looks over and says, “man it’s getting hot in here”, The other sausage looks over and says “Oooh a talking sausage!”
Wendy Young says:
Warren,
Our sons’ birthday is tomorrow also…. some of the best are born on 07-08!!!!
Nathan says:
My daughter’s birthday is tomorrow. She was born in 1999. So her birthdate is 7899. Makes for easy remembrin!
Ekk says:
Why did the orange stop rolling?
’cause it ran out of juice!
Lynette Cornell says:
A bicycle can’t stand on its own because it is two-tired.
Warren Whitlock says:
Dad would often tell people that he was working on his 3rd million.
When pressed for details, he’d say.. because I had to give up on the first two.
Dad was rich in so many other ways
leonard says:
Two men are fishing on a pier. One day a woman sits down on the opposite side and proceeds to outfish the men in a couple of hours. The woman finishes and leaves.
The two men who had not caught anything dash over to the vacated spot and start fishing. Their luck does not change so they decide to come down to the pier early the next day and fish where the woman had fished previously.
The next day, they are fishing on the “lucky” side when the woman appears and again takes a position on the other side of the pier and outfishes the two men. By now the men are more than a little perturbed and make a pact to get down even earlier so that each of them can fish on one side of the pier.
The next day they put their plan into action, and still no luck. Even more surprising, the woman walks onto the pier and heads straight to the end and proceeds to outfish them by catching even more than the previous 2 days!
The men are besides themselves. The next day the woman does not show up at all and the two fisherman are still out of luck. They fish on the left, the center and the right with the same results.
No fish.
The following day finds them both grumpily fishing together again, when the woman walks down to the pier and begins to fish opposite of them. The two men cannot stand it any longer and approach the woman to ask the secret to her fishing luck.
The woman explains “When I get up in the morning to go fishing, I peak under the covers at my husbands penis. If it is laying to the left, I fish on the left and if laying to the right, I fish to the right, if it is laying straight out…well you can see the results.”
This leads one of the fisherman to ask “What do you do when it’s standing straight up?” to which the woman replies…………
are you ready……
here it comes…..
“That sure ain’t no time to go fishing!”
WildPetals (Laura) says:
ok did I do this wrong? My joke.. I sent to your twitter. Sorry for the retweet…
Q. What’s Green and sings?
A…. Why Elvis Parsley of course!! from Highlights for children in 1968 or so.. lol
Michelle Price says:
Corny prank call from times long gone by…
Call your local appliance store and ask:
“Excuse me sir, are your refrigerators running?”
“Yes, they are!”
“Well, you better go catch ‘em!”
Laugh hysterically. Hang up. Repeat.
Keith says:
Why didn’t the chicken cross the road?
(dunno…why not?)
Answer: because it wasn’t ‘warren’ted! ha ha ha ha
Angela Keller says:
What a great way to remember your day!
What do you get when you cross a rooster & a duck?
A bird that gets up at the quack of dawn. lol
Angela Keller says:
I meant dad – great way to remember your dad… :<)
JP Maroney says:
Q: What’s black, white, and red all over?
A: the newspaper
obiously the red/read thing works better verbally.
Oh … One more: (yes, Warren I’ve always been a corny joke fan)
Q: What has four wheels and flies?
A: A garbage truck!
Neat way to celebrate your dad’s life!!! Cheers my friend.
Amy ~ @allaboutenergy says:
I have been wracking my brain .. (it is now pasta…) for a while.. I don’t know cheesy jokes… I never retained them when I heard them!
But when I was 14 I wrote a CHEESY LIMERICK! So I will offer that to you for your DAY OF CHEESINESS!
“There once was a young lady named Myrtle
She wore a very tight girdle
Myrtle she sneezed…
the girdle it breathed…
then there was a lot more Myrtle than girdle!”
Happy Birthday Dad Whitlock! May you be eternally laughing!
Mara Gordon @MaraBG says:
– What do you get when you cross a lawnmower with a baby bird?
-Shredded TWEET!
Wendy says:
Slimming Down
A man was standing on the scale, sucking in his stomach. The man’s wife sarcastically said, “I don’t
think that’s going to help.”
“Sure it does,” he said. “How else could I see the numbers?”
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Paul Zelizer says:
What’s black and white and red all over?
A skunk with diaper rash.
Patti says:
Why did Mr. Tomato Blush? Because he saw Mr. Green Pea
John Clements says:
What did Tennessee?
The same thing Arkansas.
Donna Fox says:
Did you hear about the dyslexic Satanist?
He sold his soul to Santa
Donna Fox says:
What to body parts use to communicate?
cell phones…
Keith Matthew says:
Why didn’t the chicken cross the road?
…I don’t know, why not?
Answer: because it wasn’t ‘warren’ted! ha ha ha!!
Barb Chamberlain says:
For some reason this one made my whole family laugh til we cried while on a long car drive.
Q. What do you call a boomerang that doesn’t work?
A. A stick!
Robin Hardy says:
Knock, Knock!
Who’s there?
Boo
Boo Who?
Awe you don’t have to cry about it…
Kevin Kute says:
Q. Why did the chicken cross the road, roll in mud & cross the road again?
A. Because he is a dirty double-crosser
Q. What is the difference between a counterfeit bill & a crazy hare?
A. One is a mad bunny and the other is bad money
Q. What is the difference between a heavy thunderstorm & an injured lion?
A. One roars in pain and the other pours in rain
Q. What is the difference between a lazy schoolboy & a fisherman?
A. One hates books and the other baits hooks
Carolyn Ee says:
A sandwich walks into a bar and says “I’d like a beer, please”.
The bartender takes a look at him and says “I’m sorry, we don’t serve food here”.
Two peanuts were walking along in the desert and one was assaulted!!!
A man was having a drink at a bar and the peanuts in the bowl next to him started saying things like “You’re looking good, man!” and “Have you been working out?”
He says to the bartender “Hey whats with these peanuts!” and the bartender says “Oh those? They’re complimentary!”
Where do horses go when they get sick?
Horse-pital!
Now for my selection of cow jokes… please add to them as you wish…
What do cows listen to?
Moo-sic!
What do cows eat in the morning?
Moo-sli!
Where do cows go on a date?
To the Moo-vies!
etc etc… you get the drift….
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Mando ~ @mandofierro says:
This is an action joke: You gotta do it to get it. Got it? Good!
Here goes:
You (to jokee): Say knock knock.
Jokee: Knock knock.
You (immediately): Whose there?
Then laugh your ass off because this catches most people off guard.
hahaha!
PS. A seven yr old pulled this one on me and I was stumped, hahaha!
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