Tag: Social Media
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 Brandon Carter
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| Twitter Explains the Trending Topics |
| 21.10.2009 23:07:23 | |
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Not sure if this has been around for a bit and I've just been sleeping, but Twitter has now added brief summaries of trending topics. This morning when I clicked on to Twitter.com and saw "RIP Kanye West" in the trending topics, I didn't have to scan through 400 tweets to find out what was really happening. 
It's a good idea and may help in putting a halt to some of the hysterics that the crowd on Twitter can generate just by seeing a topic over to the right. One click, and "Oh hey, Zach Braff isn't dead. Thanks Twitter!" Tags: Twitter | Social Media | Rumors | Hysteria | Crowdsourcing | Commiunication Hits: 671 | Read more... |
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| Brandon Carter
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| Details on the #Gypsy HSN Launch Party |
| 22.09.2009 05:40:03 | |
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If you follow Sprout on Twitter then you've seen us hint at a Provo Craft Twitter Gypsy party this week. I can confirm that we are indeed having a blowout party with our Provo Craft friends, and here are the details on how to get involved. First off, we're celebrating the worldwide launch of the Gypsy on HSN, Thursday at midnight (eastern time. It'll actually be Wednesday night for those of us further west.) Jinger Adams will be debuting the mobile crafting device during several segments that will run throughout the day Thursday at midnight, 1 am, 8 am, 11 am, noon, 4 pm, and 9pm. (View the schedule here) We're having a celebration online to help promote the launch as well as help answer your questions about Gypsy. We'll have epic giveaways, product experts, streaming video of Gypsy parties and more throughout the night and into the early morning (and continuing into Thursday night!) This party is built around Twitter, but you dont' have to be on Twitter to get involved. We want anyone and everyone to get involved and join the conversation, and win some schwag in the process. Here's how: If you're on Twitter, follow the @provocraft account and tag your Tweets with the hashtag #Gypsy. Follow the hashtag to keep up with the rest of the conversation - the best ways to follow are TweetChat and search.twitter.com. If you use Tweetdeck or Seesmic Desktop, then simply plug #Gypsy into the search box, hit return and you'll have a column dedicated to it. If you're not on Twitter (and even if you are), then come to cricut.com/gypsy starting at 11pm EST Wednesday night and join the conversation through the chat portal we''ll have up. You'll be able to see all the Tweets, while still chatting, asking questions and showing off your projects/blog. We'll have streaming video up, poll questions and more. This is Party Central, please join us! You can ask questions, show off projects or your blog, connect with other crafters. @ProvoCraft will throw out poll questions and get your opinions, but basically the night is devoted to crerativity - the party goes where you want it to. Provo Craft will be doing a major giveaway leading up to every appearance by Jinger, so you'll want to be paying attention. Basically, I'll say that if you've ever wanted a Cricut Expression (or another Cricut model), you'll want to stay up with us. Be prepared for anything! We may as you to post a quick snapshot of your latest project, or something pink in your house, so have a camera ready if you'd like to win that Cricut. Don't worry, not all giveaways will be granted on a first-come, first-served basis. We may ask for your most embarassing craft story in 140 characters, with the most embarassing winning (so that scrapbook page you did with your child's name misspelled throughout may pay off!) Are you having a Gypsy watch party? If so, let us know. Send us pics that prove it and you'll get a reward. Or even better, break out the webcam and stream it (using UStream or Justin.tv) and not only will we reward you, we'll place your stream on Gypsy Party central. To sum - Big party starting late Wednesday night; we're giving away lots of Cricuts and accessories; we'll answer your Gypsy questions; you'll get the chance to chat with the rest of the community and show off your projects and/or blog; join in via cricut.com/gypsy and Twitter hashtag #Gypsy and have some fun! Need help? Any questions? Feel free to leave them in the comments or email me brandon @ sproutmarketing.com Tags: provo craft | scrapbooking | craft | hobby | cricut | gypsy | hsn | Social Media Hits: 1424 | Read more... |
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| Melissa Flinn |
| Social Media Relationships |
| 18.06.2009 06:15:40 | |
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A study by Cone found that Americans expect companies to have a social media presence. 60% of Americans use some form of social media and 59% of those are using this media to interact with companies. That means more than 35% of Americans are using social media to interact with companies and there are many more people that can be reached through these methods. 85% of social media users believe a company should have a presence AND interact with consumers this way. So why aren’t more companies doing this? It provides customers a stronger connection to the company and allows it to be on their terms. Being able to interact online may help facilitate customer relationships and lets a company be easily accessible to their customers….especially customers who have generally been harder to reach in the past. Tags: Marketing | customer relationships | Social Media Hits: 631 | Read more... |
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| Josh Carr
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| mapping your twitter friends with Yahoo pipes |
| 19.11.2008 23:51:22 | |
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So yesterday we went a little crazy with the sproutmarketing twitter account (you can click on that link to follow us). We took all the sproutians twitter accounts and looked at who they were following and then invited those people to follow sprout proper. It worked great and many of the people we were following also followed us. But I think we went a little too crazy because the they shut us down for a while. So if that link at the top isn't working try again tomorrow :) This is what you really came to see. This is a map made with yahoo pipes that will show you where your twitter friends are located. Click here to build your own. Tags: Twitter | web 2.0 | Web | Marketing | Yahoo Pipes | yahoo | Mashup | Social Networks | Social Media Hits: 858 | Read more... |
