The Problem with Retweets

As most probably know, Twitter is in the process of launching a version of the widely used retweet on its own platform.  The move has caused some controversy, as the way retweets has been implemented by Twitter is much different from the unofficial protocols that Twitter users developed organically on their own. ...

Celebrating Veterans Day with IAVA

Our client, the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA), is the nation’s first and largest group dedicated to helping the Troops and Veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.  With today being Veterans Day, you won’t be surprised to know that today they have a great deal up their sleeve. ...

New Advocacy Site Maps and Tracks Journalists in Peril

New media journalists around the globe face technological barriers and increasing dangers when reporting from within the boundaries of protective governments. A new site by Global Voices Advocacy maps and tracks journalists who have been threatened or arrested and aggregates the information into a robust map database with real-time statistics and details of each case....

Using Twitter Lists to Judge Influence

If you’ve used Twitter for awhile, you know that judging the influence of a Twitter user by their number of followers is a dicey proposition.  Lots of Twitter users are obsessed with their number of followers, and work to inflate their stats in ways too numerous to mention here.  The end result is that some Twitter users will have thousands of followers who consist mostly of other social media “experts”...

ImpactWatch Social Media Monitoring and Measurement – an Interview with Hannah Del Porto

ImpactWatch Social Media Monitoring and Measurement – an Interview with Hannah Del Porto

Internet marketer Murray Newlands recently picked the brain of our very own Hannah Del Porto, who is one of the experts on our ImpactWatch media monitoring team.  You can read the interview here....