I’m not sure why Twitter makes it difficult to manage followers within their own site, but fortunately there are several 3rd party options available. I’ve been playing around with these applications, and a lot are a waste of time in my opinion.
However, the ones below, are the few that I found to be useful and that actually work....
Continue ReadingTechcrunch features an excellent article today that discusses how the integration of Twitter, Friendfeed, Facebook, etc. reactions into comment threads on blogs can kill the conversation by dramatically increasing comment volume. Here is the key point:
Instead, there is endless, pointless repetition; conversations emerge, peter out and then re-emerge 50 comments later with new participants who haven’t noticed that the same issues were discussed 50 comments ago....
Continue ReadingTwitter Yields Uneven ROI for News Organizations Using Automation, Curation, Interaction
Poynter looks at the different approaches news organizations are taking as they experiment with Twitter. My take: we’re in the early days here and still a ways away from establishing best practices for how the media should and shouldn’t use Twitter....
Continue ReadingOn the heels of an overhaul of their print product back in October, the Los Angeles Times launched a redesign of their website a week or so ago. I like the new www.latimes.com a great deal from a usability standpoint. The new sites prominent, simplified horizontal nav bar is a huge improvement over the more complicated content structure present on the old site. ...
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So you’ve set up your Facebook Fan Page or Twitter profile and now you’re stuck wondering what to post.
They say content is king, and this holds true. You would be doing yourself a disservice by simply posting content without taking some time to think about the community you want to build. ...
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