NBA Twitter Policies There is certainly no shortage of fear and concern amongst the world of professional sports when it comes to social media sites like Twitter. And just like the steps the NFL took to reduce and control Twitter usage, it’s now the NBA’s turn to implement their own set of policies. This coming […]
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The Olympics Embracing Social Media I remember watching Michael Phelps during the summer Olympics and during one of his interviews, he mentioned that he’s received hundreds of thousands of friend requests on his Facebook profile. This moment was my first awakening of the impact that social media is having on a global level. It seems […]
If anyone knows how to get on the trending topics of Twitter fast it’s Pee Wee Herman! Paul “Pee Wee Herman” Ruebens arrived on Twitter on September 22nd. The next day he was on the trending topics list. This is quite spectacular since he rose to fame back in the 80’s with Pee Wee’s Playhouse […]
As I was driving through downtown Athens, Georgia, I heard a commercial on the radio that was telling the us, the listeners, about their product and then to go visit them on MySpace! When I heard that, I immediately asked myself the question: When was the last time I logged into MySpace? And to be […]
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Is Facebook Affraid Of Twitter
For that matter, I think I could safely ask the same question about Google. So is Facebook and Google – collectively the overwhelming majority of powerhouses on the web – both affraid of what Twitter is doing? My thought is “yes” – they are definitely affraid of Twitter. But why? Perhaps the answer is pride […]
Twitter Dominated By NFL As much as the NFL is against social media, you’d think they would find some way to embrace it, especially when you take a quick glance at the trending. I t’s the middle of the afternoon on Sunday, and Twitter is dominated, 8 out of 10 topics, by the NFL! In […]
Twitter vs. Facebook in Search Volume I’ve never thought to do this before, but I was sitting here wondering who gets more searches – Twitter or Facebook. Or to ask it another way – who is searched for more – Twitter or Facebook? And then it occurred to me, like a bolt of lighting striking […]