Tag Archives: twitter

Five reasons not to auto-DM on Twitter

Posted on August 30, 2010 by

(With apologies to those not on Twitter) I followed back a lot of people this weekend, and received several auto- direct messages in return. They say things like “thanks for the follow – look at me/my website/my company.” These messages … Continue reading →

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Increasing interconnectiveness of the mediasphere

Posted on December 13, 2009 by

WordPress.com has just added another link to the increasingly interconnected mediasphere. They’ve added the ability to login, read and post to WordPress blogs using the Twitter API. What that specifically means is that we can now post blog entries using … Continue reading →

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Phishing on Twitter

Posted on August 1, 2009 by

I received this DM from Wellington’s @andrewfantastic this morning: Given the state of affairs with the NBR and so forth, I clicked on the link – hoping to see a lovely rant. T’was not to be – instead Safari gave … Continue reading →

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How NOT to Twitter if you are a corporation

Posted on May 26, 2009 by

A little while back I praised Vodafone New Zealand for their excellent Twittering, inside an article on How to Twitter if you are a Corporation. They reached out to customers, solved problems, gently nudged opinion their way and generally were … Continue reading →

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How to twitter if you are a corporation

Posted on April 22, 2009 by

Twitter, for members of my family and those other 4 people that read blogs and have not yet discovered it, is a microblogging service that has just hit the main stream media. By definition it is therefore passé, but in … Continue reading →

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