Andrew Beaujon
Mar. 28, 2013
7:46 am
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Mallary Jean Tenore
Mar. 25, 2013
1:10 pm
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Jeff Sonderman
Mar. 22, 2013
1:30 pm
This tweet looks pretty real, doesn't it?
It's not, though. I faked that tweet using a Web service named "
Let Me Tweet That For You." It's pretty simple -- you type in a Twitter username and a message, and it generates a realistic-looking image of a tweet from that person. It even adds fake retweet and favorite counts to lend some more credibility.
The site is
a project of OKFocus, a New York-based marketing agency. It's actually about a year old, but has been somehow rediscovered this week and is really
taking off on Twitter.
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Andrew Beaujon
Mar. 13, 2013
4:31 pm
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Jeff Sonderman
Mar. 7, 2013
11:14 am
To update an old saying for the Twitter era: A picture is worth a thousand characters.
Research by Twitter shows that tweets that include a photo or video receive 3 to 4 times more engagement (retweets, replies, etc.) than those … Read more
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David Beard
Mar. 7, 2013
10:40 am
To build an audience on Twitter, journalists have to strike the right balance. The key is to be authentic, without embarrassing your employer or wasting anyone’s time.
Before typing the first letter in a tweet, ask yourself: Is this useful… Read more
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Andrew Beaujon
Mar. 5, 2013
8:14 am
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Jeff Sonderman
Feb. 26, 2013
11:07 am
The world of science has some new advice for people who want to increase their Twitter following, and it may sound something your mother used to say: If you don't have anything nice to tweet, don't tweet at all.
"Expressing negative sentiments in tweets is the second most harmful factor to growing a Twitter audience," say researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology. They speculate about why: "This might be because Twitter is a medium dominated by very weak social ties, and negative sentiment from strangers may be unpleasant or uncomfortable for a potential new follower to see."
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Mallary Jean Tenore
Feb. 18, 2013
7:53 am
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Kelly McBride
Feb. 15, 2013
8:57 am
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