Tag: twitter

LinkedIn Apps : Blogging and Twitter

I like the following two LinkedIn Apps the most for sheer usefulness .Try them out – the blog gets extra readers and Company Buzz helps you track company. See them right below the all new LinkedIn inbox.

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This would take you to the Application Directory.

http://www.linkedin.com/static?key=application_directory

The WordPress blog helps me when I need to post some article to one of the 50 groups.

I then use the Add to Any button from www.addtoany.com and click share on LinkedIn.

LinkedIn indeed is quite convenient for sharing ( but be careful of overdoing it –lest it goes spam)

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I use the Company Buzz with a slight twist though.By using broad keywords I get a list of say people I want to follow in the world of data mining or business intelligence.

Next I follow NOT the people following the influential tweeters, but the people who they are using RT or messaging replies @.

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Hope this helps your LinkedIn account. You can send me a LinkedIn Invite at www.linkedin.com/in/ajayohri .

And do take part in the Social Media School group on LinkedIn here http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1854626

Using Web 2.0 for Analytics 2.0

Here is a great video tutorial on You Tube by Zementis, creator of ADAPA,the cloud scoring engine for next gen predictive analytics. You can watch it on the URL or below-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hNqxqrdXLI

 

A few weeks back, I was working with the ADAPA engine on a consulting gig, and Ron Ramos, the head of sales mentioned that though they have extensive documentation, they were planning a video tutorial as well on You Tube.

Beats a pdf everytime , doesn’t it !!!

I wonder why companies continue to spend huge and I mean huge amounts on white papers and PDF’s when they can have much better customer support using a bit of audio, video and even twitter support.

Surprisingly true even for companies working at the cutting edge with other technologies.And the essentially free availability of these tools.

 

I mean if companies can spend huge amounts for predictive solutions for the big big datasets , why cant they offer some solutions or apps for the web and social media- An exception is KXEN of course with a new Social Network Analysis Module here ).

Imagine a future –

( Example –

  • Hello SAS , My code wont run blah blah blah…

SAS Support on Twitter..okay do this

or

  • Hello SPSS, Where Can I find some stuff on Python because I got lost on the website
  • SPSS Support on Skype/Twitter- Dude , do this , click this link !

)

It is much better than endless rounds of email, aggravation and the list server method is well – the users should try and test www.twitter.com for user groups )

Analyzing Twitter

Among the mainstream trends I have seen emerging it seems Twitter is the flavor of 2009, just like LinkedIn was in 2006 ( and the new inbox makes it worse) and Facebook was in 2007-8.

Additional factors for the T’s success are (besides fatigue with existing buzz sites) it is the 3 rd most largest social network, has gazillions of dedicated passionate users and the new niche of using it both as marketing as well as a customer support tool.

Well how to analyze if you are making any grounds with Twitter.

Some Twitter Utilities that are useful to Bloggers are –

1) Twitme- http://www.phpvrouwen.nl/twitme/ 

WordPress Twitter Automatic Tweeter

2) Twitterfeed- http://twitterfeed.com/ 

Set up your RSS feed to customize the tweets and frequency of your blog posts.Also supports various URL shorteners ( see items 4-6)

3) Tweetop – For Top Tweeters in each sub section or domain  http://www.tweettop.com/

4) Tr.Im – This works the same was as URL shortening service except it tells you who read, re tweeted your twitter twit. http://tr.im/ (see below)

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5) Ping.Fm – Pings you status to Twitter and Facebook and Linkedin . Then you say needed privacy.http://ping.fm

6) Twitalyzer http://twitalyzer.com/

This actually has custom Twitter Metrics like Signal to Noise , Generosity,Influence,Clout  (see below)

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I need to spend more time on twitter it seems. What are your Twitter metrics and are using any of these to make your Twitter strategy easier ?

Plurk vs Twitter: Sweet and Bitter

This is my Twitter Page. Note that my updates go down vertically almost like a blog (hence a micro blog)

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This is my http://www.plurk.com page. The updates go Horizontally almost like a Gantt Chart. This tool can be used for tracking projects also especially large , on the web projects…okay I am kidding.

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The change is nice…but Twitter is where my pals are.

Whats your micro blog ? (A micro blog is just a tool where you update your status continuously like  , to tell your friends , family or publish your stories /links to your latest blog posts). It is fun and sometimes very useful.