Sound Off: Do Twitter Ads Harm or Heighten User Experience?
By TwitterFools Editorial Staff, December 14th, 2009 in Opinion | Comments
Twitter advertising models have come and gone over the past year. Some have failed and still others are gaining traction. As more and more twitterers are exploring this avenue for monetizing their twitter accounts, it seems only right that we provide you with a place to sound off. Do you find that Twitter ads harm or heighten your user experience?
Google Wave Invite Winners and Reality
By TwitterFools Editorial Staff, December 11th, 2009 in News | Comments
When we set out to give away 15 shiny new Google Wave Invites we expected a gold rush. Boy were we wrong! In reality, the response was so quiet we could hear crickets chirping in Argentina. Interestingly, while our contest was running we’ve received even more invites to give away. So, we are going to contact our current winners and provide you with an uber easy way to get your Google Wave Invite , that is — if you want one.
Santa Knows if Your Tweets are Naughty or Nice
By TwitterFools Editorial Staff, December 10th, 2009 in News | Comments
Santa, one of the most successful and well-loved social networkers of all time, knows if your tweets have been naughty or nice. But if you aren’t sure yourself, maybe you should visit Collective London’s naughty or nice Twitter driven app. It’s a fun little tool and if you could use a little Ha, Ha, Ha along with your Ho, Ho, Ho’s this year, then do read on.
Manage Twitter Followers with Ease
By TwitterFools Editorial Staff, December 9th, 2009 in Tools | Comments
Somehow the words ‘managing followers’ don’t feel like a natural fit with the social media ethos of share and share alike. But it is a reality on social networks like Twitter – no matter what you call it. If it feels better to you, you can think of it as ‘cultivating.’ Finding good and great tweeps to engage and occasionally removing those who, for whatever reason, won’t bear healthy fruit. Refollow is a follow management tool we briefly mentioned a few months back. But recently it was time for us to do some cultivating of our own and after using Refollow and its latest upgrades it only seemed right that we tell you about its ease of use and many benefits.
Twitter Scrooges to Avoid
By admin, December 7th, 2009 in Opinion | Comments
Wikipedia will tell you that “Ebenezer Scrooge is a cold-hearted, tight fisted, greedy man, who despises Christmas and all things which engender happiness. His last name has come into the English language as a byword for miserliness and misanthropy, traits displayed by Scrooge in the exaggerated manner in a tale for which Charles Dickens is well-known.” Fast forward to present day and we present our list of Twitter Scrooges you should avoid. The list contains individuals both well-known and little known – but all have one thing in common, they either misuse or simply don’t get Twitter or their responsibility to use it wisely.
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