Twitter Expands Sales Team And Adds New Features

As Twitter aspires to expand its sales department, they pull from two very well known social networks. Amanda Levy is Yelp’s first salesperson and will be in charge of West Coast sales at Twitter. Dan Coughlin has worked at Facebook, and will be in charge of East Coast sales. Levy and Coughlin will be in [...]

Google Recognizes Social, Tests New Ad Format for Boosting Twitter Followers

After Google and Twitter formed a partnership in October 2009, many wondered who would benefit the most. Google has benefited in that users can still use the search engine, even if it was to find tweets. Now, Google is testing a new ad format that can help users on Twitter boost their followers. Mashable reports [...]

Bit.ly Combats Spam

Twitter has many advantages. Its simplistic style and foundation has made it easy for users to adapt to its services. However, as previously addressed, Twitter can often be susceptible to spam. The possibility of spam is amplified by the use of URL shorteners. While URL shorteners allow users the flexibility of adding more text to [...]

More Changes Coming to Twitter

As Twitter grows, it’s adapting changes to go with trends as well as expanding on its services. Last month, Twitter Lists were added to its capabilities. Now, users can categorize their followers into different lists, making it easier for them to follow more and more users. Because Twitter was created as a simplified social media [...]

Microsoft to Integrate Twitter and Facebook Statuses

Several sources are stating that Microsoft is looking to sign deals with both Twitter and Facebook that will incorporate status updates to the search engine’s results. While nothing has been announced officially (Mashable reports an announcement is expected later today), it definitely turns the tables on search. For one, Twitter has been perceived as a [...]

Twitter Taking Steps to Stop the Spam

Although Twitter is best known for its simplicity, there tends to be clutter within Twitter that might cause users’ messages to get lost in the shuffle. However, as Twitter grows, it’s taking steps to prevent from things such as spam accounts and duplicate links from taking over the Twitterverse. Last week, Twitter introduced a new [...]

Twitter Brings Changes, Relies on Developers

Developments are coming to Twitter as the microblogging phenomenon gives its users more chances to enhance its services. There are several changes coming to Twitter including labs for experimental features as well as a new Geolocation API. Both announcements have the potential to give Twitter a great advantage in the social media sphere. Twitter’s labs [...]

Commercial Accounts Coming to Twitter

Twitter has become one of the most widely used platforms for businesses. While there have been many rumors surrounding paid accounts on Twitter, there has been no truth to them until now. According to Twitter co-founder, Biz Stone, commercial accounts will benefit businesses looking to further investigate the impact of their Tweeting efforts by incorporating [...]

Facebook Acquires FriendFeed, Trouble for Twitter?

Facebook shook the social media sphere yesterday in acquiring FriendFeed. How will this acquisition change social media? For one, Twitter might see an increase in competition. From the get go, Twitter’s upper hand has been its real-time search and update functions. Although some have argued that Facebook and Twitter cannot be compared, the acquisition of [...]

Social Cord Makes Monetization of Twitter Easier

While there have been rumors of premium accounts, ads and other ideas that could help monetize Twitter, Social Cord is making it easier for businesses, artists and any user to earn some money through tweeting. Social Cord is a new service that allows users to create premium content for their followers to purchase. Users wanting [...]

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