The Twitter phenomenon
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Short is sweet; success is best served rare; and Twitter‘s valuation reaches $250 million. While there are no revenues that I’ve heard of, the company has nonetheless increased it’s valuation on the back of the impressive uptake it’s seen the recent months. I confess to being a bit of a Twit myself – checking in throughout the day to see what is being said and who is saying it. It’s been interesting to see how BusinessWeek has embraced the Twitter conversation in their “Vox Stimuli” experiment while all of the reporters and editors have prominently displayed their Twitter names on the site. From industry luminaries like Walt Mossberg to celebs like Demi Moore (@mrskutcher) and Ashton Kutcher (@aplusk) to the UK’s lovable talk show host Jonathan Ross (@wossy), people from all walks of life, work and leisure are signing up to chat us up in 140 characters or less. Maybe this bite0-sized attention span of ours has found it’s ultimate venue in the microblogging land of Twitter.
You can find some of my colleagues on Twitter too: @mdelavina (Mark de la Vina); @andiepear (Andrea Heuer); @heddicundle (Heddi), @Dominic_Johnson (Dominic); and @Kathy_Johnson (me).
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5 Comments so far
Its seems as if twitter is definitely the flavour of the month – but I think its more than that. They have managed to tune into the fact that many people don’t have the luxury of time. Its not just a great way to keep in touch and have a giggle, its also becoming an awesome business tool too!
Hi Kathy, thank God the twits making ends meet! I would love to pass this on to my readers if you can give me permission.
Kathy, what is a Vox Stimuli experiment? it sounds like some kind of new drug.
Hallo,
ich bin aus Deutschland und habe Deinen Blog über Twitter gefunden.
I´am follow you. Dein Blog ist klasse und sehr informativ. Würde mich freuen wenn Du auch meinen Blog besuchen würdest:
http://blog.viral-power-ebooks.com
Best regards
Tommy
Had a twitter account for a while but not many friends or colleagues were active, until now.
Looking forward to the next evolution of twitter / IM status / conversation & information sharing app.
Ganz herzlichen Dank Tommy. Und danke fuer deine link (entschuldigung – mein Deutsch ist ganz schlecht)