A new report was just released by Sysomos after analyzing the activity of 11.5 million Twitter accounts.  The report covers who is using Twitter…on what days of the week…during which hours…and more.   It also reports that an astonishing 85.3% of the general Twitter population have never posted a tweet (a status update on Twitter).  Also interesting is that 75% of all tweets are generated by a mere 5% of Twitter accounts.

I actually discovered something interesting the other day when I was reviewing my new Followers.  One of my new Followers was following over 1,100 users and they had 774 Followers of their own.  Amazing to me…absolutely amazing!  What?  That this account has 774 Followers and they’ve never posted a single tweet.  If the main reason for following someone on Twitter is to stay up-to-date with what they are doing and to reap the benefits of the info & resources they post…why would 774 users follow someone who has never tweeted?  The answer, I’m sure, is auto-follow…something I think defeats the purpose of Twitter!!

To read more from the Sysomos report, download this PDF copy of the report.

So, what’s all the Twitter about?

Kimberly
MarketingThatsEasy.com

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If you are having trouble getting into Twitter today (and maybe even Facebook) this is why:   http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,537653,00.html.

Kimberly
MarketingThatsEasy.com

Has your Twitter account disappeared?  Mine has and so have many others.  Here is info posted on Tweet Later’s blog regarding this issue:  http://www.tweetlaterblog.com/twitter-account-suspensions/.

We just have to be patient and hope for the quick return of our accounts!

It’s after 10 p.m., I’m twittered out…how about you?

Kimberly Yow
Marketing That’s Easy.com

Wondering why there’s so much buzz about Twitter?  Or, how to use Twitter now that you’ve set-up your profile?

You can set-up your profile and then stumble around Twitter trying to figure out what @ means or RT or DM.  Or, you can load a free desktop interface at www.tweetdeck.com that takes away much of the learning curve and makes Twitter more user friendly.  Tweetdeck will actually allow you to start participating in the Twitterverse (the community of Twitter users) right away!

First, a few basic definitions:

• Tweet = a post on Twitter
• Tweeter or Twitterer = a Twitter user
• Twitterstream = a chronological listing of posts (or Tweets) on Twitter.  There is a “public” Twitterstream and a “friend” Twitterstream.
• Twitterverse = a virtual universe of Twitter users
• Retweet = to repost another user’s post while referencing the originator
• Followers = people who have opted-in to receive a user’s posts or updates.  (You can follow people as well as be followed.)
• DM = a direct message that is sent privately to the user you select
• RT = to Retweet (or repost) a message that was originally Tweeted by someone else
  

Now back to Tweetdeck.  Within Tweetdeck you can:

• Post a reply to someone without having to type the @ symbol and their Twitter name.
• Send a direct message (DM) to someone by simply clicking an icon.
• Retweet (RT) a Tweet that you liked without having to copy & paste the Tweet and then add RT @username to the beginning.
• Set-up a viewing column called “favorites” so you can add a Tweet to your favorites and go back to it when you have more time.  For instance, you might want to follow the link in the Tweet but don’t have time when the Tweet first gets posted.
• …and a whole lot more!

The Twitterverse is vast and constantly changing as people come up with new ways to use Twitter and develop new applications that add functionality to it.   This blog doesn’t even begin to scratch the surface of how to use Twitter but it should simplify the process of getting involved in the constantly buzzing Twitterverse.

Follow me at:  http://twitter.com/kimberlyyow.

Happy Tweeting!

Kimberly Yow
Marketing Thats Easy.com

Do you have a Twitter account?  Do you know how to use it?  Or, like many people, did you simply set-up your account and then abandon it because it was too confusing?  Well there is hope!

I just read a great article on How To Understand Twitter and Why Twitter is Less Like Facebook and More Like Email.  In the article the author makes great analogies and also offers examples of how to type tweet messages on Twitter.

Click link to read the Understanding Twitter article…

Here’s to fruitful tweeting!

Kimberly
Marketing Thats Easy.com