Monday, September 17, 2012

Twitter and Business

Twitter is the newest social media site to really catch the eye of major corporations around the world.  You see companies and television stations constantly trying to get things trending on twitter.  Comedy Central always puts "#whatevershowthisis" on the bottom of the screen to influence people to tweet about it.  Does that ever work?  Rarely.

Things that trend on Twitter that really take off are the organic ones.  People don't like to be told what to tweet about.  Sometimes, in the case of the Olympics or March Madness or the Superbowl, people use the correct hash tag and it starts trending.  Those would trend anyway though because everybody in America is watching that stuff and it's the latest news in America.  So, basically, I'm wondering if businesses that have the "promoted" trend at the top of trends list on Twitter are really getting their money's worth.  Any thoughts???

- Kyle Swanson
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  1. Kailene CloudSeptember 18, 2012 at 11:06 AM

    Jimmy Fallon hosts a hilarious section of his show that is dedicated to highlighting the funniest tweets that he has received in response to the Jimmy Fallon Show. Thousands of people respond to him.. It works for Jimmy.. but most things do..

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