Surprise tweet from the Stockholm Historical Museum

24th July, 2010 - Posted by Minter Dial - 3 Comments

If it were not enough to enjoy a wonderful visit to the museum, someone at the museum is tracking what is going on in the social media space and is making the visit last longer! Read More

BP – not so slick social media

4th July, 2010 - Posted by Minter Dial - 7 Comments

The calamity of the Gulf of Mexico does not need one more person (me) to harangue BP.  They are surely paying the BIG price as it is.  But, in terms of crisis management, I do not believe the history books or case studies will be particularly kind to BP.  In several respects, BP is a » Read More

Twitter Political Heads of State

5th May, 2010 - Posted by Minter Dial - No Comments

I tweeted recently about the state of the Twitter business as far as Heads of State were concerned.  With the arrival of new kid on the block, Hugo Chavez (you rebel, you) and the upcoming general election in the UK, I feel that the topic is hot! As of today, below is the hit parade ranked » Read More

Social Media is a misnomer; Word of Mouth is an outcome, not a technique

22nd February, 2010 - Posted by Minter Dial - 3 Comments

After a power meeting with Justin Kirby, founder of Yooster (a word-of-mouth opinion poll) and author of Connected Marketing, I thought it worthwhile to comment on two of Justin’s key mantras: 1/ “Social media is a misnomer.” Social media (“SM”) sites such as Twitter or Facebook are technologies where people come to deposit content. Such sites » Read More

Tweet 360 – Augmented Reality & Real Time on Twitter

22nd January, 2010 - Posted by Minter Dial - No Comments

Thanks to my good pal, Eric, I was switched on to Twitter 360. What is Twitter 360 (it shows up as “Tweet 360″ on the iPhone)?  It is an accessory tool for Twitter on your iPhone 3GS which provides an “augmented reality”; i.e. it takes the virtual/abstract and adds a real component. In this case, the application » Read More

Humanitarian Social Media Revolution – Haiti brings out the socialness of social media

16th January, 2010 - Posted by Minter Dial - No Comments

The social media platforms have clearly managed to bring speed (real time) and globality (new word) to an unfolding crisis, such as we have seen in the 2007 San Diego forest fire through to the ongoing Haitian disaster. Read More

Twitter etiquette: Twitterquette & How to get many followers

13th January, 2010 - Posted by Minter Dial - 2 Comments

After a recent thread in the “Tweeple” discussion group on Linkedin, I am spurred to write a piece about twitterquette or perhaps one could say, about the twitter quest: what’s Twitter for and how do you get many followers? What’s Twitter for? Twitter is a space where you share — with people who follow you — “tweet” messages (up to a » Read More

What does the future hold for Twitter? Announcing the Survey Results

7th October, 2009 - Posted by Minter Dial - No Comments

Over the course of the last month, 39 people replied to this poll question (posted on the blog via polldaddy): What does the future hold for Twitter? Ok, so the results are not statistically relevant with just 39 results, but I thought I would publish the results of my Twitter survey all the same as I am » Read More

Year of the Comma – An Existential Comment

9th May, 2009 - Posted by Minter Dial - 1 Comment

2,009 versus 2009 When you need to write two thousand and nine, as in “five thousand years ago, two thousand and nine people participated in the world’s first game of Twister” (they didn’t), you might also write it as “5,000 years ago, 2,009 people participated in the world’s largest game of Twitter…” (no points, just a » Read More

Google to buy Twitter?

5th April, 2009 - Posted by Minter Dial - No Comments

The rumour mill has it that Google is back at the negotiating table to buy Twitter. The twipping point has tipped the scales in Twitter’s favour. According to this IT PRO article (April 3) or the TechCrunch article (April 2), the deal is close. If the price is over $500 million (per » Read More

Twitter: Global Village or Recessionista?

28th March, 2009 - Posted by Minter Dial - No Comments

Twitter, it seems, is making mainstream headlines daily these days. Yesterday, the IHT featured on page 2, an article “A truth renewed online: It still takes a village,” which begins: “Twitter and Facebook are, OMG, so last millennium”. The article, written by Anand Giridharadas, actually suggests that today’s social media are a modern » Read More

Twitter – Sweeping Growth as Business Tool

23rd March, 2009 - Posted by Minter Dial - 3 Comments

Twitter update – 7+ million users and growing… fast Twitter has grown by a staggering 1382% in the span of one year, to have over 7 million monthly unique visitors, according to data from market research firm Nielsen. The research suggested that Twitter was becoming ingrained as a marketing and business tool, above its » Read More

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