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Monthly Archives: February 2009
What’s Your Twitter Influence?
A discussion getting a lot of traction within the Twittersphere is who should you follow. Part of that equation is figuring out what criteria to use. Do you simply follow popular people in your industry or area of interest? Do you use some of the directory or recommendation engines to find people to follow? Or [...]
An IPO for Twitter?
Howard Lindzon has decided to stir the proverbial IPO pot by starting a blatant, outrageous, poke-you-in-the-ribs rumor that Twitter is going to do an IPO. His motivation is a desire to see the IPO market jump-started, and he figures Twitter is the perfect candidate given its popularity and high-profile. Even though Twitter has yet to [...]
It’s Twitter Mania
At a time when some companies are still trying to figure out if Twitter has potential as a sales and marketing tool, it’s fascinating to see that Dell has more than 80 different Twitter accounts. As many people know, Dell attracted a lot of attention recently after it reported generating more than $1-million in sales [...]
How Does Twitter Spend its VC?
Fred Wilson had a blog post recently in which he talked about online business models, and how that operating costs are as important as revenue. He pointed to companies such as Craigslist that have few employees but huge sales, while a company such as Digg employs more than three times as many people – 70 [...]
Plurk Gets an Overhaul
When Plurk was launched several months ago, it attracted a lot of attention and a healthy amount of new users. A big part of Plurk’s appeal is/was the user interface that displays posts within a timeline, and responses under each post. After a promising start, however, Plurk seemed to fade into the microblogging background. Of [...]
Twitter Apps, Anyone?