by Pat Kitano on November 23, 2009 in Social Media, Twitter, Web tools
At the most basic level, there are two types of Tweeters: those who use it as a chat box with their network and those who use it to curate and broadcast relevant information to their network. Those who curate generally don’t stray too far from the theme of their feed. That means they don’t go [...]
by Pat Kitano on November 20, 2009 in Breaking News, Hyperlocal, New business models, Slideshows, Social Media, Twitter
This slideshow is a more elegant follow up instructional guide to embedding Twitter List widgets into a Breaking News city site that I discussed in the previous article regarding building community news resource sites. You can see examples of Breaking News city sites for SF, LA, NYC, Seattle, London and many other cities listed on [...]
by Pat Kitano on November 19, 2009 in Breaking News, Hyperlocal, Social Media, Twitter
Two weeks ago, we showed you how to build a dynamic community news resource in one hour on Twitter. Today we’ll show you how to use Twitter List widgets to build dynamic community news resource website that aggregate and display the best local Twitter feeds. 1. Best is to start with an existing Breaking News [...]
by Pat Kitano on November 15, 2009 in Social Media, Twitter
Tony, the obvious benefit of Twitter Lists is to organize your Twitter stream into groups so you can focus Twitter conversations categorically. However, I see Lists as a key component on what makes Twitter a good will engine. Here are ten ways to use Twitter to build your personal brand by spreading good will: Twitter [...]
by Pat Kitano on November 6, 2009 in Blogging, Domus Consulting Group, Enterprise, Events, Facebook, Marketing, New business models, Slideshows, Social Media, Social networking, Twitter
We have had success providing our social media training platform to a number of REALTOR Boards (an example in far flung Oklahoma City) and are extending the platform to any associations or enterprises who can use a social media training resource free. The free social media training platform View more presentations from Pat Kitano. We’re [...]
by Pat Kitano on October 20, 2009 in Hyperlocal, New business models, Social Media, Trends, Twitter
Twitter lists will change how people network themselves into groups and geographies. Although the first lists will develop around social media (top 100s, etc.), they will eventually develop around organizations / civic groups, enterprises and geographies / neighborhoods. Once this happens, Twitter will evolve into a hyperlocal communication network or, a better term, media. In [...]
by Pat Kitano on September 24, 2009 in Events, Twitter
Programming motivational speaker Tony Robbins at the 140 | Twitter conference was a stroke of genius. Not only did it inject spirit into the staid normality of a tech conference, but Tony presented how he’s integrated Twitter into the Robbins’ philosophy. Simply put, Robbins laid out the Maslow-like six human needs and demonstrated how Twitter [...]
by Pat Kitano on September 4, 2009 in Events, Social Media, Twitter
We’re delighted that our Breaking News Network is one of the event sponsors of 140 | The Twitter Conference in Los Angeles on September 22-23. The Parnassus Group (we like this friendly group a lot) has lined up a Hollywood-inspired roster of speakers that should provide a lot of personality for a tech conference. We [...]