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18:30:50 08/05/09
This is Why!
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Occassionally I'm asked "Why should I use Tweetworks?" or I hear "I don't get it." Well, take a look at the Comms101 group featured in this short video and you'll get a better appreciation for why Tweetworks is so powerful.
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11:22:44 07/07/09
Tweetworks TV Episode 71 - Nomar, Tour de France, Honduras and Python
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Despite the monsoon like rain outside I am in a fantastic mood today. Nomar is back in Boston and saying all the right things about wanting to come back to the Red Sox. Of course that doesn't necessarily mean he'll be coming back but we do have a need for a 5th infielder at the moment so it would definitely be cool. Join me in the Red Sox Nation group to share your thoughts.
Okay, let's get to some groups.
Featured Groups:
* Tour de France (created by Tweetworks) - Every year some crazy dudes jump on bikes and race for 2,000 miles. Join the Tweetworks peloton and tweet each stage with cycling fans from around the world.
* PrensaHonduras (created by Prensa Honduras ) - Stay on top of the breaking news in Honduras.
* TweetworksDevelopers (created by Tweetworks) - In honor of @UltraNurd 's achievement, he created Python bindings/library for the Tweetworks API, I thought it would be nice to recognize the Tweetworks Developers groups. One of the things that has made Twitter so successful is the army of developers that have contributed to the ecosystem. I'd like to invite those same developers to begin leveraging the Tweetworks API to bring rich conversation features to their applications. Check out the fine work of Nicolas Ward in the following locations:
* His Blog
* The Python Site
* GitHub
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20:27:34 07/02/09
Tweetworks TV Episode 70 - How to Avoid a Twitter Pissing Match
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I learned two very important lessons today.
I was blindsided and pulled into a Twitter pissing match out of nowhere. What started out as what I thought was a nice gesture, sharing a link to a video in which someone I had met was mentioned, quickly turned into a disaster. Before the dust settled I was emphatically told that "I don't get it", accused of being the "civility police", and finally accused of being a chauvinist.
Now before we go any further I have to say I totally blame Gary Vaynerchuk for this because it was one of his videos I shared and he obviously has done something horrendous to this person to make her so angry. (Just kidding Gary, I walked into this one.)
So what did I learn from this experience?
* If you don't really know the person you are talking with on Twitter, tread very lightly. I met this person once, very briefly, at an event. I connected with her on Twitter but we haven't really had any substantive back and forth prior to today. I had no idea she had this quick of a trigger and that lack of knowledge cost me.
* The first time you find yourself uttering (not typing) "WTF" or "What is wrong with this person?" out loud, get out. Stop tweeting and extend an invitation to connect privately. Or just beg off and let the person know you're done. Say you are sorry, do whatever you have to do but get out as quickly as you can. Having said this, what kept me in the conversation was exactly what got me into the conversation in the first place. I had shared the @Garyvee video with my would be assassin because she was mentioned in it and I thought she might like the opportunity to respond. The funny thing is that Gary's video was about listening to Twitter for negative mentions of you or your brand that require your engagement. Unlike Gary's example however, I was living it real-time. I was getting flamed and was left with little choice but to address it.
You simply cannot stand idly by while someone kills you in public. Responding can be messy and you won't always make things perfectly right with the other person but in the end they know you're listening.
Let's get to the groups:
* Entrepreneurs (created by E-Commerce Info ) - A place for entrepreneurs to get advice, feedback, and discuss ideas.
* PalmPre (created by Dan Silverstein ) - A group for Palm Pre users Bonus Group: TwitFights (created by Marvin aka eMarv ) - Debate can be fun. If you know you are going to be going back and forth, why not do it threaded style.
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12:21:05 06/21/09
Tweetworks TV Episode 67 - Metro-West Chamber's Nearly Noontime Lunch
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The Metro-West Chamber of Commerce invited me to speak at one of its Nearly Noontime Lunch events. They also asked if I knew any other local leaders in the field of social media who could share their expertise with local business people looking to undersand how this relatively new series of tools can benefit their ventures. I used this opportunity to invite three incredibly smart and talented gentlemen to join me on the panel: Cappy Popp of Thought Labs Eric Guerin of SmartMarket Media Jeff Cutler of JeffCutler.com
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20:03:00 06/16/09
Tweetworks TV Episode 66 - Mass Innovation Nights 3
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Mass Innovation Nights continue to rock. Last week was another successful event with great attendance and very exciting companies participating as you'll see in the six that I interviewed for this episode. As I said last month, I urge you to plan to attend one of the next MIN events and if you live in another area of the country or world consider starting your own innovation night series.
Join the MassInnovation group on Tweetworks.
People, Companies and/or Products Featured in this Episode:
* ChatterBox - Todd Clayton , a member of the founding team, gave me a nice demo of this incredible engagement tool for Twitter. Be sure to contact Todd if you'd like to get a private beta account. Also, stop by and join the ChatterBox group on Tweetwork s.
* Popkins - Karen Jarostchuk and her team came decked out and looking the part to show off their super "cool" idea for keeping your kid's iced treats from dripping all over theirr clean clothes.
* ThingMagic - Yael Maguire, PhD and a team of other people way smarter than me have developed RFID technology that will change the way we interact with just about everything.
* PaperShow - Kaitlyn Siner demonstrated this 21st century colaboration tool developed by a 500 year old French paper company Canson. Innovation at it's finest.
* NaviSite - William Toll shares how this monster, enterprise hosting company is now serving the small to mid-size business segment.
* MyRoar - Kate McDonough , President & Founder, has created a natural language search engine that enables users to search terabytes of information by asking simple questions in plain english.
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19:35:32 05/14/09
Tweetworks TV Episode 59 - Mass Innovation Nights May 2009
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The Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation hosted the second monthly Mass Innovation Nights on May 13th. Bobbie Carlton of Carlton PR & Marketing is doing a phenominal job organizing this event series.
Be sure to swing by the MassInnovation group on Tweetworks to let Bobbie know what you think and connect with other attendees and presenters.
Featured Entrepreneurs & Companies:
* Mike Sachleben of BlitzTime
* LotusLive
* Amy Patten of MassHighTech
* Prasad Thammineni of Pixily
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15:39:52 05/04/09
Tweetworks TV Episode 55 - Stop Asking People To Follow You on Twitter
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I wonder how different Twitter's new user retention rate would be if people stopped asking people to "follow" them and instead invited people to connect on Twitter? Also, be careful how you use handles that are GroupTweet enabled. Featured Groups: CelticNation, ConquerMultipleSclerosis, and FairTradeforWomen
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16:57:16 04/11/09
Tweetworks TV Episode 53 - SXSW Hangover BBQ Tweetup
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BBQ, Beer, Pool, Live Music and Great Friends
Thursday night people from all over New England decended upon Firefly's BBQ restaurant in Marlborough, MA for a great night with friends. The evening proved that people will travel for a cool event and that it is absolutely possible to host a big tweetup in the burbs.
A huge thank you to Hung Pham for bringing his musical coolness to the evening. He was fantastic. I highly recommend you consider him for your event. I know we'll have him back.
Lessons Learned About Hosting a Successful Tweetup
* Venue - Choose a venue where you can have exclusive access to the space if possible. It was real nice having the private room where everyone knew that the people they were mingling with were there for the same purpose.
* Do More Than Drink - Enjoying some recreational beverages is great but that will only bring out so many people. Having an interesting dining experience, an activity (pool) and even some entertainment (live music) really helps to bring people out and keep them engaged. It will also get people talking about the event and help you bring a big crowd to your next event.
* Watch the Noise Level - Having live music or a DJ is cool but remember, people are there to network and socialize so be sure they can hear each other.
* Promote the Event - Use a service like Eventbrite to encourage people to register ahead of time. It also gives people an opportunity to see who else is coming, get detailed information about the event (like directions), and gives them a website to share with others. I also used Twitter (through Tweetworks ), Facebook and LinkedIN to get the word out. Luckily, Eventbrite has a built in feature to cross promote your event on all these tools.
* Take Pictures and Video - People like to see how the event went. Be sure to take pictures and video .
* Cell Signal & WiFi - If you are hosting a tweetup it helps to make sure the venue has a good cell signal and maybe WiFi available. While it can be a good thing to have people not staring at their iPhones, people have grown to expect to be able to live tweet, Twitpic and Qik from Tweetups.
* Holidays - I completely forgot that April 9th was Passover. Whoops! We missed out on a good sized Jewish crowd.
* Late Hours - The venue closed at 10:30 and while in the grand scheme of things this was fine I got the feeling that some people would have liked to stay longer. Next time I'll look for a place open until midnight.
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11:02:42 04/04/09
Tweetworks TV Episode 51 - A Shout Out to the Ladies
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This one's for all the ladies in the house!
I met a fantastic lady named Lesley Lambert at PodCamp Western Mass who, in addition to being totally awesome in her own right, recently joined Tweetworks and set up a group called TwitterQueens . It seems Lesley and a group of ladies get their tweet on with the hashtag #TwitterQueens and she thought it might be a super cool idea to use Tweetworks for the group. She asked if I would profile the group on the show and I thought that was a fantastic idea. In fact, I thought a whole show celebrating the women focused groups on Tweetworks would be cool. So here we go!
Featured Groups:
* TwitterQueens (created by Lesley Lambert ) - Social Media Vixens using the internet for fun, profit and glory!
* Muslimah (created by Aisha Abdurahman ) - Muslim Women who use twitter
* StartupPrincess (created by Gwenn Bell ) - If you are a lady starting a business then this group is for you. Be sure to check out Kelly King Anderson the lady behind StartupPrincess.
* Kirtsy (created by Gwenn Bell ) - kirtsy lovers + friends: http://kirtsy.com
* Twitteritas (created by TheDiva ) - Women who use Twitter
* WomenBloggers (created by Aisha Abdurahman ) - Women who blog. What isn't this group huge?
* WomensCouncilofRealtors (created by Christina Ethridge ) - Women's Council of Realtors
* BabiBoomers (created by Nancy Davis ) - 50+women, your stories, advice, empty-nesters, health,retirement spots, anything you want.
* BlackAmericanPrincess-BAPLiving (created by BAPLiving ) - Group supports BAP Living social networking site, radio show, Facebook group, and Myspace group for women of African descent who self-identify as Black American Princesses (BaAPs) or Educated Black women (EBW).
* WomensNetworkOnline (created by Lynette Palmen ) - Where businesswomen and ideas meet.
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17:37:35 03/26/09
Tweetworks TV Episode 48 - Green Thumbs, Celtics and Huh
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Green Day
Spring is here and it's time to start thinking about planting stuff outside. Whether it's a vegetable garden, a new tree in the yard or tending to the flower box in the window nothing says spring like live plants.
It's also almost time for the NBA playoffs and while we're talking about things that are green...how about them Celtics? Way better than the Nicks right? Take that @AJV ! I had to bust AJ Vaynerchuk 's chops a little bit because he kind of dissed Boston in a video at SXSW . Now he wasn't too inflammatory but still come on...this is our house. :)
Huh...That IS cool
I also spent a little time reflecting on a little "huh" moment I had today. It's always weird when you notice something special about your own product that you hadn't really paid much attention to before. When was the last time someone replied to a Twitter post of yours that was more than a day old? Probably never right?
Well, on Tweetworks it's not uncommon for a great thread that was started over a month ago to continue to have life. This is because popular threads tend to stay at the top in a group. People come to the group see something cool and jump in. Since we keep the thread with the most recent activity on top some conversations just keep on going. Like this one by Amy Langford in the Movies where she asks " What's your stick movie? "
Featured Groups
* Agriculture (created by Mark Jewell ) - A group that helps folks in Agriculture network better through Twitter.
* DIY-Landscaping (created by RHH_John ) - Have landscaping questions, or are you a landscaping expert looking to share your knowledge? This is your place.
* SunFlowerClub (created by Sun Flower ) - Sun Flowers are AWESOME
* CelticNation (created by Chad Northrup ) - For lovers of the Green, and those who consider Tom Heinsohn a neutral observer.
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16:50:38 03/24/09
Tweetworks TV Episode 46 - Austin, Education and SEO
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Lot's of stuff today. Austin
I find myself more curious than ever about Austin's gravitational pull on Boston's best and brightest. Over the last year or so we've lost Aaron Strout , Peter Kim , Bryan Person , and John Johansen to Austin. Why is this? It's easy to blame Heather Strout as she made the move in 2004 but I suspect there's something else going on. Upcoming Tweetups
* Aaron Strout Coffee Tweetup
* SXSW Hangover BBQ Tweetup Content + Context + Links = Tweetworks Power (aka Google Juice)
An often overlooked benefit of tweeting on Tweetworks is the potential SEO contribution (often called Google Juice ). While tweeting on Twitter (via Twitter.com or other standard Twitter clients) will gain you some serious personal branding juice it often adds little weight your site's Google ranking. This is because the general Twitter time line lacks density of relevant content and context. When you tweet from a Tweetworks group you are creating content on a page rich in contextual relevance.
Example: My good friends Joselin Mane and Rachel Levy who are using @BostonTweetup (check out their new show ) to tweet about Boston area events would benefit immensely from posting their tweets in the BostonTweeters group. First, there are 238 members in the group, as of this post, who are either from the Boston area or interested in connecting with people from the Boston area. By posting from the group it creates an inbound link from a page about Boston (with keywords Events, Tweetup, Twitter, Boston Area) which has lots of fresh relevant content with a ton of inbound and outbound links. Remember, every post from Tweetworks to Twitter has an inbound link back to the group and the thread in which it was originated.
Additionally, Tweetworks users have the option to receive email and/or Twitter direct message (DM) notifications of group activity. So, instead of hoping that their intended audience (followers) just happen to see their tweet in the stream, they can post it where people are not only looking for such information but also where they'll be prompted to go check out the post. Featured Groups:
* ESLJHS117 (created by @melissaleon ) - Mrs. Leon's ESL CLass. Very innovative use of a Tweetworks group for education.
* BentleyTweeters (created by @bderusha ) - Bentley University Students and Alumni
* CoursewareDevelopment (created by @tedkopp ) - Attention all web developers, instructional designers, content developers, graphics developers, technical writers, editors, programmers, managers, and others interested in this subject: if you create or use web-based training, this is your group!
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07:51:14 03/13/09
Tweetworks TV Episode 43
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With the exception of those who are in bed with Cartoono, the world is descending on Austin, TX for SXSW . This includes 4 dudes in a Ford Escape on an iRoadTrip . Be sure to stop by the Innovators' Road Trip site and see what these dudes are up to. Great job by @ crbrowning , @JeffCutler , @JStorerj , @jljohansen and of course @ScottMonty and Ford for providing the vehicle.
Featured Groups:
* InBedWithCartoono (created by @Cartoono ) - Way too many people in bed with this guy but you have to admit is it looks fun.
* FailWhale (created by @Warrenss ) - Twitter Fantasy Baseball - Yahoo.
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19:53:13 03/06/09
Tweetworks TV Episode 41 - Greensville, Star Trek, and Brits
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Finally over his cold, Mike Langford is back up to full speed in this episode. From deep space to the deep south and across the pond we go.
Featured Groups:
* GreensvilleSC (created by @StevenPitts ) - Group for tweeple in Upstate South Carolina. Greenville, Spartanburg, Anderson, Pickens. Mike also takes a few minutes to answer a couple of questions asked by @hmerkle , a member of the GreensvilleSC group.
* UnsignedBritishBands (created by @TheBritBusTour ) - A group brought to you by The BritBus Tours, for unsigned bands to share knowledge and ideas on everything from gigs, promotion, distribution, plugging, good & bad venues...the list is endless. If you share and ask, you will all gain!
* Star-Trek (created by @JoeTwit2 ) - The Trekkies are back in action! With a new Star Trek movie on the way we had to let you know about the Star Trek group again. In recognition of our new future British super stars we selected a PodSafe friendly song by @TheUnstoppableTeam titled "Only Thing." Be sure to stop by and let them know what you think of their song on Tweetworks or check out their MySpace page .
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15:18:03 03/05/09
Tweetworks TV Episode 40 - Stop Whining About Auto DMs Rant
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Mike Langford goes off on a cold medicine induced rant about the incessant whining about auto DM's on Twitter . "Being mad about auto DMs is like eating a bunch of Doritos and drinking beer only to be upset that your burps stink." Mike says. What do you think? Join the thread Mike started this morning and share your thoughts about auto DMs.
After the rant winds down we get into the featured groups, complete with special effects. Ooh!
Featured Groups:
* TrueParanormal (created by @DebAllen ) - Share stories and insights related to the paranormal/supernatural.
* Jamaica (created by @JamaicaTweets ) - Sun, sand and surf with a rum drink sounds pretty good right about now doesn't it?
* LOHAStraveler (created by @rainfrog ) - We have no idea what they are talking about in this group but the Chinese characters look pretty cool.
* TCBRacing (created by @jrmoore987 ) - Just think, in about a month from now all the hardcore cyclists will be hitting the roads and trails again. Ride on!
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08:07:19 03/04/09
Tweetworks TV Episode 39 - Private Group, Events and Estonia
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We saw another large number of new Tweetworks groups created by users last week. One private group in particular caught Mike Langford 's eye, it already has 104 members. Wow!
We also rolled out a new notification feature on your groups tab . Notice the new members listed in the sidebar. Be sure to stop by and make them feel welcome.
Featured Groups:
* 90DayChallenge (created by @AskDKLive ) - This is your 911 Emergency Q%A Forum. Only use this if you have an important question and you can't find the answer in the 24/7 chats or the Ohana community. I will personally answer questions here daily. So check back often. " Very interesting, smart and unforeseen usage of a private group. " ~ Mike Langford
* WebinarTweets (created by @WebinarTweets ) - List your webinars, podcasts, & event links @webinartweets . Keep it short and to the point. " @BostonTweetup , a Twitter handle created by @JoselinMane & @bostonmarketer , is employing a similar technique. I suggest they tweet events from the BostonTweeters group for a few reasons; 1) there are 220+ users there who have identified themselves as from the Boston area 2) Tweetworks sends out email and DM notifications to group members so they'll get reminders about your event 3) tweets can be passed to Twitter so you'll get double the potential exposure 4) SEO, tweeting about BostonTweetups in the BostonTweeters group creates a density of relevant content." ~ Mike Langford
* Estonia (created by @krishaamer ) - For all Twitter users from Estonia. "Seeing new international groups never gets old. The Estonia group is cool and very intriguing given that is was created by a user from Lisbon, Portugal." ~ Mike Langford
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08:00:09 02/24/09
Tweetworks TV Episode 36
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Last week was a big one for Tweetworks. The Mashable article and Mashup Award brought in a large number of users to the site.
Check out these stats for the week of February 15th:
* 913 New users joined Tweetworks
* 178 New Public Groups were created.
* 49 New Private Groups were created. You'll have to search for those. Featured Groups:
* AtomicTom (created by @AtomicTom ) - The Official Atomic Tom Twitter Group. Rock on! This group is almost as cool as the MikeLangfordFanClub . :)
* Dharma (created by @gianmichael ) - A stream and conversation about living the Dharma of the Buddha and the Dharma of the Christ in a non-religious, non-ritual, humanist and postmodern context.
* Semantic-Branding (created by @csaracco ) - The Tweeting Webjam's Brand 3.0 tribe
* TwinkedIn (created by @paisano ) - Twitter + LinkedIN. Are you looking for a job? Are you looking for talented people? Need to hire anyone for any reason? This is the place to start spreading the word.