http://battractive.com/blog/2007/08/28/no-coincidence-twitter-rhymes-with-fritter/ Stand By Your Friends. Tue, 10 May 2011 10:08:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://battractive.com/blog/2007/08/28/no-coincidence-twitter-rhymes-with-fritter/comment-page-1/#comment-10696 The Truth About Twitter: Everybody Lies Wed, 26 Sep 2007 16:46:35 +0000 http://battractive.com/blog/2007/08/28/no-coincidence-twitter-rhymes-with-fritter/#comment-10696 [...] The Beard Argument. Using Twitter for anything other than literal truth might be ethical — if you could only provide a disclosure statement. However, the 140 character limitation prevents a business from full disclosure…ergo, Twitter is unethical, according to the title of the Beard post. Twitter for Business. Instead of literally answering the question, small business people (like me!) are using Twitter as a tease that points subscribers and others to my blog posts. Conference organizers use Twitter to keep attendees informed. Woot uses it to let their Twitter subscribers know about sales. Are all these Twitter-for-business uses unethical? [...] [...] The Beard Argument. Using Twitter for anything other than literal truth might be ethical — if you could only provide a disclosure statement. However, the 140 character limitation prevents a business from full disclosure…ergo, Twitter is unethical, according to the title of the Beard post. Twitter for Business. Instead of literally answering the question, small business people (like me!) are using Twitter as a tease that points subscribers and others to my blog posts. Conference organizers use Twitter to keep attendees informed. Woot uses it to let their Twitter subscribers know about sales. Are all these Twitter-for-business uses unethical? [...]

]]> http://battractive.com/blog/2007/08/28/no-coincidence-twitter-rhymes-with-fritter/comment-page-1/#comment-7770 Twitter Challenge: The One Month Round Up Fri, 31 Aug 2007 16:04:45 +0000 http://battractive.com/blog/2007/08/28/no-coincidence-twitter-rhymes-with-fritter/#comment-7770 [...] Twitter for Publicity. My time involvement with Twitter is minimal. Going forward, I will merely Tweet a catchy headline and a link that points to new blog content. (That’s my new Twitter plan, anyway.) This activity only takes a few seconds, and can help me reach a new, twittery audience. The Art of Twitter. I feel confident that Twitter can help me write better, snappier, headlines for my blog content. I will use Twitter as a playground for writing and testing compelling headline approaches. Quick and catchy is my goal — and the Twitter environment supports these writing qualities. [...] [...] Twitter for Publicity. My time involvement with Twitter is minimal. Going forward, I will merely Tweet a catchy headline and a link that points to new blog content. (That’s my new Twitter plan, anyway.) This activity only takes a few seconds, and can help me reach a new, twittery audience. The Art of Twitter. I feel confident that Twitter can help me write better, snappier, headlines for my blog content. I will use Twitter as a playground for writing and testing compelling headline approaches. Quick and catchy is my goal — and the Twitter environment supports these writing qualities. [...]

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