-Facebook had 430.2 million users and an average rise of 137.6% each year
-Twitter has 58.3million users and has gone up 1,238% since last year
-Myspace has 110million but that is going down on average -13.7%

Certainly puts Facebook in perspective with Twitter…

Twitter Strategy 2.0…

I can’t take credit for this as a colleague forwarded me the article, but it makes some interesting points about a company Twitter strategy. The article which I will come onto makes some interesting points about segmenting your Twitter communication, and it makes complete sense, as just like all marketing communication tools like press releases, advertising, mailshots, for example, you would of course segment and tailor each exercise to target the audience you are trying to reach.

Twitter is a great tool to any Company’s communications strategy, yet it can be easy to get over-whelmed in regards to how to get started.

You’ll probably find that many individuals in your organisation are already using Twitter and this can be a great starting point. Before getting ahead of yourself, however, first think about how your company could utilise this great new resource and how can you control it.

Are you one of the 12 million signed up to Twitter? Do you try to say something interesting, thought provoking or funny in your status? Are you limited by 140 characters? Drawtweet, the new Bamboo Mini is an application that allows users to say more in one tweet.

That is likely to be the thoughts of those at Twitter’s HQ today following Facebook’s announcement that it is to introduce a similar system to Twitter’s @ mentions in status updates.

This has just been sent round the office email and was originally found on Pocket-Lint…its quite a cheeky advert poking fun at social media addicts!

The funny thing is, is that most of us that are really into Twitter and Facebook probably won’t get the joke!

It is official. Twitter has now crossed over from a web fad for nerds and egotists to a mainstream, widely accessible communication platform, as outlined in Dan Martin’s article this morning. The Government will dramatically step up its presence on the microblogging site, as directed in a 20 page strategy document released today. The document explains how the government plans to improve its Twitter standings and what they hope to gain from such exposure. Covering everything from content tone, frequency of posts and developing ‘campaign specific accounts’, this document outlines a clear and concise plan for this new fangled phenomenon.

Today, the BBC website features an interesting piece on voice to text pioneer SpinVox, revealing the results of an investigation into the company’s privacy standards, technology and finances.

Where were you when you heard Michael Jackson had died?

Well, apparently millions of us were sat in front of a computer or on mobile internet devices frantically searching the web for more information on why/how/when it happened. So many people infact, that the web could not quite handle it…

Its interesting that yesterday I wrote a post about the fact that company’s need to start taking Twitter seriously and evaluate individuals within the company that have access or have created these accounts.

As if to back up my thought process, Sky News have just published the article below that clearly emphasises the need for companys to start evaluating their Twitter communication strategy!

I’ve just been reading a really interesting report called ‘Online PR and Social Media Trends Briefing’ from the Econsultancy, which I must say I found very interesting.

One of the striking thoughts that I was left with was that if companies are not careful, Twitter use could really upset well thought-out corporate messaging/planning.

Building a Twitter following is a great way of promoting your business, products and services, but you have to have the right strategy, the right skills, the right tools and above all the patience and commitment.

We recently read about TweeterLine which in the ‘right hands’ could be a very useful tool for growing your Twitter Following.

Twitter. Most of us are now signed up to the service and have integrated updates into our daily routine. Having breakfast, tweet it. Getting dressed, tweet it. Heading to work, tweet it. Something interesting happening at work, tweet it. News breaking, tweet it.

Taken from: http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/05/twitter-mania-google-got-shut-down-apple-rumors-heat-up/

Twitter! Whether you use it or not, or understand it or not, it’s the hottest thing in Silicon Valley right now. It’s brought up in every conversation. And no wonder – the service has exploded to somewhere north of 25 million users and has been growing by 40% a week since that Oprah appearance, says a source close to the company.

Following the Gadget Show last night I’m looking forward to next weeks show to see what they make of Facebook v’s twitter…http://fwd.five.tv/gadget-show/blog

Personally I think facebook and twitter are two completely different things, facebook more for personal use, more like an online diary and twitter is turning more into a filtered google, so a really good source of everything I’m interested in…

Google has launched ‘Google Street View’.. sounds great as you can pretty much take a 360degree virtual tour down any road providing it is included in the 25 major cities Google has chosen to cover.

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Since investing more time in social media tools like Twitter, you soon get a good picture of which tech blogs are very active. A few that we are signed up to on Twitter we find particularly useful:

FT.com Tech Blog

PocketLint

Guardian Tech Blog

Following the previous post on the magical photo of Gordon Kelly showing a look of utter disgust towards Paris Hilton, the man to thank for such a funny picture has spoken up!

Paul Monckton, tech journo/papparazzi….. take a bow!

New recruit Andy Crisp has got us all switched onto the latest social media, web 2.0 phenomenon Twitter. It took us a while to wonder what was going on but now we’d be lost without it!