Twitter has evolved to a micro-blogging platform from a coagulated RSS feed. The way users interact within twitter is evolving as well, and companies and brands must be genuine. Here are 8 Ways to turn your twitter feed into a discussion that your customers can appreciate. Connect with Influencers : Twitter is all about connecting, distributing information, and being relevant. The way to join any conversation is taking the first step. Break the ice and reach out to top influencers in your field.  Often times, these influencers may be too busy to answer every tweet, and even have social media ... Read More »

Twitter on Monday announced that it has bought mobile blogging startup Posterous. Twitter said that the Posterous site will continue up and running without any interruption. Terms were not disclosed. Posterous engineers, product managers and others will join Twitter’s teams working on several key initiatives. San Francisco based Posterous launched in 2008 as a platform for blogging with an emphasis on letting people use smartphones to post pictures, videos, audio or other digital snippets and share them with groups in virtual “Spaces.” Here is the text of Twitter’s post on the deal: Today we are welcoming a very talented group ... Read More »

Politicians follow wherever voters take them, and today’s voter spends a lot more time than ever before on social networking sites like Facebook. People watch less television, read fewer newspapers and magazines and hardly listen to the radio at all. Politicians get far less bang for the buck advertising on “mainstream media” than they used to, and they are turning toward social sites in increasing numbers. The primary purpose, of course, is to get themselves elected. Once in office, the next campaign starts immediately, and then the politicians do everything they can to get re-elected. There are more subtle internal ... Read More »

RiotFeeds are especially helpful for novice tweeters to find quality, relevant content right away in their realtime Twitter stream. RiotFeeds a new micro-site powered by OneRiot, offers an easy way to discover the hottest realtime links in your Twitter stream for any topic- tech news, gadgets, sports, green living, food & wine, others (especially for novice tweeters to find quality, relevant content right away in their Twitter stream). A wide range of topics are covered – from politics to hipster happenings to the latest on green living. Users simply “follow” a particular RiotFeed to start receiving socially-relevant, realtime tweets containing ... Read More »

Enabling a website with mobile multimedia content such as video and images has always been a costly and time-consuming process – expensive video conversion, MMS portals and fast media streaming are out of reach for most website owners. Until now. Jively – the social media tool that lets you share and tag the world around you has launched a new API enabling all of the sites functionality to be harnessed by third-party website owners. The service allows site designers, developers and content providers to create mobile video and image portals right on their website without the need for costly development, ... Read More »