Monday, February 1, 2010

Twitter is going local - watch all the marketers go nuts

So Twitter Trends is going local! That may just help us all find people who live in our own areas. I think it's a good move by Twitter. It puts it in the same league as Facebook when it comes to connecting with locals. Anyway, Facebook is seen by most people as a place to meet friends and family that don't live locally - a way to connect with those that are interstate or overseas. Small business marketing will love the new feature.

Twitter is great for those short little blasts. What are you doing today? Studying again! Back at college? Nah, studying to work from home as a medical transcriptionist! Sounds like hard work - leave you to it. Almost like messenger services except the world can see what your doing.

I know marketers are loving the service. They bulldozer their way through other peoples lists following as many as possible in the hope they will follow them back. A lot do and a lot don't. You can even get software that automates the process now. I am not sure if it a good move, but thousands are doing it. I know one girl who is trying to boost her numbers so she can sell advertising - they pay by the thousand I believe. I wont be following her - I don't like ads.

Twitter going local - it's a good move but watch all the local businesses now join to take advantage of it all.

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