Archive for twitter
Financial Times on Twitter
Having often enough looked around for Twitter lists for the Financial Times and not found ones that quite suit my needs, I’ve created two for my own use – but happy for others to use these FT lists too if you find them useful: Financial Times automated news feeds on Twitter Financial Times journalists on [...]
Simon Wright makes it 31 LibDem MPs on Twitter
Good to see that Simon Wright, Liberal Democrat MP for Norwich South, is now on Twitter as @SimonWrightMP. You can follow all 31 of the Liberal Democrat MPs on Twitter via the list I curate at http://twitter.com/#!/markpack/libdem-mps
The power of Twitter: reaching people who reach other people
Interesting research from ExactTarget (an email marketing company that the Liberal Democrats used for a while whilst I was working for the party): So why are Twitter power users so influential online. 72 percent publish blog posts at least monthly 70 percent comment on blogs 61 percent write at least one product review monthly 61 [...]
Doubling your traffic from Facebook: how best to integrate Twitter, Facebook and your website
Many Liberal Democrat councillors and campaigners have both a Twitter account and a Facebook profile alongside their blog or website. Linking the three together efficiently can greatly increase the political impact of them individually, especially as many people find that Twitter is one of the best ways of driving traffic and Facebook one of the [...]
Simon Hughes joins Twitter
Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader (of the Parliamentary Party) Simon Hughes has become the thirtieth Liberal Democrat MP on Twitter. You can follow him at @libdemsimon or you can follow all the LibDemMPs on Twitter via the list http://twitter.com/markpack/libdem-mps Hat tip: Tweetminster (and thanks to the Lib Dem press office for so quickly confirming it is a [...]
Qantas falls foul of the Eurostar problem
In many respects, Qantas’s handling of the explosion in an A380′s engine last week has been exemplary. Passengers have commended the way their staff behaved, Qantas has been in regular and clear contact with the media and the wider possible responsibilities for the problem (such as possibly a problem with the engine’s design) have been [...]
Twittering MPs
There is some interesting analysis about MPs and Twitter here.
US political TV ad puts Twitter centre-stage
Facebook too gets a walk-on role in this Iowa Senate TV advert:
If the ad makes you want to follow him on Twitter, his account @grassleyworks is here.
Twittering about Lib Dem conference?
The Twitter hashtag that’s emerged as the one for people to use when tweeting about Liberal Democrat conferences is #ldconf. If you are following an event live, following a hashtag can be a great way of getting an extra feel for what people are thinking and doing. It’s a bit like the difference between watching [...]
