Twitter Backgrounds: A Few Notes on Web Design
When designing for Twitter’s web interface, as so many in-house interactive marketing folk are now pressed to do, the range of options is limited. You can choose a few colors and a background image. Unfortunately, the main content area of your Twitter page is always going to be totally opaque white with black text. You … Read more
Twitter Monetization for Ad & Marketing Agencies
So, if Twitter isn’t making money from Twitter, why aren’t more advertising and marketing agencies making money from Twitter? My mind has been buzzing lately with thoughts about the subject(s). French/Canadian agency Provocat said I inspired this post on pay-per-follow models for Twitter. Show users tweets they might want to follow. Corporate Twitters. Say someone tweets … Read more
Early Results of (Unpaid, Mind You) Twitter Ads
Cheers to Loren Brichter of Atebits.com for returning my email requesting information on the early results of the ads that began running on Twitter this week. With regard to the unpaid ads Twitter has featured on behalf of iPhone app Tweetie, Brichter wasn’t able to divulge specific metrics or conversion rates; he did share, “I … Read more
Twitter Ads Run Free for Third Party Sites
This decade’s “It Startup,” Twitter, has (finally?) incorporated ads on pages of its website (note: ads are not present on mobile or desktop Twitter apps…yet). The rather unobtrustive text ads are cutely marked up as dictionary entries and appear in a sidebar below a user’s stats and above their thumbnail mosaic of followed users. The … Read more
If I Were Me, I’d Read These Blog Posts
Today, I had a chance to skim over several enticing blog posts. I did not, however, have time to thoroughly persuse any of them as I am currently hacking away at the backlog of bread & butter design work. Partly as a way to share with you all (and partly as a way to bookmark … Read more
Expletives Deleted: Swearing in Social Media
Lately, a few discussions regarding the use of profane or obscene language have wafted into my sphere of consciousness. Recalling old media law debates on the meaning of decency as defined by community standards, these conversations have served to sketch out the huge gray area that is appropriateness in online communication. If I write a … Read more
You Just Met Jolie O’Dell at SXSW. Now What?
Oh, hai! We’re probably new friends. I probably gave you my business card and asked you to Google me and use any of the links to connect. I love SEO so much that Google IS my business card. So, here’s what to do next: 1. Hook up with me on LinkedIn. Especially if you were … Read more
