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Microsoft’s Bill Gates Has Joined The Twitter Universe

Mr. Bill Gates @billgates is in the Twitter Building!!!  Social Media Guide @Mashable has reported that Twitter’s Caroline Mizumoto tweeted about Mr. Gates finally actively tweeting online. Word spread fast and Mr. Gates reached 100k followers in @oprah like speed. Ashton Kutcher (@aplusk) is still at the top of the list at just over 4.3 million followers but Britney Spears (@britneyspears) is not that far behind him at 4.2+ followers. At the current pace of about 10k+ followers per hour Mr. Gates should reach the 1 million dollar club in a few days.  At this rate Mr. Gates will have more followers than his own @Microsoft_Xbox, @Microsoft, @Office_Live, @MicrosoftPress, @MSFTResearch, @Office and @SharePoint combined by lunch time on Wednesday, Jan 2oth.

So if you get the chance say hello to Mr. Gates. Who knows he might just follow you and donate millions of dollars to your cause…. NOT..;-) Welcome to the Twitterverse Mr. Gates. I look forward to following your updates.

All the best

JB

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David Letterman Tweets For The First Time

Late_Show_Twitter_IconIf you have been a fan of the Late Show with David Letterman like I have been for years you know that he is not that computer savvy. So this was a monumental act for him. What he does not realize is that by doing this for the fist time himself he has just brought even more attention to his show than ever before.

The Late Show has had a Twitter account for The Late Show @Late_Show and has been up for some months now but Mr. Letterman had nothing to really do with it. Here is David Letterman’s first tweet. “Do you smell veal and peppers?”  More and more celebrities are seeing the potential power of Twitter.  Mr. Letterman had Actor Kevin Spacey on @KevinSpacey who said he only joined Twitter because his business manager said he should and now Kevin has just over 1.4 million followers.  Actors see Twitter as a direct connection to their adoring fan base.

So Mr. Letterman, Here are my Top 10 reasons why you should be on Twitter and Tweet more often.

Number 10. Twitter is fun, cool and hip and would impress all the young interns on your show.
Number 9. Jimmy Fallon @jimmyfallon has 2.3 million followers and you don’t want to let that young wipper snapper get the best you.
Number 8. Jay Leno of the Jay Leno Show @nbcjay has just over 20k followers and he just got a new show after leaving his old one.
Number 7. The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien @nbcconan has just over 20k followers and Conan just became the new host but is gaining ground on Jay’s new show.
Number 6. George Lopez of Lopez Tonight has 83k+ followers @georgeLopez and that show only started last month. So get with it Homes!
Number 5. Wanda Sykes has a new late night show that airs on Saturday nights and it does not have a Twitter account yet but Watchout when she does.
Number 4. Many of your day time show competition like Barbara Walters @BarbaraJWalters of  The View and Ellen DeGeneres @theEllenShow are killing you on Twitter with almost 4.5 million between them and they are women with blond hair.
Number 3. The Monique Show @TheMoNiqueshow is on BET and she even has over 15k followers. Oh No She Didn’t!
Number 2. Twitter is FREE for now.
And the number one reason David Letterman should be on Twitter and Tweet more often……….. The Arsenio Hall Show Just declared Twitter War on you and his show has been off the air since 1994.  Things that make you say HUMMMMMMM.

All the best Mr. Letterman.

JB

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Reid Hoffman and Biz Stone talk “Twitter On Linkedin”

twitter_linkedinIf you have not added your Twitter account to your Linkedin profile now is the time.
Linkedin and Twitter have official partnered and it is about to make a big dent in the Social Networking space.

Not only can you now have multiple Twitter accounts added to your Linkedin profile but all hashtags are now recognized. So please use #twarketing if you post this article to your Twitter feed. The only thing I suggest is that you don’t post all of your Tweets to your Linkedin account. When setting up your Twitter account on Linkedin use the selection that allows you to only post the tweets with “Share only tweets that contain #in” hashtag. Take a look at what Reid and Biz below have to say and let me know your thoughts.

Click here to learn more about Twarketing on Linkedin


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Twitter Opera? It’s Not Over Until The Fat Lady Tweets

The First Twitter OperaI thought this was a very creative way to get those who are not opera goers to learn more about both Twitter and the Opera. What are your thoughts?

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5 Corporate Brands With 1 Million Or More Followers On Twitter

1million_Twitter_Dollar Is @aplusk Ashton Kutcher smiling now that major corporations are eating his dust when it comes to followers on Twitter? Now that his twitter account is about to make it to the 4 million mark of followers more and more corporations are finally surpassing this million follower milestone. This just recently happened to Dell’s @DellOutlet twitter account and there was no real fan fare on their part.

Lionel Menchaca Dell’s Chief Blogger just wrote that the million follower mark just kinda snuck up on them. He further writes that they are happy to be in the company of other brands like @Google, @WholeFoods, @Zappos, and @JetBlue

We here at @Twarketing have been tracking these corporate brands using site like Twitterholic and Twittercounter and we have come to one conclusion.  This million follower mark is just the beginning. If you look at the corporate brands that are not major celebrities, sport figures, news agencies, popular online publications and of course Twitter themselves the top 10 would round out like this:

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Let me know your thoughts on how your brand is doing on Twitter.

All the best

JB