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Feld Thoughts : Basic Twitter Advice to Companies: Shorten Your Tweets

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:33:49 +0000

great news! thanks for passing along. i think the link you listed does not guide you directly there, but i found the post here: http://blog.twitter.com/2009/08/project-retweet-p... as of 8/13, @biz wrote: "In a few weeks or so we'll launch the feature on our web site and because app developers had a chance to prepare, it should become available across most of the Twitter ecosystem about the same time" looks like we won't be waiting for much longer at all...

Feld Thoughts : Basic Twitter Advice to Companies: Shorten Your Tweets

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:21:59 +0000

Good advice, brad...especially for companies that are looking to spread the word a/b their specials, etc. Maybe I've missed this in the past, but is there a reason Twitter can't remove the usernames from the RTs? It obviously bodes a lot better for those with short names. I'd rather not change mine (@thewordpainter) because it's basically the same one I use on just about every social media platform I've set up shop. Yet, it's frustrating to think I've prob missed some great opportunities to have people retweet my posts.

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Tue, 26 May 2009 01:36:40 +0000

hey brad, i think that's great advice. i'm probably one-step ahead of this situation with my own startup (it's pretty fresh in my mind..) & I just hate putting together my financial statements when I don't want to "live" off of them. Similar to what you said, I think the most important factor is to show your competency when it comes to constructing a financial picture. In this day-and-age, much of a company's value cannot be reported on a spreadsheet (see Twitter) & the accurately portraying the expense side of the equation should become the main priority. -adam w.