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• 5 Ways Twitter Can Save You Money

  BNET - 2009-09-21

  Here's how to find sweet tweets to shave the cost of everything from bialys to BMWs. Forget about Kutcher and Anderson Cooper. Twitter is now a source for saving big in 140 characters or less. Users share tips...

  Tags: Twitter Inc., MoneyWatch, Channel Management, Investment, Financial Accounting, Search, Marketing, Finance, Twitter, Hashtag, Tweet, Retweet, Tweet Deck, JetBlue, Twitter Search, Dell, Hashtags.org, Groupon, Fat Wallet, Ben’s Bargains, Slick Deals, CheapTweet, CouponTweet, thesimpledollar.com, DigitalTrends.com, LocalTweeps.com, Tracking Twitter, Jeff Wuorio

• Yahoo Gives Its Delicious Bookmarking Site A "Social-Freshness Lift"

  PaidContent - 2009-08-04

  Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) is licensing its web search technology to Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT)—but it is holding on to its delicious social bookmarking site, which offers one alternative way to find items on the web by sifting through sites that people have bookmarked. And on Tuesday, Yahoo announced several changes...

  Tags: Web, Yahoo! Inc., Site, Twitter, Channel Management, Search, Marketing, Social Media, News Sharing, Companies, Yahoo, Joseph Tartakoff, Microsoft Corp.

• Twitter to Launch Redesigned Home Page (Updated)

  BNET - 2009-07-24

  (Update: I received this note from Biz Stone at Twitter this morning, confirming that the new home page described below is under construction: On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 8:24 AM, Biz Stone wrote: Hi David, We're still working on it and probably...

  Tags: Twitter, Channel Management, Marketing, David Weir

• Experts: Twitter is the Game-Changer

  BNET - 2009-07-16

  Pasadena, CA. Earlier today, during a meeting in Silicon Valley, I spoke with two exceptionally talented executives, both of whom have had long, successful careers with tech/media companies big and small, and both of whom have been extremely active online since the earliest days of the web. One is...

  Tags: Twitter, Internet, Channel Management, Strategy, Marketing, Management, David Weir

• Alexa: Twitter Web Traffic Eclipses CNN & NY Times

  BNET - 2009-06-25

  The ratings service Alexa provides one of the best tools available for assessing current traffic trends at websites, and as the chart above indicates, Twitter has now eclipsed both CNN and The New York Times on the web. Note that this does not reflect all the usage on smart phones,...

  Tags: Web, Alexa Internet Inc., Traffic, New York Times Co., Twitter, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Smart Phones, Channel Management, Internet, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, David Weir

• The Business Lessons from Twitter's Role in Iran

  BNET - 2009-06-20

  This is not a good time to hold a title like the "Supreme Leader" in Iran. For a week now, huge crowds of protesters have been defying Iran’s autocratic leadership to demand political change. Over that time, it has become clear that what started as a protest...

  Tags: Web, Protest, Brand, Twitter, CNN, Iran, #IranElection, Branding, Channel Management, Marketing, David Weir

• Twitter in Business: Real-Life Success Stories

  BNET - 2009-06-17

  Dave and I are just wrapping up a doozy of a Guy Vs. Guy debate on the subject of Twitter's value as a business tool. (Look for it tomorrow.) As usual, he gets it wrong, calling Twitter a "ghost town" and a pointless waste of time. Of...

  Tags: Twitter, Productivity, Channel Management, Marketing, Rick Broida

• U.S. State Department to Twitter: "Stay Up"

  BNET - 2009-06-16

  If there were any doubters left about the importance of social media in the ongoing rebellion occurring in Iran, today's intervention by the U.S. government, requesting that the micro-blogging service Twitter delay its scheduled maintenance shutdown, should put an end to any debate. Let's take a deep...

  Tags: U.S. Department Of State, Web, Twitter, Iran, #Iranelection, Militia, Channel Management, Marketing, David Weir

• Iran: Twitter Users' Outrage at CNN, Fox Triggers Coverage

  BNET - 2009-06-15

  The riveting coverage of the massive rebellion by what BBC estimates to be over a million people in the streets of Tehran continues over Twitter. In addition, European media have been providing active coverage led by eyewitness reports from reporters like Robert Fisk. Twitter users expressed outrage...

  Tags: Web, Twitter, CNN, Government, Channel Management, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, David Weir

• Twitter Users Put CNN to Shame on Iran Riot Coverage

  BNET - 2009-06-14

  Yesterday may have been a slow news day in the U.S. but in Tehran and other major Iranian cities there was major rioting in response to the government's announcement that reformist candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi had lost the Presidential election by a landslide to incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. ...

  Tags: Web, Minute, Twitter, CNN, Channel Management, Construction, Marketing, David Weir