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28 Free Twitter Background PSD Templates

Knowtebook — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 12:35:46 +0000

Designing for Twitter doesn’t seem to be very difficult, but when it get’s to the point when you notice different screen solutions for the very static twitter background, you will like to know how others started their Twitter template. Enjoy 28 Free Twitter Background PSD Templates.

Buzzword Of The Year: Twittertising (Twitter + Advertising)

Knowtebook — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:32:39 +0000

I just received a newsletter about advertising ideas for companies using tweets in marketing and read the word “Twittertising”. It automatically had my attention since I have heard it the first time. I tried to look it up on google and there is only one hit. So keep in mind that this word will be a new buzzword this year.

Definition: Twittertising

I’ll try to sum it up and hope to have your help in this to make it ready for the guiness book ;- ):

Twittertising (twitter + advertising) is a Twitter based advertising model using the short and quick messaging service for businesses to promote products or services…. your text here!

Lobalized already wrote about a german start-up company Be-A-Magpie (BAM) which is the first advertising agency to surface which is solely using the power of Twitter to generate awareness for brands and companies.

What we like about BAM is that it blends the advertising message into the normal message stream of the twitterer and therefore triggers a conversation among the followers, which in turn generates impressions among the followers followers and so on. The chain reaction can have a massive effect on the actual amount of people you reach. This is definitely something to create not only awareness but also a high click through rate (if your message contains a link), which, according to BAM, is currently at 9% on average and therefore much better than any other ad system on the internet.

Since Twitter will introduce his own busines model this year finally, they may involve creating premium or corporate accounts so that the big Twitterbubble could find his end. Lets start here to have a word in this.

Monitoring Twitter: Real-Time Communication, Connections And Learning

Knowtebook — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 07:27:40 +0000

TweetDeck is an Adobe Air desktop application, currently in public beta, that looks to capture the abundance of social media and display it in a unique columned user interface.

TweetDeck is a realtime application that allows users to monitor that information in a single concise view. TweetDeck currently integrates services from Twitter, Twitscoop, 12seconds, Stocktwits and now Facebook.

But at the heart of TweetDeck is its ability to group people together and search across the twittersphere. Grouping friends or work colleagues separately means you have a window on all aspects of your twitter life. Searching across the twittersphere means you can monitor any subject within Twitter. These additional columns automatically update so providing the user with a very effective dashboard of realtime information.

Anybody using Twitter will discover the mass of tweets can be somewhat overwhelming and difficult to digest. TweetDeck enables users to split their main Twitter feed (All Friends) into columns allowing a broader overview of tweets.

Additional Features

Catch up with overnight global twitterings as TweetDeck stores all updates whilst running
Continual status updates of TweetDeck and Twitter
Resize TweetDeck as either an unobtrusive column, full screen or anything in between
Especially useful running full screen on a separate monitor
Filter tweets using the tweet text, username, source or timeframe
Auto updates from the Twitter API

Wordpress goes Twitter - New P2 Prologue Theme

Knowtebook — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:05:55 +0000

P2 is the perfect theme to use when you’re collaborating with remote teams and far-flung friends. It’s also a great tool for school projects, as a class or as a group. Use it internally to keep each other up to date, both on a company-wide level and on a project-by-project basis.

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Main features

Live notifications.
Easy participation by multiple contributors.
Posting from the front page of the blog - without using the WordPress Administration Panels.
Comments on the front page of the site with in-line editing (no page refresh) with AJAX.
Threaded comment display on the front page, as well as on single post pageviews.
Live tag suggestion.
Show/hide feature for threaded comments.
Keyboard shortcuts for faster posting and navigation.
Feeds for the blog, comments, authors, tags, searches, and more.

Freebies: Creative Twitter Themes

Knowtebook — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:27:50 +0000

Anthony J. Zinni has published in his positive space blog some new twitter themes / templates. They are free for personal use, however please do not use the graphics in your commercial designs. Here are some of them: