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Twitter popularity and Marvel Comics: an interesting difference between follower and list counts

November 20th, 2009 · No Comments

As part of my ongoing research, I’ve been paying close attention to developments around Twitter’s “list” feature (launched in October) – “A great way to organize the people you follow and discover new and interesting accounts.” Yesterday I stumbled upon an interesting finding (that has me scratching my ahead a bit) in relation to follower [...]

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Leading brands from different parts of the Twitter Matrix

September 30th, 2009 · No Comments

Back in March I wrote about a potential framework for how different brands use Twitter. It’s a simple 2 x 2 matrix. On the X-axis I separate out brand and personality centric accounts – basically whether it’s a “real” human or a company / logo. On the Y-axis I separate out broadcast and conversation centric [...]

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Wikinomics hits the consulting business: $39.95 a month for Zappos Insights

December 15th, 2008 · No Comments

“There are management consulting firms that charge really high rates. We wanted to come up with something that’s accessible to almost any business.”
This quote will ring true for many different people that have employed management consulting firms. In the worst cases, it appears that certain types of such companies merely send people in to work [...]

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