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Some great tips for what to avoid when writing content for Twitter, particularly from a corporate viewpoint.

Love that President's choice makes the cut

In light of our conversation about Prezi last class, here is an article that suggests Prezi is more than just a presentation tool, but rather can be used by businesses to advertise their services, or introduce their products on their websites. You can even develop a website entirely in Prezi by first creating the Prezi and then linking to it with an iframe tag.

This blog post from the Harvard Business Review fits perfectly into the readings from this past week for PC8005. It speaks to the importance of existing in two systems: local market and global corporation. Great real-world examples are provided.

For those of us born before 1990, the rigours of social media can seem like a chore. Though most business owners would agree that a presence on Twitter, Facebook and Pinterest is a necessity in today's competitive market, the question still looms: Who's going to do all the tweeting and posting and pinning?

Interesting article. They may have written the headline just to catch one's attention, but I don't agree that it has to do with your age. I think whomever gets the position of handling the company's social media should be an articulate writer, have strong business etiquette, and a strong understanding of the company's objectives and corporate social responsibility. This can be either a 22-year old or a 50-year old. I don't think age is the question here. Perhaps the headline writer had limited space to work with : )

Interview with Gareth Kay, Chief Strategy Officer at Goodby, Silverstein and Partners as part of "The Brand New Series" operated by Think with Google. Interesting comments on struggle of meaningful corporate communication with digital media from a industry insider. The Think with Google is certainly worth poking around on for a few minutes

In addition to the obvious way small businesses are using Pinterest (communicating with customers) some clever entrepreneurs have found the platform to be a great way to communicate inside the office as well. This short article provides three unexpected ways to use Pinterest in the office : vision boarding, staff engagement and internal communications.