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Excellence case of how Chrystler responds to an F-bonb slip up on their corp Twitter feed

One week of conversations at Twitter Co.

Meteoric rise of Twitter captured in handy infographic.

"Why teens are turning away from Facebook: Squabbling friends who overshare and prying eyes of parents are causing 'Facebook fatigue' Researchers found the number of Facebook accounts among teens has not risen in last year - but the number with Twitter accounts has doubled More than 90 per cent of teen social media users said they have posted a picture of themselves - up from 79per cent in 2006 Increasing concerns over Facebook's future growth among investors"

On the same day British Gas announces that energy bills will rise by ten per cent, it launches a question and answer campaign for its customers on Twitter. But it perhaps hasn't gone quite to plan.

Europcar's #myextrahour campaign brings Twitter into the real world

Nearly 4,000 comments on this Reddit Q&A thread and loads of discussion/criticism of the company culture. Interesting from an employer reputation POV, and a reminder that social media isn't just about Twitter and Facebook

Pheed only launched a few days ago and has already hit over 350,000 unique visitors. 

Now for some HIGHLIGHTS: 30% of investors use twitter to help investigate companies. Investor reliance on digital media to gather information doubled since 2010. 86% of investors say online (blogs, social media) sources have become more important this year with investors. Investors making use of a number of different digital sources (company website, syndicated and traditional online publications, and social media). 56% of investors report that the influence of digital and social media is increasing in their investment decision process. Along with the growth of investor consumption of digital information, investors are also using social media & digital media to contribute investment information. 24% of investors report making an investment decision after sourcing information from blogs. 61% of US investors have been prompted to investigate an issue further after reading about it in a blog post.

I love the idea that our own target audience can tell us where they are, what they're sharing and what they love; all we inbound marketers need to do is be there. We're talking better content strategy, better content planning and outreach - and it's really targeted!

Nice tips on building Twitter community for recruitment of highly skilled individuals 

Highlighting the importance of tailoring the messaging to each channel, rather than broadcasting the same content across all of them: