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Excellent article about the research from several researchers about Tweets that are compelling and those that are turn-offs. This and the original research are both great reads. I thought it funny that people particularly hate foursquare check ins mentioned through Twitter, so unlink that account or lose followers! "One piece of advice: Nix the "sandwich tweets." People do not care what you are eating for lunch. (Specifically: "Sorry, but I don't care what people are eating," "too much personal info," "He moans about this ALL THE TIME. Seriously.") Twitter, as a communications platform, has evolved beyond nascent Twttr's charmingly mundane updates ("cleaning my apartment"; "hungry") and into something more crowd-conscious and curatorial. Though Twitter won't necessarily replace traditional news, it increasingly functions as a real-time newswire, disseminating and amplifying information gathered from the world and the web.

One guys idea of the Why's of using Twitter.

Internet research Nancy Baym discusses the supposed death of blogs thanks to Twitter. Her justifications for using Twitter a good, particularly point 5.

Twittersphere is growing. In 2008 Forrester Research estimated that, Twitter had 4-5 million users and Nielsen Online showed on its report, Twitter ranked No.1

As Twitter becomes more of a well-known phenomenon, more research is starting to appear. Here is some from an MBA student at Harvard that contains interesting stats.

Pew Internet surveys Twitter and microblog usage.

Studious paper on twitter

Studious paper on twitter

"Botometer (formerly BotOrNot) checks the activity of a Twitter account and gives it a score based on how likely the account is to be a bot. Higher scores are more bot-like. Use of this service requires Twitter authentication and permissions."

Business bloggers at Harvard Business Review discuss a variety of business topics including managing people, innovation, leadership, and more.

Broken into directories and people, conversations, organization, add-ons and tools, guides, filters and niche searches, analytics, trackers, and tips.

You don't need a $800 book to figure out Twitter and how to use it for marketing purposes. Geez. It's not rocket science for crying out loud.

The social media content you should know about is just a few mouse clicks away - for all your professional knowledge work and research needs. Start with an in-depth analysis of your Twitter timeline, do arbitrary searches, and navigate through hashtags, tweeps, and links.

Twitter ReTweet research techniques.

Twitter based search and instant communities.

Social Media has started taking important Role in Business. Previously Social media was mostly used by non-business users just for connecting with friends and for making new friends. But now Business people are also started using Social Media especially Twitter and Facebook for doing marketing, market research and for supporting customers.

425 Tweeple were interviewed about reciprocity. Here are the results (c/o Marketin Charts)

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