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Retweeting and how to do it (part 1 of 2)

You know that Twitter has introduced a retweeting feature a while ago now. When I started this blog, I posted a slideshare presentation by viral marketer Dan Zarrella called ‘Science of ReTweets’.

Check it out, it has some interesting data. In this post, I take a closer look at Zarrella’s retweeting tips, feal free to share your thoughts and own experiences with retweeting.

Of course I will look at the subject from a marketing viewpoint, not from a personal one. Don’t forget Twitter is that too: a way of just staying in touch with people, meeting new ones, status updates and so much more.

Twitter Local Trends: do you see the value?

Well, I guess that by now, you all know that Twitter has introduced a new feature, enabling you to see what people are tweeting about in some countries and cities.

The list of countries and cities will continue to grow. On Twitter’s blog the Local Trends feature was announced this way: “As Twitter evolves, and more people share what’s happening in their own world, we want to provide another way for people to discover topics that may be relevant to them”.