Twitter is a conversation hive

Last week I talked in my post ‘Twitter users are influential: more data’ about European research regarding the profile of the Twitter user by InSites Consulting.

The company also looked at the issue of brands and branding on Twitter.

InSites Consulting recommends brands to observe tweets very carefully and talk back to brand followers in a very personal way instead of merely spamming followers with advertisements. Especially since the study found that most people on Twitter are quite influential…

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Forrester: relevance is a priority for email marketers

Last Friday I posted on Forrester’s latest ESP report from a vendor point-of-view. Here is some more from an email marketer viewpoint.

Forrester Research confirms in the ESP report that there is a renewed focus on email marketing. There are two reasons for that.

First, the “soft economy” this year and second, the “maturation of the email marketer”. I guess that by maturation they don’t mean we’re getting old but more skilled.

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