Archive for March, 2009

Posted on March 31, 2009 - by Wayne Sutton

5 twitter apps from the Triangle: @idek, @tweetgrid, @easytweets, GeoTweeter & just launched @getencouraged

Once again, I’m devoting a blog post to twitter on SocialWayne.com. The next post will be about some social media tools, I promise. Nevertheless, if you didn’t know, I reside in Raleigh, N.C., and we call the area the Triangle, which includes Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill and surrounding areas such as Cary, Carrboro, Apex, etc. We’re also known as the Research Triangle Park, aka RTP, which is home to companies like Cisco, IBM and Sony Ericsson. As for startups in the area we have iContact, ruzuku, Carrboro Creative Coworking, Bronto, Unblab to name a few and recently some Twitter web based apps have been created right here in the Triangle. Here are five that I know of.

1. idek.net @idek

idek.net is a url shortener, you have a long url, we have some short ones to spare. Sounds like a fair trade.
Created by: Adam Covati (@covati)
Location: Durham, NC

2. tweetgrid.com

Tweetgrid, creates a real time twitter search dashboard. Tweetgrid recently launched an iPhone version of their website:

Just go to http://tweetgrid.com/iphone/ on your iPhone.
Created by: Jazzy Chad @jazzychad
Location: Raleigh, NC

3. EasyTweets

EasyTweets is an online marketing tool to promote and grow your business by leveraging the power of microblogging.
Created by: Alexander Barbara @ayb
Location: Triangle, NC

Just launched is:
4. Get Encouraged</a>: @getencouraged

Send your encouraging quotes and thoughts to us and we’ll retweet them. Follow us and get a stream of encouragement all day long.

Created by: Rick Cecil & Abe Crystal of More Better Labs
Location: Research Triangle Park, NC

UPDATE: Let’s make that 5 twitter apps,

5. GeoTweeter for iPhone [iTunes link]

This cool iPhone app puts the ‘where’ into your tweets! Messages automatically include a ‘schmap.me’ link, showing followers your exact location with a configurable map icon: say more about places you visit with an optional photo and star rating.

Created by:Donald McMillan @donaldmcmillan of Schmap
Location: Carrboro, NC

As you can tell I’m proud of NC and the teams behind each site and speaking of startups this weekend in Raleigh, NC we’re having Triangle Startup Weekend. If you’re in the area come by and let’s launch another startup.

Do you know someone who created a twitter app? If so what state or city do they reside in?

Posted on March 31, 2009 - by Wayne Sutton

Talk Social News daily 005 – Hunch review plus invites, bit.ly receives funding, skype, twitter replies are now mentions and we want your shirts.

Talk Social News daily 005 – Hunch review plus invites, bit.ly receives funding, skype, twitter replies are now mentions and we want your shirts.

Today on Talk Social News we cover:

Hunch, looking for a Hunch invite? Watch or listen to the podcast to find out how to receive an invite from Kipp and Wayne.
Bit.ly recives funding, Story
Skype on your iPhone
Twitter replies are now mentions, story

The Video:

The podcast:
Talk Social News daily 005 – length 9:57 download or click to play:[audio:talksocialnewsdaily005.mp3] Subscribe to podcast in iTunes:

Posted on March 30, 2009 - by Wayne Sutton

Talk Social News daily 004: Gmail & Google news coming today? Microsoft's Lauren vs Apple's Mitch, Palm Pre release date, Mark Cuban & NCAA tweets fail

Talk Social News daily 004: gmail turns 5, big news from google today? Microsoft commercial upset Apple fanboys, Palm Pre coming April 30th? NCAA tweets fail, Mark Cuban tweets are fined and more T-Shirt swag.

Today on Talk Social News we cover:

Gmail turns five and will we see the Gmail iPhone app released today from Google? Story
Laurn vs Mitch: the new Microsoft commercial upsets Apple fanboys. Why you can’t buy a 17 inch MacBook from Apple. Story
Palm Pre coming April 30th? Story
NCAA tweets fail
Mark Cuban ( @mcuban )is fined by the NBA for his tweets about the game. Story
T-shirt swag, send us yours.

The Video:

The podcast:
Talk Social News daily 004 – length 9:55 download or click to play:[audio:talksocialnewsdaily004.mp3] Subscribe to podcast in iTunes:

Posted on March 27, 2009 - by Wayne Sutton

4 simple suggestions to gain more twitter followers #followfriday

It’s Friday and you know what that means, it’s #followFriday on twitter.  I know some of you are twitter-ed out, but twitter continues to be the buzz or noise of not only social media but now celebrity gossip, sports and mainstream media.  With that being said everyone is still trying to gain more followers to increase their twitter following. I’ll go on record saying it’s not about the followers but the relationships. But, if you want to gain more followers, here are 4 simple suggestions.

1. Share information that people want: Example: how to information, social media topics, free items, etc.
2. Build valuable relationships with popular twitter users. A few tweets with some twitter A-listers can have you from 200 to 2,000 followers in no time.
3. Ask smart questions. If you’re new to twitter please don’t ask what is a hashtag without doing a Google search first. Ask questions that can create an engaging dialog that others may want to participate in.
4. Talk about twitter. Start a conversation about twitter, talk about how they plan to make money, your favorite twitter apps or even how you don’t like twitter while you’re on twitter.  A conversation will start, followers will come and you’ll be happy.

A few example tweets:

Please note: I’m not saying this works all the time,  just a few observations and don’t forget to keep blogging!

Posted on March 27, 2009 - by Wayne Sutton

Talk Social News daily 003: blackberry app store, skype for the iPhone, WWDC, our manliest movies, t-shirt swag and thanks

Talk Social News daily 003: blackberry app store, skype for the iPhone, WWDC, our manliest movies, t-shirt swag and thanks

Today on Talk Social News we cover:

The blackberry app store coming April 1st and will it work?
Skype on the iPhone rumors
Apple’s WWDC date annoucment: Send us!
Our manliest movies
Casual Friday
Our t-shirt swag
Thanks to Alex Design & Jason Clark for comments and feedback this week.

The Video:

The Podcast: Talk Social News daily 003 – length 10:06 download or click to play:[audio:talksocialnewsdaily0003.mp3] Subscribe to podcast in iTunes:

This is our third daily show and we’re almost there, Wayne’s going to work on his audio quality for the next one. Have a great weekend and we’ll return on Monday.

Thanks for watching.