Q&A: Nick Halstead, CEO of Tweetmeme

Nick Halstead is the CEO of popular Tweetmeme, a popular service that aggregates links from Twitter, as well as providing retweet buttons for thousands of sites.

I've been talking to Nick about Tweetmeme, and the upcoming Tweetmeme Analytics service, which is due to be unveiled this week...

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Posted 21 September 2009 12:15pm by Graham Charlton with 4 comments

The 10 Twitter Commandments

Twitter can be used for many things. From communicating with friends, family and associates to building an online profile to promoting products and services, many individuals employ Twitter for important functions.

But some of them shoot themselves in the foot by engaging in Twitter sin.

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Posted 07 July 2009 12:00pm by Patricio Robles with 25 comments

Want to know how many retweets you are getting?

Keeping an eye on mentions of your brand / company on Twitter is important, and pretty easy to do, with the range of Twitter search tools available, but one measure of your success on the site is the number of retweets you are getting.

I've just come across a useful tool (though it has been around for a few months) that allows you to see how many retweets you are getting on Twitter, as well as tracking the most popular Twitter users.

Developed by Mike Sheetal of UltraSuperNew, Retweetist tracks and ranks Retweets; I've been trying it out...

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Posted 16 April 2009 11:00am by Graham Charlton with 0 comments