Comments on: What the tweet? Using Twitter as a business tool http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/cio/what-the-tweet-using-twitter-as-a-business-tool/ A SearchCIO-Midmarket.com blog Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:38:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Kristen Caretta http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/cio/what-the-tweet-using-twitter-as-a-business-tool/#comment-63 Kristen Caretta Fri, 20 Feb 2009 17:32:21 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/cio/?p=190#comment-63 Thanks for the great links, Kevin. And you make a good point -- for people concerned about privacy, "follow approval" is a good way to keep tabs on who can see your tweets. -Kristen Thanks for the great links, Kevin. And you make a good point — for people concerned about privacy, “follow approval” is a good way to keep tabs on who can see your tweets.

-Kristen

]]> By: LotusNotesGuru http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/cio/what-the-tweet-using-twitter-as-a-business-tool/#comment-62 LotusNotesGuru Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:01:33 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/cio/?p=190#comment-62 Did I mention that Lotus Notes is also a very good blogging platform, with tools like Blogsphere (on openntf.org) that will automatically convert pasted urls into clickable links and has excellent, automated comment spam controls? :-) Did I mention that Lotus Notes is also a very good blogging platform, with tools like Blogsphere (on <a href="http://openntf.org" title="http://openntf. " target="_blank">openntf.org</a>) that will automatically convert pasted urls into clickable links and has excellent, automated comment spam controls?

:-)

]]> By: LotusNotesGuru http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/cio/what-the-tweet-using-twitter-as-a-business-tool/#comment-61 LotusNotesGuru Thu, 19 Feb 2009 15:59:20 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/cio/?p=190#comment-61 Here's a better looking link to that blog entry: [A href="http://www.lotusguru.com/lotusguru/LGBlog.nsf/d6plinks/20090129-7NRM2J"] Here’s a better looking link to that blog entry:

]]> By: LotusNotesGuru http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/cio/what-the-tweet-using-twitter-as-a-business-tool/#comment-60 LotusNotesGuru Thu, 19 Feb 2009 15:44:37 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/cio/?p=190#comment-60 Kristen, very good guidance for newbies on how to get started with Twitter. It's worth noting for those concerned about Privacy that you can "protect" your updates so anyone who wants to follow you requires your approval. I do this personally since it allows me to be more shall we say "candid" in my tweets than I might be in my blog. And speaking of my "Lotus Guru" blog, I also recently wrote about Twitter as a business tool, pointing out that there is already a freeware Lotus Notes "Twitter Client" application available, and elaborating on why the Notes platform is particularly well-suited to manage the typical flood of Tweets in a business context. The blog entry is here: http://www.lotusguru.com/lotusguru/LGBlog.nsf/d6plinks/20090129-7NRM2J -Kevin Kristen, very good guidance for newbies on how to get started with Twitter. It’s worth noting for those concerned about Privacy that you can “protect” your updates so anyone who wants to follow you requires your approval. I do this personally since it allows me to be more shall we say “candid” in my tweets than I might be in my blog.

And speaking of my “Lotus Guru” blog, I also recently wrote about Twitter as a business tool, pointing out that there is already a freeware Lotus Notes “Twitter Client” application available, and elaborating on why the Notes platform is particularly well-suited to manage the typical flood of Tweets in a business context.

The blog entry is here: <a href="http://www.lotusguru.com/lotusguru/LGBlog.nsf/d6plinks/20090129-7NRM2J" title="http://www.lotusguru.com/lotusguru/LGBlog.nsf/d6plinks/20090129-7NRM2J" target="_blank">http://www.lotusguru.com/lotusguru/LGBlo…</a>

-Kevin

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