http://www.jeff-russell.com/linkedin-survey-says-twitter-is-not-very-effective-for-promoting-products-and-ideas.html Social Media Marketing Thought Leader Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:52:38 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 http://www.jeff-russell.com/linkedin-survey-says-twitter-is-not-very-effective-for-promoting-products-and-ideas.html/comment-page-1#comment-96 Randy Gerber Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:32:44 +0000 http://www.jeff-russell.com/?p=407#comment-96 Let's see..a survey commissioned (and paid for by Linked In) said Twitter doesn't sell? Hmmm? I wonder if a survey conducted by Twitter would say LinkedIn doesn't sell. Be careful of the source of information and judge it accordingly. I know. I was a political consultant for years. Let’s see..a survey commissioned (and paid for by Linked In) said Twitter doesn’t sell? Hmmm? I wonder if a survey conducted by Twitter would say LinkedIn doesn’t sell. Be careful of the source of information and judge it accordingly. I know. I was a political consultant for years.

]]> http://www.jeff-russell.com/linkedin-survey-says-twitter-is-not-very-effective-for-promoting-products-and-ideas.html/comment-page-1#comment-95 Josh Schwingler Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:26:51 +0000 http://www.jeff-russell.com/?p=407#comment-95 I agree with you and I think this study missed the point of Twitter. Push advertising does not work on Twitter (nor anywhere today), relationship building and engaging your audience does. Twitter if used creatively (non-traditionally) can be extremely powerful. Just search "Twitter for Business. Case Studies". I'm a big fan of LinkedIn, however this study, in my mind discredits them and shows me they do not get it. (The PDF format does seem ironic) I agree with you and I think this study missed the point of Twitter. Push advertising does not work on Twitter (nor anywhere today), relationship building and engaging your audience does. Twitter if used creatively (non-traditionally) can be extremely powerful. Just search “Twitter for Business. Case Studies”. I’m a big fan of LinkedIn, however this study, in my mind discredits them and shows me they do not get it. (The PDF format does seem ironic)

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