Comments on: News media using Twitter on the rise http://www.valleyprblog.com/pr-best-practices/news-media-using-twitter-on-the-rise/ A (dry heated) group blog from Phoenix, Arizona on public relations, marketing and social media Mon, 22 Aug 2011 21:48:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Marketing Sociologist http://www.valleyprblog.com/pr-best-practices/news-media-using-twitter-on-the-rise/comment-page-1/#comment-10454 Marketing Sociologist Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:34:43 +0000 http://www.valleyprblog.com/?p=1910#comment-10454 A week ago I put a question on Twitter becoming THE communications tool on LinkedIn. The answer from "PR Experts" was that it is a fad, too soon, not viable. Yesterday a bank was robbed in New York City. A Twitterer made national news for reporting it http://marketingsociologist.blogspot.com/2009/07/twitter-becoming-news-source-on-spot.html Since February, Twitter has gone from the 400th most popular site according to Alexa to the 10th. Doesn't seem a fad or too soon to me http://marketingsociologist.blogspot.com/2009/07/pr-people-say-twitter-unimportant.html When you're getting millions and millions of hits per day, when will PR people wake up - the day of press releases are over. Two years ago I was thrown out of offices for saying companies needed a MySpace and YouTube presence. In that two years, Facebook and Twitter have overtaken both those. As my college professor the late Tony Hillerman advocated, "Stay current." A week ago I put a question on Twitter becoming THE communications tool on LinkedIn. The answer from “PR Experts” was that it is a fad, too soon, not viable.

Yesterday a bank was robbed in New York City. A Twitterer made national news for reporting it http://marketingsociologist.blogspot.com/2009/07/twitter-becoming-news-source-on-spot.html

Since February, Twitter has gone from the 400th most popular site according to Alexa to the 10th. Doesn’t seem a fad or too soon to me http://marketingsociologist.blogspot.com/2009/07/pr-people-say-twitter-unimportant.html

When you’re getting millions and millions of hits per day, when will PR people wake up – the day of press releases are over.

Two years ago I was thrown out of offices for saying companies needed a MySpace and YouTube presence. In that two years, Facebook and Twitter have overtaken both those.

As my college professor the late Tony Hillerman advocated, “Stay current.”

]]> By: Tyler Hurst http://www.valleyprblog.com/pr-best-practices/news-media-using-twitter-on-the-rise/comment-page-1/#comment-10450 Tyler Hurst Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:40:42 +0000 http://www.valleyprblog.com/?p=1910#comment-10450 Live tweeting during unplanned events is a fantastic use of social media. Sure, it's kinda one-way, but it certainly doesn't have to be. Live tweeting during unplanned events is a fantastic use of social media. Sure, it’s kinda one-way, but it certainly doesn’t have to be.

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