Twitter fun facts!

Here are some twitter facts thanks to marketingelf.com , or http://marketingelf.com/events/effective-social-media-techniques/

1.      Focus on retweets

2.      Don’t practice tweet poaching

3.      70% of retweets contain a link

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4.      retweets with a hashtag are more likely to be retweeted

5.      Retweet the classics – classic stories that hold up

6.      Their highest tweet day is Wednesday

7.      Retweet days are Monday & Wednesday

8.      highest # of retweets are from 2:15pm to 3:30pm EST

9.      #1 Twitter city is London

10.  ABO – always be optimizing

11.  troll friends of competitors – if they are following them then they may be interested in your content too

12.  scout hashtag & trends

13.  contest & giveaways are heavily retweeted

14.  put tweet it buttons everywhere

15.  Retweet buddies & ask them to do the same

16.  RT’ers track them & thank them

17.  Keep score and remember to retweet friends

18.  one offs “payback” retweets at odd hours

19.  Dell did $6.5 million on Twitter last year, so it is viable for sales

20.  do some automated tweets, but click throughs are less

21.  quick tricks = traffic

22.  a little extra effort = quality traffic

23.  Drive engagement:
bland- what did you think of Avatar?
Better – was Avatar overhyped?

Interesting stuff! I know it's difficult to remember all of this , and there's may more! You can check out the original blog posting by clicking on the title of the post , or the link at the top of this post.

Marketing research about living in the UAE

"A ... study ... shows more than 70 per cent of the people in the UAE are unhappy with work."

I think this is very disappointing, because so many people come to the UAE the build their dreams and their careers.

i myself wish to live and work here for the rest of my life but the problem is that employers generally do not care about employee happiness or welbeing, contracts are not consistent and pay is never enough thanks to the rising costs of living in the U.A.E.

Also, if anyone wishes to start up a company or business here the starting capital needed is so high that not everyone can pursue their dreams, which sucks because the UAE, esp. Dubai, is a land of innovation and the best place to implement creative ideas and innovations.

Why are you doing this to us Dubai WHY? =(