Twitter is it Worth it?

[eventdomain]

You're saying on one hand you can't make it work

I already said that I dont need to bother with Twitter.

Twitter is just a glorified blog, its nothing special in what it actually does, and I could build a competitor to it in probably 2 months, and blow it out of the water in both traffic delivery and direct enquiries straight to the advertiser.

Twitter is only a very basic database and user system, there are many websites who beat it hands down for usefulness and value. Heck, there are incredible blog websites that offer more value than Twitter ever will, never mind info-portals.

People only like Twitter because its free, now you take that freebie away and see what's left.

 

[CraigieDD]

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I could build a competitor to it in probably 2 months, and blow it out of the water in both traffic delivery and direct enquiries straight to the advertiser.

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Interesting. But I've given you real world examples of how it's been a success for real companies. At the moment you're backing up your point with nothing more than vapourware.

I'm not saying you couldn't build the system, I'm sure you could. But If you look at Twitter's PR machine and how it rolled into action then I'd have to say you might struggle to compete.

Rarely, does the best solution work. The solution that is marketed best tends to become the most popular.

I'd say let's draw a line under this. You don't see the value and others do.

 

[eventdomain]

But If you look at Twitter's PR machine and how it rolled into action then I'd have to say you might struggle to compete.

Ahh, now hang on bcos you don't know what PR I have going on at the moment. I have got into the national press easily, and regularly get press in specialist magazines. My next one will be in September issue of Hotel Magazine.

But anyway:

Twitter is just a bunch of PR talk, if you remove that, then you're left with a database that's not worth much apart from people saying

Come, check out our biz services

I wouldn't call Twitter innovative at all. It has no longevity, and once the PR ride is over, the curiosity will end and it'll all be over. Other services will replace it and be content-rich, and information will always fill a need that Twitter cannot.

 

[jmsclark]

hi,

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[CraigieDD]

Ahh, now hang on bcos you don't know what ...

I wouldn't call Twitter innovative at all. It has no longevity, and once the PR ride is over, the curiosity will end and it'll all be over. Other services will replace it and be content-rich, and information will always fill a need that Twitter cannot.

Wow, we actually agree on something. ;-)

But while it's around why not take advantage? If we wait for the "next big thing" we miss out on what's current.

 

[eventdomain]

If we wait for the "next big thing" we miss out on what's current.

Oh the next big thing has been done already. There's quite a few large companies inventing stuff for the web, then you have the entrepreneurs ofcourse......

So there is lots happening, but it takes about 2 years for the projects to hit the headlines. Notgoingtouni was the last main idea and Graduatejobsouth is quite cool - but we won't miss out as the web moves very fast.

There's probably been 2 big search ideas within the last 12 months.. Like I said - Fast!

 

[DotNetWebs]

There is a good article on Tech Crunch today:

How Social Media Drives New Business: Six Case Studies

Regards

Dotty

 

Hate It

 

[JamesM]

A study by ExactTarget shows that now 69% of Facebook users and 68% of Twitter members will follow a company brand on social networks, so yep it's worth it.

 

[gogul2k]

The platform you use is irrelevant.

Measuring the worth of using any kind of social media for your business whether it's Twitter or UK Business Forums depends on being genuine and building relationships with the right demographic.

The real question is, how are you going to make using Twitter worth the effort?

 

[eventdomain]

The real question is, how are you going to make using Twitter worth the effort?

Ofcourse - this social stuff requires so much posting and interaction for it to pay off, you'll spend your life doing it - for little gain. There's an art to getting results, trouble is only the few know how to do this and the majority will fail at it.

 

[mattsaw]

Oh the next big thing has been done already. There's quite a few large companies inventing stuff for the web, then you have the entrepreneurs ofcourse......

So there is lots happening, but it takes about 2 years for the projects to hit the headlines. Notgoingtouni was the last main idea and Graduatejobsouth is quite cool - but we won't miss out as the web moves very fast.

There's probably been 2 big search ideas within the last 12 months.. Like I said - Fast!

Are you seriously trying to tell anyone that those two sites are 'the next big thing?'

They're just a couple of run-of-the-mill template jobs sites that have been done a million times before.

 

[eventdomain]

No, those sites are from well-known entrepreneurs, and notgoingtouni sold for £100'000..... Tom Mursell did the right thing though as the other grad sites would be tough to beat.

Dunno what the new owners will do with it though.

 

[eventdomain]

I could list many monster websites you probably never heard of, and they do a great job at traffic delivery. Some rival the lower tier search engines, and I'm not joking.