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Case Study: Is it possible to create a business using only Twitter? (Part II)

by Nadja, January 29, 2010 - Case Studies, Entrepreneurship, Social Media

It has been about three weeks since I started testing whether Twitter is powerful enough to build a business around it. In this post I would like to give you quick progress report:
1. Setup (Jan 11th – Jan 15th):

Bought an avatar on istockphoto.com.
Hired TwitArt to develop a customized Twitter background for me.
Downloaded TweetAdder.

2. Content [...]

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Review: Tweetbeep – Receive customized twitter alerts telling you what others are saying about you, your products, your company and more

by Nadja, January 25, 2010 - Social Media, Tools

On a regular basis I get asked what the point of Twitter is. And I have to admit, I wasn’t one of the early adopters. I, myself, had quite some trouble understanding the value of endless, seemingly unstructured short messages from people I didn’t really know.
Now, after having joined the Twitter train for quite some [...]

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Are companies in Germany taking advantage of social media?

by Nadja, January 16, 2010 - International, Statistics

Most experts would agree that Germany still lags behind the US regarding the use of social media. Less people are online and of those that are, a smaller percentage is using social media. And even those that do use social media, do so less frequently.
So what does that mean for companies in Germany? Are they [...]

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Review: Evernote – One place to store all your notes, thoughts, information – no matter the format

by Nadja, January 11, 2010 - Tools

So, here’s a typical day for me: In the morning, I read a bunch of interesting blog posts that are send to me via email. I go to the actual website of the most interesting posts and add them to my delicious account (a social bookmarking tool). Next, I’ll do some research on the web [...]

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Case Study: Is it possible to create a business using only Twitter? (Part I)

by Nadja, January 7, 2010 - Case Studies, Entrepreneurship, Social Media

I’ve been asking myself this question for a while now:  Is Twitter in itself really powerful enough for someone to build a business around it?
Most of the time, I see Twitter being used either to generate traffic for a website (blog, services etc.), which is actually a great online marketing strategy (I am doing this [...]

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How Hootsuite can help you manage your social media efforts conveniently in one place

by Nadja, January 4, 2010 - Tools

On a regular basis I will review tools that help you with your social media, marketing or entrepreneurial efforts.
Do you sometimes feel overwhelmed by all the social networking tools out there? I certainly do! It requires a lot of time and energy to stay on top of all your social networking profiles on the [...]

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