My Thoughts on Twitter
May 22nd
Being a self-proclaimed social media junkie, twitter is a natural part of my life now. In fact, many of the people I work with and surround myself with now probably feel the same way. We use twitter all day, everyday, and in so many different ways. We might not think of it too often, but there aren’t as many of us as we might suspect.
I’ll give two examples of why I believe this. A few weeks ago, on the opening day of SOBCon actually, I gave a speech on social networking at the Illinois Institute for Entrepreneurship Education Young Entrepreneurs Conference. I’d say roughly 95% of the students I spoke to (probably 50 total) weren’t using twitter, and probably 99% didn’t really know what it was or how to really use it. That was compared to about 95% of them that use MySpace. Takeaway:
Twitter hasn’t completely caught on with the generation that you might expect would be using it. Read the rest of this entry »
Wanted: Followers. Reward: Cheap Booze
May 22nd
UPDATE: Risque didn’t reach 300 followers by the 16th, but they did reach it by Monday the 18th and had $.50 shots of Jack anyways. Cheers to them!
Risque Cafe, a unique Chicago watering hole, is promoting its twitter account with a promotion that wins every time: extremely cheap booze. OK, it’s not exactly free, but if Risque gets 500 followers by Saturday, they will sell shots of Jack Daniels for a quarter. That’s basically free.
The offer
The retweet’s are flying already, and as of 4:40pm on Wednesday, Risque has 126 followers. Will they make it? I’ll keep you updated. Here’s hoping they get 500 followers!
Social Media Club Chicago
May 13th
This is a great video that summarizes what SMC Chicago events are like and why they are so successful. Enjoy!