Posts Tagged ‘facebook’
I am woman, hear me…tweet?!
According to this research (found it via All Things Digital), we now know that Facebook and Twitter show 57% female, 43% male ratios and on MySpace women account for 64% of the users. In a related study, 95% of the women I know prefer talking over just about anything, so I guess these stats aren’t…
Read MoreWill everyone stop worrying about Twitter’s retention rates?!
Fred Wilson wrote a great piece on the Twitter and Facebook retention rate stats. Subscribe to his blog, follow his tweets and if you’re daring, check out his tumbles. He’s the one guy on my list that I always try to read. Below is my response to his post: “No one goes to the ballparks…
Read MoreEntrepreneurs and investors can learn from the Facebook TipJoy “scandal”
Seems everyone is getting excited about what Facebook recently did after pursuing a TipJoy acquisition. Not up on this yet? You can read a TechCrunch article on it, but the gist is that Facebook was talking to TipJoy (micropayments startup) about an acquisition and reportedly offered around $5MM in stock for the company. TipJoy allegedly…
Read MoreI go on vacation for a week and…
I had the great fortune to spend last week at St. George Island, FL, with my family. We had a fantastic time and if you haven’t been, you should go. They call it the “Florida’s Forgotten Coast”. While I was out, a TON of stuff happened with Facebook. I thought I’d point out the major…
Read MoreA conversation: Should Twitter be trying to be Facebook?
Sometimes I have email conversations (or IM or text or GASP live conversations) with people and I think afterwards, “now THAT should be a blog post”. So here is a recent chat about Twitter and what it should and shouldn’t be, and whether or not it should be worrying about marketing to Millennials. Only change…
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