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Twitter and the Telecommunications Industry

Somebody please tell me what it is!?

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Lets keep it simple, twitter is…

Is that it!?

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NO, the proof of the pudding is in the tasting

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For some, twitter is…

stupid waste madness pointless nerd geek

time email ineffective zero value fad

fashion ego rubbish lost

To others, twitter is…

Questions followers clients evolve blackberry IM

browser RSS public texting private thoughts

activities assistance 140 characters crowd

advertising publishing blogging community air

leadership iPhone participation emotion mobile

connect share involve relationships together

googletalk innovation creative ideas answers

anthropology alerts reactions manners team

contacts wikinomics

Video

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promote contact advertise reputation knowledge skills challenge brand ideas

How do I use it

To promote my Blogkeep contact with distant friendsAdvertise my innovationGenerate reputationDevelop collaboration networkGain knowledgeExperience new ideasChallenge my thinkingBuild my personal brandCreate new ideas based on interactionsDevelop skills in Social Media

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What is the value of twitter

Large numbers of community membersCommunity interactionsFree to access

membersinteractsFree

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Spot the difference

Who is texting andwho is using twitter?

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Who cares? They are interacting

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How do you interact?

What is the future of twitter?

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Twit-co

Merging of all phone number(s), twitter accounts, email, IM, blog, website, real name, address and payment details into a single customer record

Integrate Twitter and Telco networks including archive of all text messages

Making all text based interactions free byapplying analytics to all text based interactions and present one advertising message for every 100 text messages sent or received.

MergingIntegrateadvertising

Zyb-co?

Vodafone acquires ZYB for $49M

http://gigaom.com/2008/05/16/vodafone-buys-zyb-for-49m/

Chris Sparshott(Sparkbouy)chris@chrissparshott.com

Portfoliohttp://www.slideshare.net/sparkbouy/slideshows

Bloghttp://chrissparshot.com

IBMchris_sparshott@nz.ibm.com

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