"This is the official English twitter account of Prime Minister’s Office of Japan. Most of the information provided here will be translation of @ Kantei_Saigai." For seamless communication, the Japan Prime Minister's Office has launched an English Twitter account to update the world about the situation in Japan after the disastrous earthquake on March 11. Our friends from Asiajin kindly explained that 'Kantei' means Prime Minister's Office while 'Saigai' means disaster. It's a great idea to start tweeting in English. Shortly just 4 hours after launch, the account has gathered over 6,000 followers ...
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Mar 16 2011
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Twitter Should Have a News Portal like Sina Weibo
Twitter is already a news network. But with so much information, it isn't quite digestible for users. Co-founder, Evan Williams noted this problem too. Perhaps Twitter could get some inspiration from China based Sina Weibo's online news portal. It isn't exactly a newspaper but more of a news portal powered by users. The design itself looks like an online newspaper with dates, featured headlines and 3 main categories - (1) on-the-spot news, (2) gossips, (3) humor. Sina Weibo's on-the-spot news helps users to receive breaking updates without the need for it ...
Apr 1 2011
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Politweet, A Twitter-like Book on Politics
Politics is a popular topic on Twitter, especially in Indonesia. To stand out from the crowd and attract followers, twitterers need to be creative, even when tweeting on political issues. Salman Aristo found his way by using flash fiction (a short story summarized in a tweet) for his tweets on politics. Interestingly, his creative effort has led on to a book titled, 'Politweet'. Within the book, Salman's tweets are accompanied by engaging illustrations. Each page contains a portrait of Indonesian society, depicted in satirical prose and cartoon. Most of his critiques ...
Mar 11 2011
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Japan Earthquake on Twitter, Sina Weibo and Google
With micro-blogs, we have more options to keep ourselves updated with news, especially on natural disaster. Both giant micro-blogging platforms from the East and the West are roaring with ‘Japan earthquake’ related updates. Twitter’s trending list are dominated by Japan’s earthquake which includes #tsunami, #prayforjapan and #japan. Following the stream of tweets helps users to understand the story in real-time. 4 hours ago, BBC tweeted that Tsunami warnings were issued for Guam, the Philippines, the Marshall Islands, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Nauru, Micronesia and Hawaii. In fact, the Tsunami has already reached ...
Mar 4 2011
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Reasons people ‘Unfollow’ Brands on Twitter
Did you know more than 50% users on Twitter unfollow a brand on Twitter because of boring or repetitive tweets? A study titled "The Social Breakup" conducted by ExactTarget and CoTweet revealed insights on why people unfollow brands on twitter. 41% people on Twitter complained that their tweet streams are filled with unwanted marketing messages. As a result, most decided to unfollow brands that spam. Almost a similar number of people (39%) also said that excessive tweeting by brands put them off too. 1 out every 5 Twitter users (27%) followed to ...
Feb 24 2011
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China to hit 488 million Social Network users by 2015
In China, Renren and Sina Weibo are dominant players in the social network market. They can be seen as the “Facebook” and “Twitter” of China as each network currently has 160 million and 50 million registered users, respectively. More to comes as eMarketer forecast that China will have 265 million social network users by the end of this year. The total number social network users is also estimated to hit 488 million by 2015. A user is counted as one who uses social network service at least once a month. “As penetration approaches ...
Feb 24 2011
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The Twitter War in China
In a race to gain supremacy in China’s microblog sector, Sina Weibo, Sohu.com and Tencent are giving all out to win the battle. The fight intensified about 2 weeks ago during Chinese New Year and Valentine’s Day. For its Valentine’s Day special, Sohu first rolled out a matchmaking program in mid January, which saw over 400,000 followers and 10,000 applicants for the matchmaking dates. In response, Sina Weibo launched a lucky draw campaign earlier this month in which users can take part only by inviting friends to register for Weibo accounts. The ...
Feb 22 2011
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Malaysia’s Prime Minister met up with Twitter and Facebook friends
Malaysia’s Prime Minister, Najib Tun Razak is highly popular on social media. He has more than 570,000 Facebok friends and 80,000 Twitter followers. The Prime Minister went the extra mile with a tea party where 600 Facebook and Twitter friends turned up. Judging by the tweets exchange on Razak’s Twitter profile, the tea party seems to be a success. Despite his busy schedule, Razak takes time to tweet and update his social accounts himself. “I have to keep abreast with modern communication in keeping with the changing world and Malaysians, who are ...
Feb 22 2011
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Fake Twitter Accounts of Indian Politicians
Since ages, Twitter and Facebook have been witnessing fake accounts posting hideous information in the name of politicians and top celebrities. That’s what recently happened with the President of Indian National Congress- Sonia Gandhi. We made a check and found a cache Twitter profile of Sonia Gandhi. The person behind @SoniaGhandhi has somehow stopped the impersonation. There have been similar instances where top political leaders like India Prime Minister Manmohan Singh have been victims of these doings. Mind you, the people behind these are quick and smart to take on the ...
Feb 21 2011
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In China, Selling Microblogs is Good Business
When most of us dearly cherish the group of followers we painstakingly gathered on our microblogs, others like @jiuhongbinglan, a Sina Weibo user, could easily gather strong followings and sell it to other businesses. In around 40 days, @jiuhingbinglan gathered over 200,000 followers for a Weibo account and sold it for hundreds of thousand in RMB (more than US$15,000). This isn’t a one-off event, as @jiuhongbinglan owns a company, which incubates microblog accounts and sells them to companies after they gathered respectable following sizes. Jiuhongbinglan said that her company has over 100 ...
Feb 20 2011
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How Airlines Use Twitter [INFOGRAPHIC]
Interesting: There are more than 180 airlines using Twitter for marketing or customer services purposes. An average airline sends 4.1 tweets per day. 65 percent of the tweets are promo related while 24 percent are customer service related. Which is the best airline on Twitter? It has to be Jetblue with more than 1.6 million loyal fans following its account. Jetblue’s 10th anniversary Twitter campaign last year is still clearly embedded in my head. You can read more about it here. On the other hand, the worst airline on Twitter seems to ...
Feb 8 2011
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10 Successful Indian Brands on Twitter
There are about 5 million Twitter users in India. This figure is nothing compared to Facebook's 20 million and Orkut's 18 million. Despite Twitter's relatively low user count, brands in India are starting to embrace the micro-blogging platform. Why? The reason is simple: Twitter is growing so quickly that it is poised to be the Next Big Thing in India. We're witnessing a lot of brands using Twitter to engage with consumers. Well, part of the credits have to be given to all the success stories we heard in the U.S. It ...
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