Social Media Optimization is something I have been researching lately and this post continues to promote the relevance and tactics for Social Media Optimization and how it converts back to Search Engine recognition.  http://www.thesemblog.com/2008/08/successful-tact.html

http://www.tweetip.com/

http://tweetip.tumblr.com/post/27780274/tweetipfh-a-twitter-tumblr-client-designed-for

http://twitter.com/tweetip

Some of the best comments from the article run to why we hang on to the mundane comments about what someone is eating, to what they found under the couch. The author points out these are often the same comments we make on the phone and that kind of turned out to be an important tool. But most importantly, this paragraph rocked hard:

Businesses such as H&R Block (HRB) and Zappos are now using Twitter to respond to customer queries. Market researchers look to it to scope out minute-by-minute trends. Media groups are focusing on Twitterers as first-to-the-scene reporters. (They were on top of the May 12 China earthquake within minutes.) Loads of new applications and services are growing around the Twitter platform, leading some to suggest that the microblogging service could become a powerhouse in social media.

We recently had an internal training about emergency communications for our office. Twitter was one of three important processes for handling communications in the event of a local disaster. I find that I use Direct Messaging DM more often that regular tweets (a posted Twitter message) to respond and connect with people I have a relationship with. Some of those relationships are directly from the Twitter community.

Read the article, decide how it fits into your marketing and communications plans.

This seems to be a great tool for travel or for emergency planning. I added the Standard Pack, and few choice prizes I discoverd to by thumb drive and I feel much more comfortable leaving my heavy laptop at home for the day.

http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/03/seesmic-aquires-popular-twitter-air-client-twhirl/

See who is talking about you or about what.  Did I check out my name? Of course, silly bunny?!

Twitter was used to meet several long-time friends for the first time. I ran in to several people that we actually recognized each other as twitter friends from our nametags. It was great to meet in person and have common stories and even business to discuss. The additional relationships of meeting friends of Twitter friends at SXSWi and expanding those networks were evident when I came back from SXSW and managed the inbox of new Twitter followers for the next several days after the conference.

People used Twitter to arrange lunch dates, impromptu parties, find an interesting panel when the one they were sitting in was not meeting expectations, and catch up with long time followers.

Twitter received a tremendous amount of traffic this year at SXSW. There were some pretty interesting bets and skeptics on whether it would stutter or even Fail. Yep, it passed. Now, I feel even more confident in my previously expressed interest in how Twitter can be used as a really simple tool in a natural disaster. But I think it’s true value may be in the short, 140 character updates we use to follow friends and colleagues to learn from the web, share knowledge, and create trusted relationships. There is no doubt the transparency of Twitter and the followers comments are a self-monitoring group of educated and opinionated leaders and users. Users? Yes, I said users! But, only in the most loving sense of the word! Now… check out my Twitter page if you like and if you haven’t set up your own account, try it!