Comments on: Is Facebook Really Better Than Twitter For Your Business? http://gigaom.com/collaboration/is-facebook-really-better-than-twitter-for-your-business/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:04:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: exif ipad http://gigaom.com/collaboration/is-facebook-really-better-than-twitter-for-your-business/#comment-463216 Thu, 28 Oct 2010 06:32:47 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=16320#comment-463216 Twitter and Facebook are two very different applications. I doubt I could choose one over the other. What we need here are ways to make the two better compliment each other.

]]> By: Ivan http://gigaom.com/collaboration/is-facebook-really-better-than-twitter-for-your-business/#comment-86844 Sun, 06 Jun 2010 03:47:13 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=16320#comment-86844 Well, I guess the key is to try both Facebook and Twitter and see which one works better. Post the same thing on both sites and track the response…

]]> By: David Chu http://gigaom.com/collaboration/is-facebook-really-better-than-twitter-for-your-business/#comment-86843 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:01:20 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=16320#comment-86843 Alex. You are spot on. On both Twitter and FB take time to understand and time investment. Both are littered with companies who begin with a flurry of posts and then disappear…

]]> By: David Chu http://gigaom.com/collaboration/is-facebook-really-better-than-twitter-for-your-business/#comment-86842 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:49:31 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=16320#comment-86842 I love it when a person sums up an article into one sentence.

]]> By: WWD’s 2009 in Review, Part 2 http://gigaom.com/collaboration/is-facebook-really-better-than-twitter-for-your-business/#comment-86841 Fri, 01 Jan 2010 14:02:08 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=16320#comment-86841 [...] platform and added microblogging features, while Aviary made online photo editing a snap; Aliza asked if Twitter is really better than Facebook for your business; Charles reviewed business-oriented virtual PBX system Grasshopper; Celine shared some SEO basics; [...]

]]> By: Aliza Sherman http://gigaom.com/collaboration/is-facebook-really-better-than-twitter-for-your-business/#comment-86840 Mon, 07 Sep 2009 16:31:04 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=16320#comment-86840 And my experience is the opposite. I get to know people really well through Twitter and barely scratch the surface on Facebook because it is too much superfluous stuff (apps, games, quizzes, invites) & I can hardly pay attention.

]]> By: Cosmic Firm: Our favourite blogs | Cosmic Firm - Online Business & Startup Management http://gigaom.com/collaboration/is-facebook-really-better-than-twitter-for-your-business/#comment-86839 Sat, 05 Sep 2009 01:35:34 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=16320#comment-86839 [...] Web Worker Daily [Is Facebook Really Better Than Twitter For Your Business?] [...]

]]> By: Alex Hawkinson http://gigaom.com/collaboration/is-facebook-really-better-than-twitter-for-your-business/#comment-86838 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:50:37 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=16320#comment-86838 It’s just one anecdote, but as a real-life example take a look at http://fourfirkins.cloudprofile.com and use the follow link in the upper left to gauge engagement by their customers on both Twitter and Facebook. Twitter is tending to drive more initial relationship discovery with new prospects, and Facebook is being used a bit more for in-life engagement with current customers.

]]> By: Simon Mohr http://gigaom.com/collaboration/is-facebook-really-better-than-twitter-for-your-business/#comment-86837 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:45:35 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=16320#comment-86837 I’d like to see some actual evidence of either platform’s effectiveness – this is really just a casual observation of the differences between the two sites. My experience shows Twitter to have a far more engaged audience than Facebook – and Facebook to be so much about social lives that people are generally not very responsive to anything that does not sit nicely in the ‘social life’ category. My actual experience has shown me that Twitter is far far better as a business marketing tool than Facebook.

]]> By: Jarrod Skeggs http://gigaom.com/collaboration/is-facebook-really-better-than-twitter-for-your-business/#comment-86836 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 11:39:29 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=16320#comment-86836 You might want to check out HootSuite – http://hootsuite.com

Hootsuite is an online Twitter client that will allow you to schedule tweets. We do a lot of pre-scheduled tweets, sometimes days or weeks in advance when trying to promote certain products, services, or specials.

Good luck!

]]> By: Heather http://gigaom.com/collaboration/is-facebook-really-better-than-twitter-for-your-business/#comment-86835 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 11:27:37 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=16320#comment-86835 I’ve been n twitter for a while ( @niftyknits ) and have had the experience of my trekkie meerkats going viral due to other users (thanks!!!) and indeed when I started on facebook a few days ago it was again down to twitter that I got to 100 fans quickly and was able to rename my page http://artist.to/niftyknits/ My biggest problem on facebook is navigating it – I keep getting lost between my two pages, and sharing a link was a nightmare before I was able to rename.

]]> By: Alex Hawkinson http://gigaom.com/collaboration/is-facebook-really-better-than-twitter-for-your-business/#comment-86834 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 04:44:52 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=16320#comment-86834 Managing both independently plus a search optimized site is an untenable load for small businesses. Check out the comment by http://fourfirkins.cloudprofile.com on Mashable at http://mashable.com/2009/08/31/cloudprofile/. You are not alone in that challenge!

]]> By: everlonlp3 http://gigaom.com/collaboration/is-facebook-really-better-than-twitter-for-your-business/#comment-86833 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 04:39:15 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=16320#comment-86833 If I had the time I would be doing the Twitter daily thing for my business as well as Facebook. But I have so many other avenues I have to catch up on. Hopefully I’ll be able to get to it soon though.

Donny
http://www.riskeasyreviews.com

]]> By: Alex Hawkinson http://gigaom.com/collaboration/is-facebook-really-better-than-twitter-for-your-business/#comment-86832 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 04:22:18 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=16320#comment-86832 Right on.

]]> By: Pay4Bugs http://gigaom.com/collaboration/is-facebook-really-better-than-twitter-for-your-business/#comment-86831 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 04:05:39 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=16320#comment-86831 I have to admit, most implementations of Twitter nowadays seem forced. (case and point, the http://www.pay4bugs.com homepage, sigh). This only goes and proves how most companies, even startups, are not utilizing these platforms well.

I am very impressed by what a good Facebook Connect application can do though, a new one will soon be coming from my day job, and it’s really amazing.

]]> By: Paul Barrow http://gigaom.com/collaboration/is-facebook-really-better-than-twitter-for-your-business/#comment-86830 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 02:34:31 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=16320#comment-86830 I read somewhere that Twitter is like a cocktail party where you meet new interesting people and Facebook is the dinner party or BBQ where you get to know people better. That sums up my personal experience.

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