Phil Dobbie from BNET interviews me on the 3 elements to the Social Media Action Plan – Listen, Engage, Influence

Here’s a great presentation from Raffi Krikorian that runs through a series of stats related to continued growth of Twitter

The East Festival in London will feature Pete Fowler keeping festival fans updated via his freshly painted Tweeting Bike.

Pete Fowler's Tweeting Bike

It’s a novel way to promote the festival and the @eastfestival twitter address as no doubt Pete will attract attention as he rides through the east london district.

You can check out Pete’s Flickr photo set here and follow the overall festival news via @eastfestival, or via the cleverly named #twike hashtag.

The agency behind this initiative is Chance Collective #twike

Twitter Co-founder Evan Williams talks about the ideas for driving twitter’s growth in the future.

Alan Long, Research Director for Hitwise reports that Social Media Traffic in Australia has nearly caught Search as depicted by the following chart.

Top 10 Social Networks in Australia are shown here, dominated by Facebook which boasts over 8 million Australians.

The net affect is that companies need more than ever to develop a strategy for Listening and Engaging with these networks so that they have the ability to influence consumers.

Tweetscan now lets you download your twitter history https://www.tweetscan.com/data.php

Here’s the last few tweets from my history.  Read more... (281 words, estimated 1:07 mins reading time)