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Also, I suppose it depends on the volume of tweets: if you have five people who only tweet once per day on average, it might make sense to combine them, to make the stream more likely to show-up in people's streams (otherwise the single tweets are likely to be lost for many followers). If each person is high-volume, however, a combined approach would end-up annoying many followers. So many factors to consider! On 07/12/2009 13:22, "Dan Zambonini" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > My 2p (again)... > > I guess there is no 'wrong' or 'right' answer, depending on the situation... > But as someone who runs both types of account (multiple people from a single > account, and multiple people from multiple accounts in the same > organisation), I'd say that it depends on the topic/focus of the account. > > People generally 'follow' a twitter stream/account because they identify > with (or are interested in) the topic/subject/focus of that stream. > > So, if all your people are tweeting the same kind of stuff, then in theory > they could post from the same account (e.g. if it's all about specific types > of event in the local area, it would make sense to make a single stream from > this, even if it's contributed by multiple people. I imagine, but don't > know, that something like @LDN is written by multiple people. But perhaps > not.). > > If, however, each has a slightly different focus, then it makes sense to not > dilute/mix them up, and let people follow whichever people/streams they find > most suitable to their needs. > > On a related note, and for the techies, it seems Twitter will soon allow > organisations to create new Twitter accounts via their API: > > http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/twitter_rolls_out_new_api_citysearch_fi > rst_to_impl.php > > Dan > > > On 07/12/2009 12:42, "John Benfield" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I completely buy the personal approach - I think as social media was adopted >> initially by marketing departments there was an unfortunate tendency to be >> very corporate or heavily pronouncement-led. >> >> Now I believe the trend is that overt marketing via social media will be >> sniffed out pretty quickly and, if predominate, undermine your brand message. >> Time now for much more personal engagement with our audiences, perhaps with >> the odd '£5 only' tweets thrown-in. >> >> However, my question was actually to do with a practical how you let multiple >> people within an organisation tweet as a collective. Hence my two options... >> 1) share a single Twitter account or 2) have multiple accounts but use >> Twitter >> lists to effectively collate your corporate (small c) tweets and promote the >> list address (eg www.twitter.com/mymuseum/mymuseum) over the root single >> account (www.twitter.com/mymuseum). >> >> Any thoughts? >> >> John >> 01789 272351 >> 07825 397387 mob >> P Please consider the environment before printing this email. >> >> **************************************************************** >> For mcg information visit the mcg website at >> http://www.museumscomputergroup.org.uk >> To manage your subscription to this email list visit >> http://www.museumscomputergroup.org.uk/email.shtml >> **************************************************************** >> > > ---------------------------------------- > Dan Zambonini > Box UK > Internet Development and Consultancy > > t: +44 (0)29 2022 8822 > f: +44 (0)29 2022 8820 > e: [log in to unmask] > w: http://www.boxuk.com > ---------------------------------------- > > Eight years in the making and more investment in usability than any other > Content Management System. 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