Comments on: BBC adopts twitter for Rugby World Cup http://canuckflack.com/2007/10/19/bbc-adopts-twitter-for-rugby-world-cup/ ... it's about public relations, marketing, retail quirks, government communications and oddities ... and written in Canada! Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:07:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: How many social networks is too many for our personal brands? « Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel http://canuckflack.com/2007/10/19/bbc-adopts-twitter-for-rugby-world-cup/comment-page-1/#comment-42396 How many social networks is too many for our personal brands? « Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel Fri, 26 Oct 2007 12:46:35 +0000 http://canuckflack.com/2007/10/19/bbc-adopts-twitter-for-rugby-world-cup/#comment-42396 [...] How many social networks is too many for our personal brands? October 26, 2007 at 12:45 pm | In Personal Branding, Reputation Management, social media | Sites such as TechCrunch, Techmeme and Scobleizer promote a variety of social networks daily. The sheer number of social networks is now overwhelming and forces all of us to concentrate on reputation management. The more social networks you join, the more you must perform routine maintenance on each profile. When I say profile, I mean your work experience, hobbies and adding new friends to your network. Another issue I see is that if you have friends on multiple social networks, such as LinkedIn, Facebook, Myspace and Twitter, you are forced to add the same friends to each one. This increases your email and begins to be a tedious and continuous task you must preform. [...] [...] How many social networks is too many for our personal brands? October 26, 2007 at 12:45 pm | In Personal Branding, Reputation Management, social media | Sites such as TechCrunch, Techmeme and Scobleizer promote a variety of social networks daily. The sheer number of social networks is now overwhelming and forces all of us to concentrate on reputation management. The more social networks you join, the more you must perform routine maintenance on each profile. When I say profile, I mean your work experience, hobbies and adding new friends to your network. Another issue I see is that if you have friends on multiple social networks, such as LinkedIn, Facebook, Myspace and Twitter, you are forced to add the same friends to each one. This increases your email and begins to be a tedious and continuous task you must preform. [...]

]]> By: Ed Lee http://canuckflack.com/2007/10/19/bbc-adopts-twitter-for-rugby-world-cup/comment-page-1/#comment-42350 Ed Lee Mon, 22 Oct 2007 14:13:24 +0000 http://canuckflack.com/2007/10/19/bbc-adopts-twitter-for-rugby-world-cup/#comment-42350 it's a shame the boys didn't get more followers - ben has 46 will tom had about 38 - which is strange considering the huge following Ben built up (on facebook) from his hilarious live text commentary of the cricket. maybe it's ahead of its time; but likely it's because users could integrate the twitter concept into their own "media diet" - simply visiting the BBC Sport Web site... Ed it’s a shame the boys didn’t get more followers - ben has 46 will tom had about 38 - which is strange considering the huge following Ben built up (on facebook) from his hilarious live text commentary of the cricket.

maybe it’s ahead of its time; but likely it’s because users could integrate the twitter concept into their own “media diet” - simply visiting the BBC Sport Web site…

Ed

]]> By: Mike Driehorst http://canuckflack.com/2007/10/19/bbc-adopts-twitter-for-rugby-world-cup/comment-page-1/#comment-42311 Mike Driehorst Sun, 21 Oct 2007 02:56:02 +0000 http://canuckflack.com/2007/10/19/bbc-adopts-twitter-for-rugby-world-cup/#comment-42311 I would think that Twitter is ideally suited for any event coverage. Maybe at the next Oscars, Joan Rivers will Twitter her red carpet reports?! Mike I would think that Twitter is ideally suited for any event coverage.

Maybe at the next Oscars, Joan Rivers will Twitter her red carpet reports?!
Mike

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