Tweeting Under The Radar: 4 Great Twitter Stories You Might’ve Missed

*Know of any great stories we missed out on? Do share with us in the comments?

This past week we highlighted some great Twitter business uses with Creative Ways Businesses Use Twitter and the amazing Twitter project, Brain-Twitter. However, there were a bunch of great stories about using Twitter that flew under the radar. Here are our top 5 picks:

A CEO’s Journey Into Twitter

What you might not have read this week is the journey of one CEO’s plight into Twitter. Diane Hessan, CEO of Communispace Corp., gave Forbes the scoop on her journey into Twitter after meeting with one of the Queens of Twitter, Laura Fitton, better known as @pistachio on Twitter. Hessan discusses five different stages that she experienced when she first began to use Twitter:

  1. Loneliness
  2. Finding Some Killer Apps
  3. Learning
  4. Getting Organized
  5. Value

Read “Yes, I’m A CEO Who Really Uses Twitter” for a great story that I’m sure many of you can relate to.

Pizza Hut’s Search For A Twitter Intern

Pizza Hut Did you hear about Pizza Hut’s search for a Twitter Intern? It seems Twittering is entering the job market this summer because Pizza Hut is in search of a college student with twittering skills that can help them avoid the YouTube fiasco that Dominos pizza had to deal with.

Google Maps on Twitter

google maps If you’ve ever wondered what the folks from Google are up to on Twitter, take a look at their latest announcement about signing up Google Maps for Twitter . Unfortunately, this isn’t a Google Maps integration with Twitter. Instead,

@GoogleMaps will share information on cool uses and product tips for Google Maps, behind-the-scenes musings from Googlers and general goings-on in the mapping world. We’re also going to use Twitter to listen to the things that you want to suggest and say to us.

Twitter Humor

We leave you with something that is bound to tickle a smile out of you. On the Twitter and humor front, comedian Andy Milonakis has created the “Let Me Twitter Dat” rap video. The video plays on people’s tendency to overshare facts about themselves on Twitter. It’s a catchy video and very funny.

That about wraps up what flew under our radar. What flew under yours?

  • What new content did you discover on Twitter this week?
  • Did you subscribe to any new blogs because of Twitter this week?
  • What were these new blog subscriptions?

We’d also love to hear your feedback on the following:

  • What articles did you enjoy on Mr. Tweet this week?
  • Anything you hope we never post again?
  • Anything you’d like to see more of?

Thank you for all of your support, comments, recommendations, and ReTweets this week! If you missed out some of the fun, check out the awesomesauce recommendations made by Mr. Tweet’s community in What Apps Are You Tweeting With and the hundreds of thoughts about all the recent Twitter media hype.

Also, feel free to tweet links to me (@corvida), or email me at corvida –mrtweet-com for next weeks Tweeting Under The Radar. Have a great weekend folks!

Category: Tweeting Under The Radar View Comments

  • thanks for sharing i have a designer blog http://www.slatchdesign.com
  • Here's something that I thought was Mr Tweet Worthy...Great "BizWeek story: Twitter: Building Businesses Tweet by Tweet" http://short.to/3wpl
  • Thanks for providing the terrific summary. Please see PositiveMag, the posts of Positive news and information on Twitter.
  • you forgot to add TWITTERGirls to the list!

    Check out the Twitter music video that made it onto AdWeek!
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...


    -@lobese
  • Thanks for the update on TwitterGirls. Stay tuned Monica, I have a treat for you.
  • Thanks for sharing all this great info!
    I did a blog post: Be Careful what you re-Tweet
    http://askdanna.blogspot.com/2...

    Have a TWEET Day! :-)
  • Not so much a great twitter tale as a great twitter opportunity lost: The Lost Symbol and the Lost Hashtag #LBF09 #LBF...
  • Cordis A Storms
    Did I miss something, or are there only 4 stories? (Enjoyed these 4, though!) :-)
  • Great
  • DaMav
    So you DM'd me and said: "Hey @DaMav! We currently ran out of invites but you're queued to receive one." That was eight days ago.

    Might I 'umbly remind you Mr. Tweet that God made the world etc etc in only seven. :-)
  • If I could remember as far back as Monday, I'm sure I'd have some rocking things I learned on Twitter to report. Today I'm catching up from spending yesterday teaching some PR folk how to use Twitter. (Yes, there are still communications people in the world, who haven't learned to communicate via Twitter!)

    Will be sending my finds your way from now on Covida!
  • Looking forward to it Peggy!
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