Holiday Carol: O Little Town of Twitterville

Sung to the tune of the carol “O Little Town of Bethlehem.” 

O little town of Twitterville,
Thy Tweeps are far and wide,
And with their sweet and endless tweets,
The hashtags all go by.
Yet though the Fail Whale cometh,
When they want news the most,
Thy conversations keep them warm,
And happy coast to coast.

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Twitter Envy

modified Creative Commons from Sidewalk Flying

In helping promote the B2B Twitterer of the Year Awards, the Marketing Consigliere knew there were skeptics out there regarding B2B use of microblogging and social media.  Discussions in Marketing circles bring up valid points regarding some of the shortcomings of Twitter and other tools.  By themselves, most of these tools may not be effective, but when used in an integrated campaign can be very valuable.

But being the Founder of the Program, he has wholeheartedly been spreading news about it.  However, he did not expect to get such a myopic reply, from someone in the same social circles, resulting from an email blast that was promoting the Awards Program:

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