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Yammer – Twitter for Companies

In a very simplistic way you could say that Yammer is private and Twitter is private. You could also say that Twitter is for the public and individuals while Yammer is for companies. That would not be the most accurate statement as both individuals and companies use Twitter and vice-versa. However if you are a company and want your corporate communications to be private then Yammer is the solution for you.

Yammer

As we all know Twitter is growing at an almost exponential pace. Yammer is growing nicely as well, their site states over 70,000 companies use their service. Each of those companies may have multiple users. They call it “Enterprise Microblogging” as the entire corporate can communicate and collaborate in real time.

Corporate Social Network
As the individuals in your corporate join they create profiles about themselves. This creates a form or company social network. Each profile includes a photo, title, contact info, expertise and background. If you work in a large environment this is an interesting way for individuals to learn about each other. In small startups it is not uncommon to introduce new team members at a weekly or monthly meeting. That allows others to learn a little about each person however any one person would only learn about those joining the company after them. Also, in large companies this would not be practical. The social network that Yammer provides is a good way to allow those in the company learn more about each other and feel more connected.

Yammer makes your organization a better place to work by making it feel smaller, helping people to find and meet each other, and busting silos between groups and departments. Also, because it’s a network, it becomes more powerful the more people that join.

Collaboration Inside and Out
Not only can you communicate privately with those in your company but also those outside that you give permission to. There is an admin account for your corporate Yammer account. Now you can also allow contractors, suppliers, and anyone else you may want in your network to join.

Searching for Knowledge
As with twitter, you can search for keywords. All the information between anyone in the corporate is saved. There may be a past project or any other type of communications you would like to learn more about and can by searching keywords. An amazing ability that we all wish we could do for every spoken word within an organization for various reasons.

Mobile
They also provide the ability for everyone to access in and through Yammer with mobile devices. Without such a feature it would not be any where as near as useful.

Take a look at Yammer to learn more. And by the way, no one asked me to write this.

StockTwits Real Time Investor Chat

A service I just found for Twitter and those that love to invest and trade is called StockTwits. New services built around Twitter appear daily. Many would ask why use Twitter in the first place, and it appears that one answer is to think of it as a platform. Companies and individuals like StockTwits are using it as such.

Here is how they explain their service:

StockTwits is an open, community-powered investment idea and information service. You can think of it as Bloomberg for the little guy and gal. Eavesdrop on what traders and investors are talking about RIGHT NOW or contribute to the conversation and build your reputation and following as a savvy market wizard.

You can follow others, as you normally would in twitter, and follow specific stock tweets as a $ precedes the stock ticker. For example $EBAY. If you would like to post a general comment, not about a specific stock, you simple add a space and two $$ at the end of your tweet. For example Today’s market volume is extremely low, any ideas why? $$.

They also have 5 predefined streams for discussions. Take a look at StockTtwits.com if you enjoy the investing world and would love to have real time discussions as you make your millions day trading in the quiet of your own home, now you have a community to chat with in real time.

See StockTwits

Update Twitter with your Blog Posts Automatically

If you are using WordPress and looking to make your life easier, here is a plugin I just started using. Twitter Updater automatically updates your twitter account by creating a tweet with your message and a link to your most recent post.

Manage your Twitter Account with Tweetdeck

TweetDeck is an impressive application to manage your twitter account, see your replies, direct messages and others messages all at once.

Twitter Autoresponder Tweetlater

Tweetlater is a twitter service that allows you to auto-respond to those that follow you and set up automatic messages, if you are on vacation for example.