#AskObama Twitter Town Hall Data
July 6, 2011 by
Damon’s recent tweet pretty much sums it up – Twitter sure has come a long way! This morning we witnessed the first ever Twitter Town Hall. President Obama went on a live stream and answered questions directly from the Twitterverse. Wondering how well this worked to drive engagement? Let’s take a look at some analysis pulled [...]
The BET Awards Wins on Social Media
June 28, 2011 by
The 2011 BET Awards aired on Sunday night from Los Angeles. The event was backed by a massive social media campaign, including a “social meda lounge” sponsored by Ford. Based on our Twitter monitoring and analytics, fans and viewers clearly responded to this social media push. The 2011 show saw 680,000 Tweets during the telecast [...]
Infographic: Carnival 2011
March 14, 2011 by
Carnival season just took place all around the globe. During the festivities, our friends over at Riot Brazil were busy putting together the wonderful infographic below. Riot tracked over 40,000 tweets about the festival using RowFeeder and extracted the most revealing keyword and geography trends. Now that most of the celebrations are coming to a [...]
Libya and Egypt: A Tale of Two Twitters
February 24, 2011 by
While the post-Mubarak events in Egypt are still leading headlines, the world is now simultaneously following developments in neighboring middle-eastern countries seeking change. Twitter is continuing to play an invaluable role in driving momentum and sharing these events. We analyzed Twitter activity about Libya and Egypt and specifically looked at where (by country) these conversations [...]
3 Pretty Social Media Graphs on CES This Morning
January 6, 2011 by
I’m en route to CES and reviewing some of the data and reports on #CES and related events, announcements, products, and brands. Here are three pretty charts that caught me eye from recent buzz at the event. We’ll have more coming next week. 1.) Analysis of Ballmer’s CES Keynote by the Tweets: The social media [...]
Analyzing Pre-CES Tweets: Tablets, 3D TV, Android, Samsung, and Microsoft
January 5, 2011 by
One of the brightest moments of the year for us tech geeks has arrived — CES! To keep up with all the big announcements, media commentary, and consumer reactions, we’re monitoring all the buzz around CES and related events this week. There is a wealth of social media conversation data to analyze. In the days [...]
Guide to CES 2011 on Twitter (and some data)
January 4, 2011 by
I’m heading to Vegas for my first CES this week and I couldn’t be more excited. As the event nears, there is a lot to keep track of on Twitter. I’ve attempted to put together a quick guide to CES on Twitter based on what I’m seeing in the stream. Hopefully this will be useful [...]
Apple Event Social Reactions
September 1, 2010 by
So, Apple had a huge Special Event today. Did you tune in? Even if you didn’t, you probably heard all the Twitter chatter. Whether or not you had your eyes on the Twittesphere, we certainly were monitoring social media channels. What were the biggest announcements in terms of share of voice for Tweets and Facebook [...]
#SMCSea July Event: Seattle Twitterverse Hollers at @JasonFalls
July 28, 2010 by
At last night’s SMC Seattle event, Jason Falls spoke to a sold out crowd about social media success. We tracked Twitter mentions of @JasonFalls as well as the hashtag #SMCSea for our regular SMC Seattle event recap posts. We’re also happy to note that this week we’re cranking up the Seattle love fest, using all [...]
Music Trumps Sports on Twitter: ESPYs vs. BET Awards
July 15, 2010 by
Last night, ESPN hosted its annual ESPY awards, an event that always draws significant social media buzz across the country.  We tracked Twitter mentions of the hashtags #ESPY and #ESPYs, much like we did for the #BETawards last month. When comparing the two data sets, a few things drew our attention. For one, the amount of [...]