Alf Oldman
4,092 followers
http://dralfoldman.com
Retired, former Independent Executive, Consultant, Coach, Researcher & Author. Passionate about People, Networking, Politics & Travel
Listorious Interview
It would be really helpful if Twitter added:
1. Spam filter
2. Ability to schedule future tweets
3. More powerful search citeria
My favourite Twitter app is probably Tweetbig
Firstly, I use Twitter as a two-way feed to and from:
1. My blog
http://dralfoldman.wordpress.com/
2. My professional web site
http://www.alfoldman.com/
3. My LinkedIn profile
http://www.linkedin.com/in/alfoldman
Secondly, I regularly retweet unusual or breaking news in the fields that interest me:
1. Politics
2. Networking
3. Interim Management
4. Travel
5. People
6. Consulting
7. Coaching
8. Research
9. Author
Assuming that this is not a desert island discs type question, the six things that come to mind (in no particular order):
1. Food
2. Wine
3. Family
4. Friends
5. Internet
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Twitter needs a more effective spam filter
I would not go as far as saying that Twitter has changed my life. However, Twitter has permitted me to develop a far deeper understanding of UK political issues and keep on top of hundreds of news feeds.
I initially started tweeting as a means of promoting my blog http://dralfoldman.wordpress.com/.
However, I very soon got wrapped up in Twitter and its potential.
More recently Twitter has provided me with research material for a book
I am a great fan of @jeffbullas & have learmed a lot from him
In my opinion, one of my better tweets is the following:
Exec Interim News: So you want to be an interim manager? http://wp.me/p1m0kg-14
I tend to read Twitter before 6.00 AM each morning (GMT) and schedule my tweets between 0600 and 0900. Otherwise, I only retweet a breaking piece of news (given time to quickly scan feeds)
I mostly tweet about:
1. UK politics, especially #NHS and #publicsector
2. Travel and related photography
3. Social media trends
4. Interim management
According to Klout analysis, I am influential on the following areas:
1. #NHS
2. #publicsector
3. #photography
I think that the biggest misconception on Twitter is that user is linked to 140 characters and that deters novices.
The reality is that the tweet can be linked to a detailed blog or linked to any other item of data (provided it is available on the web).
Increasingly, third party tools, like Listorious, are finding means of stretching the 140 characters.
I focus on editing the daily news, using over a hundred feeds, focusing on my own areas of interest, including
1. Interim Executive Management
2. Consulting
3. Coaching
4. Research
5. Authoring
6. People
7. Networking
8. Politics, &
9. Travel
Once I week, I put out a more penetrating article on my blog which often connects a number of news items. For example, see:
Will David Cameron & George Osborne become pioneers of Third Wave Neoliberalism? On my blog http://wp.me/p1m0kg-h2
I see Twitter polarizing into two types of users:
1. CASUAL or NOVICE USERS, who will continue to struggle with functionality, and
2. POWER USERS, who will increasingly leverage the growing list of automation and analysis tools
I edit daily news from more an a hundred sources and retweet on a daily basis. Once I week, I put out a more penetrating article on my blog which often connects a number of news items. For example, see:
Will David Cameron & George Osborne become pioneers of Third Wave Neoliberalism? On my blog http://wp.me/p1m0kg-h2
Politics, networking, travel and interim management
Check out SPIEGEL Pub Quiz "Sex and the Cemetery", http://tinyurl.com/3q5hnhr. For me @SPIEGEL_English offers occasional insights into German humour. I also like their view from Berlin tweets
I do not particularly seek out one of a kind twitter accounts but am a keen follower of the following accounts which I regard as exceptional in their own areas:
@NatGeoSociety, @jeffbullas, @TheIndyNews, @johnredwood, @EthosJournal
Personally, I do not find Twitter lists particularly helpful. I rely almost exclusively on a very small selection of my own lists, like @DrAlfOldman/my-tweros-9
I normally tweet most actively during the hours 0700 to 0900 UK time. I typically plan and schedule my tweets in advance using Tweetbig, a very helpful tool
I most tweet about UK politics, especially reform and transformation activities of the coalition government. As a professional interim executive, I regularly tweet that the UK Government needs to pick up its pace of transformation activities by deploying more professional interims. So far the politicians do not understand the true benefit of professional interims - preferring to turn instead to more expensive branded consultants who historically have a mixed success record
According to @Klout, I am known for influential material on the following themes: #NHS, #publicsector, #photography
I think that the potential value of Twitter as a marketing tool for businesses both small and large is over-hyped. I agree that Twitter helps with brand awareness and is cost effective. My real concern is with focused marketing and targeting the audience. I have been researching a book on professionals deploying Viral Marketing but am so disappointed that I am thinking of abandoning the project
90% of my tweets are retweets of slected major news stories of the day - often from multiple views - I start scanning using different lists, like @DrAlfOldman/my-tweros-9. The other 10% is original tweets sharing new content on my blog
http://dralfoldman.wordpress.com/
I see two primary groups of users: infrequent users who struggle with functionality, and high volume users who deploy increasingly effective tools
UK based Interim Executive, Consultant, Coach, Researcher & Author. Passionate about People, Networking, Politics & Travel - and I tweet frequently
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@NatGeoSociety, @jeffbullas, @TheIndyNews, @johnredwood, @EthosJournal
@NatGeoSociety, @jeffbullas, @TheIndyNews, @johnredwood, @EthosJournal
I use @DrAlfOldman/my-tweros-9 regularly but use other lists rarely
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