Article about Twitter's slow move into the main stream. I admit to being a late
comer to this particular party. I think people are still working how exactly it
fits in between all the other communications tools we have at our disposal;
email, blogs, social networks etc.
I think this confusion with the “is
that all it does” response you get when you tell people about it means that it's
not there yet. But with organisations are now starting to use Twitter to keep
customers and clients informed, people may become more familiar with it's
purpose.
Currently the demographic using Twitter is described as;
….“young and ethnically diverse singles
living in big-city metros” represent 14.7% of Twitter visitors,
followed by “Young Cosmopolitan” 40-somethings likely to be
environmentally aware and earning household incomes over $250K a year
with liberal political leanings
living in big-city metros” represent 14.7% of Twitter visitors,
followed by “Young Cosmopolitan” 40-somethings likely to be
environmentally aware and earning household incomes over $250K a year
with liberal political leanings
Full article here http://www.blogherald.com
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I think the missing demographic from that list is developers – massive geeks who are already used to getting genuine value from online communities.
This article may help the sceptics.
http://twitterhandbook.com/blog/the-3-stages-of-twitter-acceptance/