Twitter Hit 145 Million Users And Boomers Are A Growing Segment

by Jack Humphrey on Sep 3

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Listen to today’s show to find out about Facebook Insights, the latest growth numbers for Twitter, and how boomers and seniors have doubled their social networking.

Also: How big brands use FourSquare, video conferencing with up to 10 people in Skype 5, Twitter rolling out URL shortener and more!

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Links from today’s Friday Traffic Report podcast…

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  • http://hookedonscents.com Scentsy Consultant

    I am happy to hear more of the older folks are getting involve with Twitter. It broadens our potential traffic, right?
    .-= Scentsy Consultant´s last blog ..Scentsy Spells Opportunity =-.

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  • http://www.phoenixazmover.com Phoenix Movers

    I knew it was only a matter of time for Twitter to get really popular. I tweet all the time and I love it!

  • http://www.bookyap.com James@Bookyap

    I can’t believe how big they have gotten. I still don’t use it very much but it takes me a bit to fall in line with the others.

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  • http://www.squidoo.com/bien-and-robinson Bien and Robinson

    The weirdest part is I hear how most of their new users are of an older generation (40-50 year olds)…

    Which I guess makes sense as they’d be the slowest to adapt to new tech…but this is definitely interesting.

    The new generation will live and die getting referrals and business through the internet, things are just changing!
    .-= Bien and Robinson´s last blog ..Law offices of Bien and Robinson updated Tue Aug 24 2010 4-32 pm CDT =-.

  • http://www.webuildyourblog.com Andrew @ Blogging Guide

    Twitter has really grown and big! And I think it will be there for more years to come.
    .-= Andrew @ Blogging Guide´s last blog ..Small Business Owner- Making The Switch =-.

  • http://www.solicitorsinblackburn.co.uk Peter@motoring offences solicitor blackburn

    Those are some staggering numbers. At the current rate of growth, both Twitter and Facebook will max in growth fairly quickly because there are only so many Internet users on the planet! Also, this goes to show the power of social media websites as a business. 175 employees can have a business that supports 100 million users. If these numbers are not convincing a business to take advantage of the current social media craze, then they apparently don’t know how to adapt to change. Social media is a part of the world in news, business, politics, statistics, and eventually it will expand to all industries.

  • http://www.candidablog.com Henway

    Twitter still needs to figure out how to monetize their service. I know they got Promoted Tweets, but let’s face that ain’t gonna rake in hundreds of millions. If I was Twitter, i’d focus on having sponsored tweets show up on people’s timelines related to the tweets they’re tweeting out. They would lose some users, but simply have a premium account that would not contain these sponsored tweets – I’m sure they could easily make billions a year with this strategy
    .-= Henway´s last blog ..My Colon Cleanse Journal =-.

  • http://www.thaiartmart.org Rose @ Oil Painting on Canvas

    Yes, Twitter growing really fast than I have expected. Wondering if I will be too late to start concentration on Twitter now.
    .-= Rose @ Oil Painting on Canvas´s last blog ..Hanging Tips for your Oil Painting =-.

  • http://grammascandy.webs.com Karen

    I tweet all the time and I love it!

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