iPad’s Anytime Access to Social Media Apps

The much anticipated release of iPad last week has turned out to have generated a mixture of both excitement and concern.  One of the concerns is that iPad uses the iPhone operating system, which is not a multi-tasking OS.  Not only will users have to close one application before being able to use another, but the Safari browser does not have a tabbed interface.  Therefore, users will have to tap out to a thumbnail screen in order to switch among browser windows.

Twitter for the Travel and Hospitality Industry

There is a large and established community of travel professionals, travel bloggers and travelers on Twitter.  If you’re a hotel, travel agent, destination, restaurant, or anything related to being on the go, there is a place for you on Twitter.  Below are some tips for taking the leap into the wonderful, traveling Twitterverse:

Where did my Review Queue Alerts go?

You may have noticed recently that you aren’t automatically receiving alerts when one of your Contributors adds a tweet to the Review Queue. This is because we’ve made a small change to the system that instead lets you control who receives these alerts and when.

Tweet to Lead in TweetFunnel

If you see a mention or a brand monitor tweet in TweetFunnel and would like to add the person who posted the tweet as a new Lead into Salesforce.com, you can now do that with just a few mouse clicks. Here’s how it works.

4 Tips for Multiple Users on One Twitter Account

The Twittersphere has been abuzz with talk about multiple users contributing to one Twitter stream, so we wanted to provide some quick tips on how to make this Twitter strategy work for you:

Using Twitter to Boost Your Holiday Shopping Revenue

For retailers, the holidays can be a make it or break it time. Restaurants too want to cash in on holiday shoppers who are out and about. This year, Twitter’s mainstream influence makes it a great way to make some of those dollars come your way. Here are some ideas on how to do just that:

Test Drive Our New Guest Tweeting Widget

Give our new Guest Tweeting widget a whirl by entering in a guest tweet below.

The purpose of this widget is to give your organization’s audiences, customers, employees, members, etc. a way to contribute to one (or more) of your organization’s Twitter stream(s) with ease. Just think, your customers could tweet endorsements directly to your Twitter account! (after one of your editors first approves the content, of course)

After we approve your Guest Tweet (through the TweetFunnel editor interface), you will see your Guest Tweet in the right sidebar of this page.  You can request Guest Tweeting for your TweetFunnel account under Settings>Manage Twitter Accounts>Modify Third Party Integration.

People and Things We’re Thankful for at TweetFunnel

With our bellies still full of turkey, we’re still in that grateful mood that Thanksgiving is meant to inspire. On that note, we’d like to say thanks to those who have helped make TweetFunnel’s growing success possible:

TweetFunnel Enhancements for November, 2009

We are pleased to announce a new set of features for TweetFunnel — released on Sunday, November 15th.  We appreciate any and all feedback from Funnelers!