Saturday, July 24, 2010
This topic is much larger than can easily be covered in a brief list like this. But every business person should be aware of it. In my experience there are four main social networking platforms that every business owner and leader should understand. Facebook. This is so far the least business-oriented of the networking platforms. I recommend to most clients that they keep Facebook for their personal social network. I know Facebook is working hard to reposition itself, and there are a growing number of experts providing reasons and approaches to using Facebook in business, but so far I have not seen enough potential for return to invest the time. There is one exception: Facebook is a powerful and cost-effective way to advertise. Facebook allows you to advertise to people of pre-determined demographics, and allows you to set a fixed budget that relates to the number of times your ad will appear on the pages of people who fit the profile you are looking for. For the right product or service this can be powerful. YouTube. Like Facebook, YouTube started as a non-business platform. However, recently a growing number of businesses are using YouTube to post low-cost, guerrilla-style video promotions. If you have a business that has a significant visual component or can educate the public through video, Youtube can be a powerful tool. Don’t know how to shoot and post a little video about your business? Get one of your Generation Y employees to show you how it’s done! They can even show you tools that allow you to shoot, post, and promote videos on YouTube, all from their smart phones! LinkedIn. This is a business-only site that is like Facebook only on the surface. Under the hood they are very different. Privacy controls are tighter and even your profile is more like a resume. LinkedIn’s singular focus on business and professional networking has created an environment that is a fertile ground for networking, career and job seeking, and professional development. Formalized referral systems, common-interest groups, business and personal branding opportunities, etc. are all well thought out and work well. If you are a professional or business owner/leader and you don’t have a profile on LinkedIn, you may be missing an opportunity to grow your network in a powerful way. Twitter. This micro-blogging site (limits you to 142-character posts) is rapidly becoming another powerful networking and communication tool for professionals. Businesses are using it to keep customers informed about new promotions, and many professionals are using it to share ideas, links to useful articles, and announcements of events in their communities and markets. When a post catches on in Twitter it can go ‘viral’ in hours and find its way to thousands of people. Increasingly, stories about significant events (as defined by the people who care about them) are spreading rapidly on Twitter even before they hit traditional news channels.
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Washington, Aug 7 (DPA) Unidentified hackers brought the microblogging website Twitter to its knees for several hours Thursday. Twitter founder Biz Stone said the site, which was down altogether for about two hours, had suffered a so-called 'denial of service' attack. 'We are defending against this attack,' Stone said. He added that Twitter would continue to update its site even though it remained under attack, and noted that the situation would be subjected to an investigation. In a denial of service attack, hackers try to prevent access to a site by overloading it. As Stone explained, this kind of attack is most often used against online banking and credit card systems.
Microblogging site Twitter was offline again today, August 11, only days after recovering from a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack. Last week the popular microblogging platform that people use to send 140-character messages to friends and colleges around the world crashed at about 6am PST (1pm UTC) without warning. The company thought it had recovered from the initial DDoS attack but today, without explanation, the site was again offline from about midday PST (1900UTC). On it’s status site Twitter said the company was “working to recover from a site outage and will update as we learn more”. Tens of thousands of people around the world use Twitter to exchange information concerning their work and leisure activities with friends and colleges.
#9 Tila Tequila
If you've seen this MySpace celebrity's reality show or music videos, you know shyness isn't one of her qualities. A Victoria's Secret Sequin floral bikini would be great for showing off her sexy assets. @officialTilaer is her personal twitter account where she says she reads and replies to all messages sent to her.
#8 DJ Tamara Sky
Possibly the hottest DJ on the planet...literally. Tamara Sky has been Miss Puerto Rico Bikini and was even on the cover of the Mexican edition of Playboy. A Vix Jen bikini that Sarah Michelle Gellar was seen wearing would have this goddess of turntables turning heads. Follow her tweets here: @TamaraSky.
#7 Brooke Burke
#6 Audrey Kitching
Alternative model Audrey Kitching claims she's "changing the beauty standards one day at a time" with her clothing line at Hot Topic. We don't know if she'd try on a pink & yellow Bubble Gum bikini, but it'd definitely match her her style. Her real twitter is:@RealAudreyKitch.
#5 Ashanti
When the "Princess of R&B" isn't making seductive songs with her boyfriend rapper Nelly, she's tearing up the runway as a model for charity. Who wouldn't want see a music video with her in the Two Tone from J Valentine? Read her tweets on:@AshantiD.
#4 Taylor Swift
The New York Times described Swift as "one of pop's finest songwriters" while we would describe 19-year old country star Taylor Swift as one of the finest girls on twitter.@taylorswift13 is her official twitter. We'd like to see her sport a saucy sequin silver bikini to add some spice to her innocent beauty.
#3 Jessica Alba
A Maya Signature bikini, or just about any other type of swimwear she's been seen in, looks amazing on this Hollywood actress. Dubbed "Sexiest Woman in the World" by FHM in 2007, it's safe to say she's the sole reason Fantastic Four had a sequel. Read her daily tweets here: @RealJessicaAlba.
#2 Hayden Panettiere
Hayden Panettiere may wear a cheerleader outfit on the TV show "Heroes," but we all know a Vix Ju bikini she's been seen wearing would be a better fit. It's too bad those Neutrogena commercials only show her beautiful smile. See her twitter on:@hpanettiere, although she's not been much of a tweeter so far.
Update: We're now less sure this account is genuine which could disqualify Hayden from our top 50 list.
#1 Adriana Lima
We couldn't help but give Adriana Lima the top spot when her Twitter profile features such a hot shot of her in a bikini:
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Her tweets come in a mixture of Spanish and English, although most are in English. Adriana is not the most active tweeter but she does post her latest pics and videos regularly. She currently only follows 12 people, one of which is another hot Brazilian model, Alessandra Ambrosio (@aleambrosio), and she also posts hot pictures of herself regularly. Many of you might be saying that Alessandra should have also been in our top 50, you'd probably be right but with the many thousands of hot girls on twitter we couldn't fit them all on!
Real Bollywood Celebrity Profiles on Twitter
Priyanka Chopra – The beautiful and bubbly actress has rocked twitter and currently has 42,548 followers making her one of the most popular bollywood celebrity on twitter.
Karan Johar – The popular and famous directory of candy floss movies Karan Johan currently has 13,566 followers.
Pritish Nandy – The poet, journalist, politician, television personality and film producer is on twitter with 3100+ followers.
Sonam Kapoor – The beautiful daughter of veteran actor Anil Kapoor is also on twitter with 9100+ followers.
Lara Dutta – The sultry siren and former Miss Universe is on twitter with 3000+ followers.
Imran Khan – The young actor and nephew of Aamir Khan is on twitter too with more than 4500+ followers.
Riteish Deskhmukh – The popular actor more know for his comic films is on twitter with around 4500 followers.
Uday Chopra – The actor from Mohabattein is also on twitter with more than 7000 followers.
Dino Morea – The popular model and actor who is most web savvy is also on twitter with 5000+ followers.
Asin Thottumkal – The Tollywood and now Bollywood actress is on twitter with around 2000 followersPossibly Fake Celebrity Profile on Twitter
Not everyone who claims that they are the actual celebrity might be true, here are some possibly fake profiles on twitter.
Do you know of any other bollywood personalities on twitter? I will try and keep this list updated from time to time when I come across newer bollywood celebrity profiles on twitter.
