It’s October (at least that’s what everyone's saying on Twitter) and in the spirit of a new month, Sara and I are announcing a new social media endeavor called the 30-day Twitter Trending Project right here on our blog. Why?
It never ceases to amaze us how many people check the Twitter search feed on a topic that’s trending and tweet out, “Why is [blank] a trending topic?” hashtag and all. While the comment appears on the feed, it doesn’t really add value to the feed. Here’s where we come in.
For 30 days, we’ll be your Wikipedia (not counting weekends--we’ve got plans). Sara and I will pick out the odd, rare and newsy topics that are trending on Twitter providing you all the juice as to why it’s trending and all the hearty analysis…but we’re no Dan Zarrella.
To give you an idea as to when we’re watching the Twitter trends, we’ll start first thing in the morning when we arrive at our desks at 8 a.m and will post summaries by end of day every day. Come Halloween night, we’ll provide a summary of what we found to be the major topics of conversation and why it may or may not be a frightening find.
You can check out our blog every day to see the results. Feel free to participate in the 30-day Twitter Trending Project by adding your own two cents as to why certain topics are trending either by sharing your own blog entries or commenting on ours.
Stay tuned for TTP- Day 1 and our TTP Pumpkin...
Tim and Sara