I’ve noticed a few interesting people (well, companies) on Twitter recently and thought I’d share.
@PTIShow — I’m a big fan of the ESPN show “PTI” (Parden the Interruption). They recently started a Twitter account and I love the way they use it. Quite focused on the show, with useful information. Some recent tweets:
Topics for today’s show:
Today: Tiger, Calipari/Kentucky, MSU., Nova, UConn & UNC, Seth Curry, LeBron, Guitar Hero, 2 handed bowler, 5GM with Tom Izzo. What else?
Asking for input from users:
Lane Kiffin has agreed to join us for 5GM on Friday’s show. What would you like us to ask him?
Warnings if the show might get bumped:
Just a heads up that if the soccer game on ESPN2 goes into OT today, the WBC moves to ESPN, and PTI gets bumped over to ESPNews.
37 minutes later — Because Man U scored, looks like we’ll be good to go on ESPN at 5:30pm.
Great stuff. Very useful and not overwhelming.
@coolrayatlanta — I’m not in love with this one, but I find it interesting. I tweeted earlier today that I had to go home and meet the plumber. They apparently keep active searches up for things related to their business, because I noticed this a few hours later:
@mickmel Always a bummer to take time out of your day for plumbing problems – yuck
They weren’t trying to sell me anything — just expressing sympathy for my situation and keeping their name fresh in my head. Because they do so much of that (24 tweets in the last couple hours) I’d never follow them, but it’s interesting nonetheless. They seem to have just started doing it (they only have 42 tweets in all), but it’ll be fun to watch and see if that makes a difference.
What other creative ways have you seen businesses use Twitter?
