Companies using Twitter
Was doing some research into how companies are using Twitter, and thought the list was too good not to share. Enjoy, and let me know which ones I forgot in the comments.
NOTE: The number in parentheses is the number of followers as of March 20, 2008.
Companies on Twitter
Technorati (3,746)
MacWorld Magazine (3,517)
JetBlue (778)
Forrester Research (909)
SouthWest Air (124) - Interesting: Southwest Air is following JetBlue. Competitive Intelligence? (thanks @alscillitani)
British Airways (53)
Apple News (516)
Apple (1,474)
Publishing Companies on Twitter
KPNS San Diego (1,099)
Chicago Tribune (105)
Associated Press (297)
Columbus Dispatch (13)
NPR (827)
CNN (2,134)
Fox News (533)
ESPN (1,099)
BBC (In a class by themselves):
BBC Entertainment (476)
BBC News (1,799)
BBC Sport (499)
BBC Politics (249)
BBC Business (401)
BBC Sci-Tech (637)
BBC Breaking (774)
BBC Tech (1,983)
New York Times (NA) - 15 different feeds (like BBC)
Interesting:
David Letterman (966)
I Can Has Cheezburger (1,502)
Twitter Fiction (408) - Great works of fiction in 140 characters or less.
Brooklyn Museum (394)
San Francisco Zoo (182)
Chicago Weather (205)
Seattle Weather (182) - Other cities available too.
Amazon Deals (299)
Dell Outlet (615)
PRJobs (353) - Using Twitter for recruiting. Not bad.
PollsBoutique (47) - Interesting, quick polls.
OK, who did I forget?
March 21st, 2008 at 11:06 am
Great list. The Brits and Apple are not following anyone. Kinda snobby ?
March 21st, 2008 at 8:00 pm
I *think* I convinced the Columbus Dispatch to actively use Twitter, as they are now at http://twitter.com/DispatchAlerts. But like the Brits and Apple, they aren’t following anyone, except for other media twitters. I’ll have to get on their case about that one.
March 26th, 2008 at 10:04 pm
That’s a nice list. I saw snoopdogg on Twitter (although I’m not 100% sure it’s the real snoop) http://twitter.com/snoopdogg
Also, NewScientist magazine is on twitter http://twitter.com/newscientist. Weird, they only have 13 followers and no links to the actual stories in the their updates.
March 27th, 2008 at 9:36 am
37signals, makers of Basecamp (and founders of the Ruby on Rails framework), is on Twitter. http://www.37signals.com/
http://twitter.com/37status (903)
March 29th, 2008 at 6:10 pm
How about CNETNews….2864 followers? They seem to be on top of stuff…I saw their video content on Hulu from day 1…
March 29th, 2008 at 6:49 pm
Why Apple and BBC are not following anyone ?! they have like thousands of followers - what’s their problem?
BBC have been a leader in this viral marketing space for some time now. Not sure who started it from there side, but they are considered very innovative in this space, and also in Virtual Worlds space for that matter…