When is it OK to pitch a story idea via a Twitter direct message?
However, before you angrily direct message me, you might want to first asses your authentic Twitter score.
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Imagine checking in at a party and being able to simultaneously direct message, email and text specific contacts?
Engagement tip: Use Twitter's Direct Message function to engage one-on-one with new followers.
The tweet appears to be a reply to a private direct message, but sent out to everyone on Twitter.
Felix Salmon first noticed what appears to have been a failed attempt to send a direct message on Twitter.
"I intended to send (the photo) as a direct message to a woman as part of a joke to a woman in Seattle, " Weiner said last week.
After all, few could resist such a direct message.
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Similarly, Facebook and Twitter send login credentials over a secure line and then revert to an unsecure protocol. (Users of those social networks can add an "s" after "http" to force the systems to encrypt their browsing.) Social networking sites are where people increasingly conduct private conversations, whether through Facebook's Messages or Twitter's Direct Message feature.
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One way to make the message direct is to use catchy phrases, symbols and icons that people understand.
Working with Omnicom agency BBDO, New York, Motorola Solutions will tap trade- and b2b-focused print, online and direct marketing to get its message out.
In response to one letter from Ickes expressing concern over DNC funds, Clinton suggested a direct mail campaign with a different message.
Whether or not Obama meant to send this message, this is a direct consequence of his visit.
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When scanned with a phone camera or clicked in a text message, the codes automatically direct people to a website.
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"We would urge you to call the Road Policing Unit direct on 0116 248 2017, leave a message and include as much information as you can, such as the person's name, what car they drive, where they live and where and when they could be caught drink driving, " she said.
The bottom line: To be effective, a message must be appealing, clear, direct, sticky, credible, and transparent, using characters and stories that people are familiar with, can easily memorize and can recall at the moment they are making a decision.
"This programme is a wonderful opportunity to bring pupils into direct contact with outstanding mathematicians and to get across the message to future generations that maths can be both educational and fun, " said the project's director, Professor John Barrow.
Hidalgo's team takes a surgical approach to direct marketing--and that means nonstop testing, online and off, of every message that customers see.
There are myriad expenses involved in delivering Provenge, but the message should be clear: using a tried-and-true tactic like direct-to-consumer advertising might have helped Dendreon avoid some of the ensuing mess.
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