Top Ten Tweets Of…Stewart Cink!

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March 2, 2010

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When Stewart Cink won the British Open in 2009, he thrust himself into the Golf limelight as a Major Championship winner.   By that time, Cink had already established himself as a Twitter superstar.   He had over 500,000 followers in July of 2009 and he is now up to over 1.2 million.

Why has Cink, a professional golfer, not the most hip group of people in the world, garnered such a large Twitter following?   He makes the most of his Tweets by doing all the things great Twitter-ers do: tells of his likes and dislikes, gives his followers an inside look into his profession, gives tips on golf for the average guy, lots of retweets to his followers’ questions, little games and prize giveaways (ala Shaq), comments on popular movies and TV shows, and lots of humor and good cheer.   If you are new to Twitter, Cink is an example of a great Twitter-er.   Here is a sampling from the last couple of months of Cink’s Tweets:

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Conan O’Brien is now on Twitter

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February 26, 2010

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Deposed late-night host Conan O’Brien is now tweeting.  For real.   The twitterverse previously had a fake Conan site, which has since been snuffed-out.   This one is 100% verified Conan!    You can check out the real Conan site at http://twitter.com/ConanOBrien.    Even though he has only three tweets on a four day-old account (very humerous, by the way),  Conan is has attracted nearly 400,000 followers!    Once a larger sample of tweets have been posted,  a Top Ten list will follow.   Hopefully Conan will prove to be an engaging and entertaining twitter-er.

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Top Ten Tweets Of…Lindsay Lohan!

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February 6, 2010

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If you look up the word “celebrity” in the dictionary, you’d likely see a picture of Lindsay Lohan.   Only 23 years old, she seems to have been around forever – and done about everything that a celebrity can do.   I mean everything.    The actress-musician-designer-model keeps herself busy, that’s for sure.   And keeps several tabloids in business as well.

It appears that Lohan has become a rather prolific Twitter-er.   This can be good…or bad.   For her, it’s good.  Lilo can speak directly to the public, as she frequently does to quell rumors and/or misunderstandings.   On the other hand, this can be bad.   I’m sure she has publicists who are in charge controlling what information is released about her.   But they obviously don’t vet her Twitter account before she hits the “update” button.   One day Lohan is going to tweet something that she will regret.   But until then, the public can enjoy some fairly entertaining tweets at  http://twitter.com/lindsaylohan.    Here are some good examples from the past few weeks:

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Top Ten Tweets Of…Danica Patrick!

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February 3, 2010

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Danica Patrick is a race car driver.  She’s also a brand name (see shirt in photo above).  Since entering Indy car racing a few years ago, she has won one race and finished in the top ten of the Indy 500.   These are great accomplishments.   One question that seems to surround her, though, is whether Danica is a racer who happens to model and promote products, or is she a model who happens to race.   In other words, is she “just another pretty face,” or is she a real racer?  Now that Danica is entering the world of Nascar beginning this week, we should get a better answer to that question.   Of course, time will tell.  Danica will run some ARCA and Nationwide series races this year and the racing world will be watching intently to see how she does in each race.   As a Nascar fan myself, I hope she does well.   It would be good for the sport.

Two things I like about following well-known people are: 1. getting a glimpse about their life away from their chosen profession; and 2. getting the inside scoop regarding their chosen profession.   I want to know the person better so I can relate to them on a human level, and I want to hear interesting tidbits about their work that I won’t get anywhere else.   I like to read their take on an event they were a part of, direct from the source.   On Danica’s Twitter page, you get a fair amount of her personal life, which is fine.  But not as much “inside scoop” on her racing life as I would like.   Perhaps that will change as the 2010 racing season unfolds.   Plenty of people will weigh in on how they think she’s doing in Nascar-type cars.   I want to know how she thinks she’s doing, and whether she’s encouraged, frustrated, excited, or whatever.

Here are her best tweets from the end of last year’s racing season to just before the beginning of this one:

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Top Ten Tweets Of…Drew Brees!

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January 31, 2010

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It just makes sense to highlight some Super Bowl participants as the big game grows close.   Few can argue with the impact this man has had on the Who Dat Nation in Louisiana.   In a few short years since joining the team, Drew Brees has become the unquestioned leader of the revitalized New Orleans Saints.   He is an All-Pro quarterback and an All-Pro person.    The Brees Dream Foundation has impacted the lives of thousands of New Orleans area people, especially children and cancer victims.   You can find more information about Drew at his website http://drewbrees.com/.   You can follow Drew on Twitter at http://twitter.com/Drewbrees.  

Drew Brees has the qualities of a great Twitter-er.   He engages his followers with replies.  He tweets about his life and family.   He encourages the city and Saints fans with positive, uplifting tweets.  And he inspires with his frequent tweets about the needs of his city and how the citizens can get involved.   He doesn’t take himself too seriously, and he leads by example.   Here are some great tweets from the last few months:

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Top Ten Tweets Of…the David Crowder Band!

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January 6, 2010

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Anyone who is familiar with the Contemporary Christian Music genre has heard of the David Crowder*Band.   This in no way means you must be a listener of “Christian music” to appreciate the genius of the band.  Their critically acclaimed albums include Church Music, Remedy, A Collision, and Illuminate.   Fans of the DC*B know this for sure: they are witty, quirky, talented beyond belief, and very serious about Jesus Christ.   All of these qualities come out in their frequent tweets, which can be found at http://twitter.com/CROWDERband.   One of the qualities I most appreciate in a Twit is “high engagement,” which means they have great interaction with their followers.   This is very true of David and they guys.   I highly recommend you follow them, listen to their music, and see a live show.  You’ll be better for it (another mark of a great Twit). 

Here are some of their best Tweets from the past few months:

 

Below is a bonus link to their best music video to date (IMHO):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJyW55AXJAkHow He Loves

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Top Ten Tweets Of…John Mayer

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December 6, 2009
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Coutesy of P Keigan's Flickr photostream

John Mayer began his career approximately ten years ago as a young musician and songwriter.   One can hardly restrict him to that description now.   Mayer has branched out into writing, stand-up comedy, and television host.   Twitter seems to be a perfect medium for the witty Mayer.   He is a prolific twitter-er, with over 2,500 Twitter updates.   Mayer is engaging, making healthy use of “retweets” and @ replies.   One caution I will give is that Mayer occasionally uses obscenities in his Twitter updates, so if you sensitive about that you may not want to follow him.   His twitter feed is found at    http://twitter.com/johncmayer and his website is http://www.johnmayer.com.  

Here are a sampling of his best tweets from the last couple of months:

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Top Ten Tweets Of…Oprah!

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November 29, 2009
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Oprah is a brand name.   Rarely do people become brand names.   She and her media empire has.   It just makes sense that Oprah would enter the Twitterverse at some point.  In April of this year, Oprah began tweeting.   Although I would not characterize her as a prolific twitter-er, there are some benefits to following her on twitter.   For example, she tweeted this recently before her big announcement about ending her daytime show: ”Big Day….tune in my tweet friends.”   She’s not Shaq in turns of providing humor and insight into her life, but she’s not completely boring like Barbara Walters either.   You can follow her at: http://twitter.com/Oprah.    Here’s the best of the limited tweets of Oprah so far:

 

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Top Ten Tweets Of…Barbara Walters!

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November 19, 2009

Ok, that title is a big build up to a very disappointing Twitter account.   Ms. Walters, one of the co-hosts of “The View” and “20/20,” has hundreds of thousands of followers on Twitter.   As I began to peruse her tweets, I discovered something disturbing.   She has been tweeting since April 20th of this year–over six months.   But she has only 54 updates (“tweets”), which is about one every four days.   Ms. Walters does not engage others with her Twitter account; no retweets and no @ replies to ANYONE.   No links posted or twitpics whatsoever.  She only follows four other people–FOUR!.   Finally, if you read her tweets, they are entirely uninteresting.  This from a supposedly well-travelled, world-class journalist.   Here’s the crazy thing: almost 500,000 people are following her and almost 2,000 people have “listed” her (that’s a lot, by the way, for a new Twitter feature).   Why???  There’s nothing going on here to warrant any followers!

Enough with the rant for now.  If you are REALLY bored, you can follow Ms. Walters at http://twitter.com/BarbaraJWalters.   My take is that you are wasting your time.   On this site, I highlight great people to follow on Twitter.   Every once in a while, I need to contrast that with people who should stay off Twitter if they are not going to add anything significant to the social conversation.  Ms. Walters has a forum on her TV shows, which is fine.  It appears she should stick to what she knows best.

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Top Ten Tweets Of…Michelle Wie!

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November 16, 2009
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Michelle Wie, 20, won her first LPGA golf tournament last weekend.   In many people’s view, it’s been a long time coming.   Miss Wie has been in the public spotlight since age twelve.   Nobody disputes her talent.   Some have disputed her maturity at times.  However, those same people likely did not grow up under a media microscope.    What do you get from following Michelle Wie on Twitter?  You get a tranparent look at a young woman who is at the top of her profession at a very early age, but she is still learning about herself and her place in the world as a person.   That makes for a good Twitter follow.   You can follow Michelle at http://twitter.com/TheMIchelleWie.    Here’s my Top Ten Tweets (so far):

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