Twitter, the new PR machine?

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Edited Date/Time 1/25/2012 12:23pm
Not your typical twitter post here. I'm just more curious what people think of this now. Even though things still are hush-hush until it is done, it seems more riders make their announcement via twitter. Then the official one comes out down the road. I'm not talking about Reed's fishing but for instance Stroupe confirms Valli, Burner BBMX while official releases have yet to hit.

What do you guys think about this trend? For me, straight from the horses mouth is great.
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771 10/15/2010 9:13am
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All social media is absolutely blowing up as a marketing tool. Every pro rider should be attached to that shit, especially since you can just update it from your phone now. Get off a moto, tweet a little something, maybe make a nice viral video, anything to keep your name out there.
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I think it's cool, but it also find it funny how some people swallow any bait tossed into the water as well.
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Torco1 10/15/2010 9:17am
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What's a twitter?

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jeffro756 10/15/2010 9:26am
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flarider wrote:
I think it's cool, but it also find it funny how some people swallow any bait tossed into the water as well.
I believe there is a word for that, isn't there?
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Torco1 10/15/2010 9:30am
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flarider wrote:
I think it's cool, but it also find it funny how some people swallow any bait tossed into the water as well.
jeffro756 wrote:
I believe there is a word for that, isn't there?
Yes, a very wise man.......a legend if you will, has made a word for that.
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jeffro756 10/15/2010 9:32am
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Torco1 wrote:
Yes, a very wise man.......a legend if you will, has made a word for that.
I thought so, was it twateater? I think that was it, right?
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ocscottie wrote:
Burners official PR was released a few days ago http://www.vitalmx.com/news/press-release/BTOSportscom-Butler-Brothers-MX-signs-Michael-Byrne,8164 I have enjoyed reading some of the riders twits, Cairoli's is pretty cool seeing him chatting...
Burners official PR was released a few days ago

http://www.vitalmx.com/news/press-release/BTOSportscom-Butler-Brothers-…

I have enjoyed reading some of the riders twits, Cairoli's is pretty cool seeing him chatting up with a few of the riders over here http://twitter.com/Antoniocairoli
What's impressive is he writes his tweets in english, smart guy, push for the American crowd, when you know you're coming over. Twitter is a great marketing tool, TWMX, RacerX all of them use it, can't go wrong promoting yourself with Facebook & Twitter.
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Torco1 10/15/2010 9:54am
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Torco1 wrote:
Yes, a very wise man.......a legend if you will, has made a word for that.
jeffro756 wrote:
I thought so, was it twateater? I think that was it, right?
I think so.....or it might've been tit-twister or something like that.
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offspring22 10/15/2010 9:57am
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Social Media is something I've been doing for a while now and it's definitely a heavy interest for businesses and athletes alike.



Speaking of which, have you guys checked out IMS Products on Facebook and Twitter?





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jeffro756 10/15/2010 11:57am
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offspring22 wrote:
Social Media is something I've been doing for a while now and it's definitely a heavy interest for businesses and athletes alike. Speaking of which, have...
Social Media is something I've been doing for a while now and it's definitely a heavy interest for businesses and athletes alike.



Speaking of which, have you guys checked out IMS Products on Facebook and Twitter?





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GuyB 10/15/2010 12:10pm
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I think I'm more of a fan of Facebook. Writing in such short tweets doesn't always allow you to get your message across clearly.
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Racer92 10/15/2010 12:13pm
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Torco1 wrote:
What's a twitter?
Exactly. Never been to 'twitter' and never plan to.
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.First day on the @KTMUSA bike is Monday. Going to start Sx with the 350. Have been hanging at the shop getting to know everyone. Excited.
about 1 hour ago via TwitBird


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flarider 10/15/2010 12:45pm
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Remember kids, "Don't be a tweetsucker"

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Dsigner 10/15/2010 1:02pm
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Sponsors and factory teams love this kinda stuff from their riders..

"Josh hill is the fucking man he runs shit sais it like it is eveyone gives him shit when he's hurt do ur best tomaroe"

"Ohh yeah I'm on feelin real good wuzz good everybody props to jake weimer on the west. Hanny to doin it big taken the win."

"Think I just got food poisen from outback mother fuckers"

"Skittled upp on the couch wachin intervention ahh fuck my shoulder is fucked"

Yeah Twitter is the new PR Machine!
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Grendel 10/15/2010 1:28pm
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GuyB wrote:
I think I'm more of a fan of Facebook. Writing in such short tweets doesn't always allow you to get your message across clearly.
I'd say take that back even a few steps further. Most of the riders have their own websites, why not the occasional blog entry instead of having opinions filtered through stiff press releases and droll tweets?

Nothing against Twitter, it just leaves a lot to be desired.

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GuyB wrote:
I think I'm more of a fan of Facebook. Writing in such short tweets doesn't always allow you to get your message across clearly.
Grendel wrote:
I'd say take that back even a few steps further. Most of the riders have their own websites, why not the occasional blog entry instead of...
I'd say take that back even a few steps further. Most of the riders have their own websites, why not the occasional blog entry instead of having opinions filtered through stiff press releases and droll tweets?

Nothing against Twitter, it just leaves a lot to be desired.
I would assume most riders don't like writing long messages?

They would rather write something in 150 characters(from their phone) that would be seen by more people than spend an hour or more writing something that fewer people would see or read?

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jdssoul 10/15/2010 3:10pm
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Guys...it's simple - with enough people following your 'tweets' (can't tell you the exact number) a rider/celeb will eventually become viable enough to start earning revenue for each individual tweet he or she sends out to the masses...get paid to fish, call it what you want (a couple cents a tweet adds up yo!) but a crafty agent in the mx industry would be remiss if he/she didn't explore this possibility...& if u didn't know...now you know! (Biggie circa 1990s baby)
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Grendel 10/15/2010 3:44pm
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VM wrote:
I would assume most riders don't like writing long messages? They would rather write something in 150 characters(from their phone) that would be seen by more...
I would assume most riders don't like writing long messages?

They would rather write something in 150 characters(from their phone) that would be seen by more people than spend an hour or more writing something that fewer people would see or read?

That's probably the case but I think the majority of them could spare a paragraph or two every couple weeks during a season.
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VM 10/15/2010 4:19pm
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VM wrote:
I would assume most riders don't like writing long messages? They would rather write something in 150 characters(from their phone) that would be seen by more...
I would assume most riders don't like writing long messages?

They would rather write something in 150 characters(from their phone) that would be seen by more people than spend an hour or more writing something that fewer people would see or read?

Grendel wrote:
That's probably the case but I think the majority of them could spare a paragraph or two every couple weeks during a season.
Yes I totally agree, but I dont ever seeing it happening sadly.

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