Late last month, we featured Part I of an interview with Twitter comedian and social media/search expert Brian Carter. He’s the second part of that interview where he focuses on more serious-minded subjects such as how to best recruit like-minded followers on Twitter, how he uses Twitter for market research and how on he manages nearly 70 updates a day while still being productive. Check it out:
While many people view Twitter as a place for engaging in conversation with like-minded folks, or perhaps distributing their content, Brian Carter sees something else: a stage.
Brian Carter is Twitter’s resident comedian, delivering a stream of jokes and observations in 140 characters or less. While others are pontificating about social media best practices, including yours truly, Brian is quietly sending in his next pun, such as these proto-typical Tweets:
It’s a tough gig — there’s no immediate feedback, except maybe the occasional LOL, and of course, the space issue. But Brian pushes forward, determined to bring laughter to social media’s brightest stage. So far, Brian’s been a hit, having amassed more than 16K followers in less than a year’s time (compared to 13K followees). Part of the reason is that he’s also a highly respected search engine marketing and social media ninja for Fuel Interactive — he Tweets about that too.
Having enjoyed Brian’s off-the-cuff Tweets (view his favorites here), I decided to send him a few questions. He produced and sent back two videos of answers. Here’s Part I, check back later for Part II:
Erik Bratt is a social media enthusiast, former newspaper journalist, and recovering Microsoft marketing manager. He is currently Vice President of Communications at TelCentris, creator of VoxOx.
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