HubSpot just launched Twitter Grader, which allows Twitter users to enter in their username and find out what their Twitter score is. They can also enter other usernames.
Scores are based on the following:
- Number of followers
- Number of followers that your followers have (the power of your network)
- Quantity and pace of updates
- Additional proprietary analysis (lolz)
The tool itself really isn’t that useful, except maybe it’s a good way for you to measure your improvement while you are first starting off your Twitter endeavors. It’s really just their clever way of making a tool that’s fun to use, and hopefully gets people to buy your real services.
Based on a separate blog post I read, it can also be used to measure the potential of employees/colleagues when it comes to marketing and PR on Twitter. I have to disagree since I currently have a grade of 89%, and I am definitely not even close to where I need to be to reach my “influence” goals.
Either way it was interesting at least.
Most people will consider you very well off once you hit 100k+ a year, and the same people will consider an internship something you only do for summer in between your 3rd and 4th year of college. So why isn’t it a clear choice when I compare Deloitte and Causecast? Wouldn’t anyone flip for the former?
For the past three years my mom has told everyone that I work for Deloitte, and she constantly tells me how they automatically recognize the name and assume I am going to be a very successful business man. After all, it was the #1 place to launch your career in 2007 according to Businessweek; this year it’s #2. My dad even asked me to start paying for rent, because after this years raise I’ve officially surpassed him. A lot of people would die to be in my position, amongst the elite firms of the world, in a highly respectable practice of Management Consulting, and at a pretty young age.
On the other hand there is Causecast, which delves into the non-profit spectrum of things. They aim to help non-profit organizations on the home front, where they intend to showcase the mission, inform the crowd, and activate the good in all of us through social media. I tried to explain to my Mom what is going on, and she got caught up in telling me that I should give Deloitte 1 month instead of 2 weeks. She wasn’t as excited, but she’s a good mom that wants to see me happy.
Causecast has about 165,000 less employees than Deloitte. They are only 8 months old as a company, and there was no talk about benefits or salary when I recently met the team. My friend Morgan asked if I was going to take a pay cut and I responded, “Nope… I’m taking a pay impale.” So to finally cut to the chase, why am I leaving Deloitte for an internship? The answer is really clear to me…
In track and field, you jump a lot farther when you step back a little bit and get a running start.
Read more about Causecast and see the Direct of Business Development in action at Techzulu.
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