{"id":1628,"date":"2009-07-29T11:27:17","date_gmt":"2009-07-29T16:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=1628"},"modified":"2014-05-22T13:40:55","modified_gmt":"2014-05-22T18:40:55","slug":"starting-a-twitter-trend-tftl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/1628-starting-a-twitter-trend-tftl\/","title":{"rendered":"Starting a Twitter Trend: #TFTL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1644\" title=\"tftl\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/tftl.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"556\" \/>As just one of our many ways to connect and communicate with customers at OWC, we dove into the deep end of the &#8220;social marketing&#8221; <a title=\"Macsales Twitter URL\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/macsales\" target=\"_self\">Twitter<\/a>, <a title=\"Facbook Macsales URL\" href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/owcfacebook\" target=\"_self\">Facebook<\/a>, and <a title=\"YouTube Macsales URL\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/OWCmacsales\" target=\"_self\">YouTube<\/a> pools earlier this year as well with the unveiling of and commitment to this blog.<\/p>\n<p>As I am the &#8220;man behind the curtain&#8221; persona of @macsales on Twitter, I&#8217;ve become somewhat of a <a href=\"http:\/\/twitterholic.com\/\" target=\"_self\">Twitterholic<\/a>. That being said, I have no plans of posting random thoughts such as my affinity for Take and Bake meals from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twotailsmarket.com\/\" target=\"_self\">Two Tails Market &amp; Eatery.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rather, what I&#8217;ve found other <a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbandictionary.com\/define.php?term=tweep\" target=\"_self\">Tweeps<\/a> to be thankful for are Tweets from us on new product announcements, insights to overlooked features on existing products or even new uses for those products, special price deals, independent product reviews, and facilitating customer service related needs.<\/p>\n<p>The Tweets we are thankful for are the daily recommendations and praise OWC\/macsales gets. I&#8217;ve visited other users Twitter profiles so I could personally thank them at their website. One person actually then Tweeted that thanking him was a classy act. Ever since that comment, I&#8217;ve been trying to come up with a consistent and significant way we could recognize these Tweets and perhaps introduce these folks to other Tweeps.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, I wanted to come up with a phrase or <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.pbworks.com\/Hashtags\" target=\"_self\">hashtag<\/a> that could become as widely used as <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2009\/03\/06\/twitter-followfriday\/\" target=\"_self\">#FollowFriday<\/a> or #FF for short. While it would be cool for OWC to be credited as the founder of a Twitter Trend, what would be most gratifying is to see this become THE hashtag used anytime someone wants to Tweet their appreciation for an act of kindness from any source.<\/p>\n<p>So with great hope and positive intentions surrounding this sentiment, I give you Thanks For The Love or #TFTL. 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