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JustSheaNo

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Twitter and the Marathon
« on: March 15, 2009, 10:55:38 PM »
Dear Tom,

On the last Sunday of Marathon 2009, you tweeted:

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And seriously, Twitter, I appreciate all the excitement and hype generated during my shows. It really took things to the next level.

When pressed, you noted you were serious about that.

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...Serious as a heart attack on this one.

So what I'd like to know now is : could/ would you quantify Twitter's effect on your Marathon take for TBSOWFMU? Clearly it was just one piece of a huge public awareness and consciousness raising campaign to drum up pledges and outright contributions, but how big an impact do you think it had? Would you be able to compare this year's take to 2008 and say $X are as a result of...?

Congrats again and good luck with that transmitter!

JSN