Grind or Tweet? Five Reasons to Share Your
Daily Grind at Grind.com
SANTA MONICA, Calif/PRNewswire/ -- Since its launch in May
2010, Grind.com (http://www.grind.com/) has been
offering social media users an alternative to Twitter, including
amenities that the latter does not provide.
"I've been receiving a lot of messages from people asking why they
should opt for Grind.com," said founder Eric Walden. "I want to share my
top five reasons."
1. Availability of User IDs
Musicjesus.com, a site with more than 500,000 users, is a prime
example of a user joining Grind.com because of an unavailable name on
Twitter. According to Musicjesus.com CEO Jon Wiker, "We contacted
Twitter to obtain the username http://twitter.com/musicjesus,
but Twitter refused to give us our brand name." Although the account
was not active, Twitter informed Wiker that they do not delete inactive
usernames.
"So we decided to pick Grind as our social media platform, and it was
definitely for the better," Wiker said. "We love it here at Grind.com."
Since Grind.com is an emerging platform, there are many more username
options available for branding, so most social media mavens can get on
Grind.com now and reserve their preferred names. Additionally, Grind.com
is willing to delete inactive usernames so that new users can obtain
them.
2. Easy Forwarding
Users of Grind.com can forward all Grind posts to their Twitter and
Facebook accounts, increasing their audience reach. "However, tweets
cannot be forwarded to Grind, which means Twitter users lose important
marketing reach," noted Walden.
3. Tweeters Skew Older
A July 30, 2009 Nielsen Wire post (http://tinyurl.com/l8j9o4)
cited Twitter's "lack of widespread adoption by children, teens, and
young adults" and noted that although people under the age of 25 make up
almost a quarter of all U.S. Internet users, they were only 16 percent
of Twitter's membership. "Grind is an emerging young platform, and
younger users are able to be a part of the next big thing at this early
stage," said Walden.
4. Real User Interaction
"Many of the most active Twitter users are bots," said Walden, citing
a TwiTip report (http://www.twitip.com/reader-news-24-of-twitter-updates-done-by-bots).
According to the report, these automatic posting tools are operated by
hotels, news services, regional weather services and so on, accounting
for one-quarter of all tweets.
5. User Friendliness
Unlike Twitter, Grind.com displays new members on its main page for
all members and visitors to view. "Plus, Grind.com makes it effortless
to share text, photos, quotes, links, music, and videos from your
browser, phone, desktop, e-mail, or wherever you happen to be," said
Walden.
"In summary, Grind.com is far more powerful and far more interesting
and exciting than Twitter," continued Walden. "To tweet is neat but to
Grind is divine."
Interested parties can sign up at http://www.grind.com/.
About Grind.com
Founded in 2010 by Eric Walden, Grind.com is a real-time information
network powered by dynamic people around the world. Grind.com is a
privately funded company based in Santa Monica, California.
Contact:
Eric Walden
310-933-5567
admin@grind.com
http://www.grind.com/
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Source: Grind.com
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