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ParaTweet – A Live Event Twitter Service

Posted by John Saddington on Jun 4, 2009

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I think the above screenshot on ParaTweet’s homepage really speaks to what this service is all about: Leveraging Twitter and the community to engage in a deeper way during a live event or conference.

First used at Catalyst West Coast, you can see that some of the presenters, in this scenario, are taking real-time questions from the audience (either at the conference or perhaps around the world) and being able to connect effectively, answer the questions, and just have good old-fashioned fun with Twitter.

From a first-impression, this is genius. It looks like setting it up is as simple as a couple of clicks and then you’ve got live-moderation capabilities in the backend.

All you need now is the groundswell, which this tool can really catch.

More screenshots after the jump:

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The service ain’t free though, which is a bummer, but someone’s gotta keep the lights on, right? It’ll set you back a few benjamins depending on the amount of service you’d like to get.

Check it out, it’s worth a look.

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John Saddington

John is the Chief Editor @ The 8BIT Network and Senior Blog Junkie here at ChurchCrunch.He enjoys Triple-Tall Americanos, developing Wordpress Themes, and a few other Random Things.

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10 Responses to “ParaTweet – A Live Event Twitter Service”

  1. JakeSchwein
    Thursday, June 4, 2009 at 8:06 pm

    I like it a lot!! Is the cost steep?? Or is that a good price for the value?

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  2. @mdavis
    Thursday, June 4, 2009 at 8:39 pm

    John…'preciate the write-up! It's a project that a few of us are pretty excited about. Open to any feedback that you and @jakeschwein have.

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    • human3rror
      Thursday, June 4, 2009 at 8:47 pm

      Micah,

      Thanks for stopping by! Great concept. Is there any way to provide a lower cost solution?

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      • Micah Davis
        Friday, June 5, 2009 at 12:40 pm

        We're open to stuff like that. What do you have in mind?

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        • human3rror
          Friday, June 5, 2009 at 12:44 pm

          Micah,

          Unsure really… but a gut-reaction to your pricing was that it was a bit high. I'd love to see a low-bar adoption product, or intro product, that could be used on a smaller basis.

          but, you could be creative! no pressure here, of course.

          :)

          love what you guys are doing! keep up the good work!

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          • Micah Davis
            Friday, June 5, 2009 at 3:15 pm

            Cool…thx for the feedback. We're right at $50 & $100 per month for unlimited use…available via 6 month licenses. We've thought about offering monthly subscriptions though.

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            • human3rror
              Friday, June 5, 2009 at 3:18 pm

              right on! keep up the good work! let me know of any future releases, news, etc!

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  3. Jim
    Thursday, June 4, 2009 at 8:57 pm

    great for a concert or conference venue…

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  4. buchanan23
    Thursday, June 4, 2009 at 9:01 pm

    Very cool. My pastor and I were talking about this very thing recently. He's not on twitter but he had this idea… would be very cool to see it in action!

    Reply

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