Behind the Design

CoTweet is on the forefront of the social media revolution, defining the way companies and brands connect with their customers via social networks. Recently acquired by ExactTarget, CoTweet has a proven business model and the resources to maintain our early leadership position in the space and to grow the business as the market expands. We are building a Social Media Lab in the SOMA district of San Francisco and are rapidly growing our team to meet the incredible market opportunity ahead of us.

Job Description

The Director of Product Management will play a key role in driving CoTweet's product...

ExactTarget + CoTweet is seeking an experienced User Interface Engineer that is passionate about delivering engaging user experiences crafted with beautiful code.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Work closely with product designers & software engineers to implement new features from controller-level to UI
• Write front-end code in HTML/CSS, Javascript & Ruby
• Build reusable front-end abstractions & systems
• Participate in design & code reviews
• Quickly fix bugs & solve problems

Required Skills/Experience:

• Expert-level knowledge of front-end web technologies (HTML/CSS,Javascript)
• Experience with Ruby on Rails...

Crazy about Social Media? Constantly finding yourself on Twitter, Facebook, and other social networks? Don't just wait to see what comes next from this emerging interactive channel—be part of the team that makes it happen! Join ExactTarget's Social Media Lab and work with the CoTweet team at the forefront of the social media revolution, defining the way brands all around the world build relationships with their customers via social networks.

CoTweet's proven business model and market-leading solutions allows us to maintain our early leadership position in the social media space, constantly...

The Global Practice Lead, Social Media is responsible for leading the professional services component of ExactTarget's Social Media Lab. This role includes directing the development of social media consulting solutions for ExactTarget/CoTweet, leading a team of researchers and social media experts who support a worldwide team of consultants, and serving as a thought leader in the area of social media. The position is based in San Francisco, CA. The ideal candidate for this role will have:

• A proven track record in developing professional services offerings across a variety of technical and...

When we set out to add Facebook support in CoTweet Enterprise, we wanted to think about it differently. Valuable comments were getting lost in the shuffle, messages were confusing and it was very difficult for large companies to engage in REAL conversation.

After talking with customers, a few common themes became evident.

1. Everything

One reason Twitter works well is because everything is on the surface. Comments are not buried under posts that disappear from your radar. Everything is actionable. Why can’t Facebook work the same?

With CoTweet, it can. Comments are surfaced in real time at the top...

CoTweet is seeking a Senior iPhone Engineer adept as using Objective-C and Cocoa to deliver great iPhone application experiences. The successful candidate is a versatile developer with expert-level proficiency in iPhone app development and keen attention to detail that allows them to deliver polished, world class applications. The successful candidate must be highly adaptable, capable of quickly learning new technologies and APIs and demonstrate passion and enthusiasm for designing and implementing innovative products.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Design/implement software solutions based upon...

CoTweet is on the forefront of the social media revolution, defining the way companies and brands connect with their customers via social networks. Recently acquired by ExactTarget, CoTweet has a proven business model and the resources to maintain our early leadership position in the space and to grow the business as the market expands. We are building a Social Media Lab in the SOMA district of San Francisco and are rapidly growing our team to meet the incredible market opportunity ahead of us.

Job Description

CoTweet’s Social Media Consultant will work collaboratively with other strategists and...

ExactTarget + CoTweet is seeking a Senior JavaScript Engineer to use JavaScript to deliver great user experiences. The successful candidate is a versatile developer with expert-level proficiency in JS application framework development and keen attention to detail that permits them to own the final quality assurance of their solutions. The successful candidate must be highly adaptable, capable of learning new technologies and APIs and demonstrate passion and enthusiasm for designing and implementing products.

Primary Responsibilities

• Design/implement software solutions based upon needs...

ExactTarget is seeking a Senior Erlang Engineer to play a pivotal role in the development of new features for our industry leading one-to-one marketing platform. The successful candidate is a versatile developer with excellent proficiency in using Erlang in production environments and keen attention to detail that permits them to own the final quality assurance of their solutions. The successful candidate must be highly adaptable, capable of learning new technologies and APIs and demonstrate passion and enthusiasm for designing and implementing products.

Primary Responsibilities

• Design/implement...

ExactTarget + CoTweet are seeking a Senior Ruby Engineer to play a pivotal role in the development of new features for our industry leading one-to-one marketing platform. The successful candidate is a versatile developer with expert-level proficiency in Ruby, RoR, Metal/Rack/Sinatra and keen attention to detail that permits them to own the final quality assurance of their solutions. The successful candidate must be highly adaptable, capable of learning new technologies and APIs and demonstrate passion and enthusiasm for designing and implementing products.

Primary Responsibilities

• Design/implemen...

People expect brands to have a social media presence. We see delight and excitement from our customers every time they realize we're on Twitter—and with CoTweet, we can help them as quickly as possible, no matter where they are

Chelsea Marti
Manager, PR and Social Media
TurboTax

As consumers adopt more and more social media tools, it's critical that businesses meet their customers where they're at. Are you delivering?

Take it from tax preparation service TurboTax® who used CoTweet to streamline their approach to Twitter presence and enhance customer service with a response time of just four...

Did you notice anything new about CoTweet this morning?

Over the past weekend, CoTweet rolled out a new release. After logging in, you may have noticed the shiny, new user interface and icons.  These changes were made to enhance your CoTweet dashboard experience.  Also incorporated in this release is the Twitter Retweet integration. CoTweet is pleased to now be offering both the Twitter native retweet functionality as well as Quotes. In addition to Retweet, Quotes allows CoTweet users the ability to retweet in the traditional form of quoting another user along with the capacity to annotate the...

Great news! You can now you can post your updates from CoTweet to Facebook, LinkedIn, Yammer and dozens of other social networks.

Ping.fm is now integrated with CoTweet so you can publish once through CoTweet and automatically send your updates across the real time web. You can set up a unique Ping.fm posting group or account with each of your Twitter accounts, so you have ultimate control over which updates go where — essential for people managing multiple business accounts or a combination of business and personal accounts.

Set up instructions are available in the CoTweet Support Forum, which...

Jesse Engle interviews Lisa Horner (@GoToMeeting), Jenny Cisney (@KodakConnect), Rebecca Corliss (@HubSpot) and Khayyam Wakil (@iamkhayyam) at the Inbound Marketing Summit 2009 in Boston.

Adam Loving (@adamloving) from Twibes uses CoTweet to manage the @twibes Twitter account.

The “X” keyboard shortcut brought tears my eyes the first time I discovered it.Adam Loving, Twibes

See more testimonials on CoTweet’s YouTube Channel

Marcus Schmidt (@marcusatmsft) from Microsoft talks about how the Windows team uses CoTweet to monitor and engage with people through the @MSWindows and @WindowsLive Twitter accounts and how they’re using it to promote the upcoming launch of Windows 7. Be sure to check out their #WinWin7 contest. They’re giving away some creative prizes to people who include the hash tag #WinWin7 to help them reach their goal of 77,777 followers by the launch of Windows 7 on October 22.

“We love CoTweet. It’s been the key way for our whole team to start tweeting.” Marcus Schmidt, Microsoft

See more testimonials...

The SXSW Interactive Festival is 5 days of non-stop presentations, panels and parties showcasing the best and brightest in technology.

Update: Voting is now closed

Since 2006, SXSW has asked the online community to vote for the panels that they find most engaging and captivating.

Vote for our panel “Can You Tame the Twitter Beast? These Brands Think So” and learn how to "Twitterize" your customer service, build a brand without losing your soul and more.

Like it or note, Twitter has quickly become the first channel consumers use to express their opinion about a company - good, bad or otherwise....

The City of Albuquerque is now using CoTweet to manage two-way dialogue with its constituents around critical community services on Twitter.

@CABq encourages users to ask questions about City facilities like the Zoo, and to report problems around town such as damaged street signs, potholes, or graffiti. You can even snap a photo of the problem, and send that along with your tweet to assist us in resolving the issue.

Find out more at http://cabq.gov.

Kyle is blogging on behalf of the Social Media Marketing Team at ExactTarget

HOUSTON, TX — Using CoTweet, the Houston Dynamo have launched an official Twitter page featuring contributions from players, executives, and Dynamo Girls, the team announced today.


Through the use of CoTweet, a new business collaboration platform for Twitter, multiple members of the Dynamo organization will be able to post on the Dynamo feed, available at Twitter.com/HoustonDynamo.

So far, contributors include midfielder Stuart Holden, defender Bobby Boswell, Chief Operating Officer Chris Canetti, Senior Vice President Rocky Harris, and mascot Dynamo Diesel. The Dynamo are the first Major...

Who's the most wired city now? While Seattle clinched the top spot in this year's annual poll by Forbes, we're putting our money on San Francisco to take top honors next year.

Today the City of San Francisco announced a first of its kind application that allows citizens to access the City's 311 Call Center without actually making a call.

Need to request street cleaning, report a traffic light outage or graffiti? No problem. The City now plans to take service requests and provide information to the public using Twitter - and to manage and track these conversations using CoTweet.

Following the...