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'Twintern': Meet The 22-Year-Old Intern Who Tweets For Pizza Hut

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First Posted: 07-10-09 11:40 AM   |   Updated: 08-10-09 05:12 AM

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Most people measure the workday in hours, but for a new crop of employees--interns in charge of their companies' Twitter feeds--the day is measured in tweets. "I try to get in at least 10 posts a day," says Alexa Robinson, 22, who started work as Pizza Hut's first official "twintern" in June. Robinson spends much of the day on the free microblogging service Twitter sending out messages about special promotions, responding to customer complaints, and trolling Twitter for mentions of Pizza Hut.

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Most people measure the workday in hours, but for a new crop of employees--interns in charge of their companies' Twitter feeds--the day is measured in tweets. "I try to get in at least 10 posts a day,...
Most people measure the workday in hours, but for a new crop of employees--interns in charge of their companies' Twitter feeds--the day is measured in tweets. "I try to get in at least 10 posts a day,...
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- Liz Isaacs I'm a Fan of Liz Isaacs 22 fans permalink
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Newsworthy? It is the latest in businesses and corporations using Twitter. Several are using twitter for a variety of uses. According to WPN, BestBuys is the latest to get on the Twitter bandwagon with having a question for job applicants if they use the social media platform on the job applications. So there must be something there.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 05:47 AM on 07/13/2009
- steppenwolfsayshi I'm a Fan of steppenwolfsayshi 14 fans permalink

What do you think marketing interns do? This is not news.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:32 AM on 07/12/2009
- hdohighdesertobserver I'm a Fan of hdohighdesertobserver 8 fans permalink
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For more than one reason the term should be 'twit-tern'.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:07 PM on 07/10/2009
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