Ellen Degeneres

I have been following Ellen DeGeneres on Twitter since the beginning of class. I think that Ellen uses Twitter for its full potential rather than brushing it off as a useless tool. What I really like about Ellen’s use of Twitter is that she keeps it all business - she never mentions her personal information in regards to her daily life but she always talks about her show. Whenever a celebrity is on her show and doing something for charity she is always sure to mention it – sometimes she even includes a link to a video of what she is talking about. The best thing that Ellen does on Twitter is the contests she has to promote local areas. For example, when the Real House Wives of Atlanta were going to be on the show, Ellen would Tweet hints that a contest was coming up. Every few minutes or so she would Tweet another message giving another clue as to what the contest is about. More recently, she had a contest held in Dallas. She began the day before the contest tweeting to people in Dallas to stay tuned to her Twitter. The next morning she gave a few hints about where the contest was going to be held. In order to participate, Ellen instructed fans to go to Sewell GMC in Dallas and give Jennie a dollar with Ellen’s name on it and that entered you in for the drawing of some fabulous prizes. Ellen is helping to promote local businesses in different areas by bringing a crowd to those locations with her contests and prize giveaways.