Current Twitter trends: ‘Beat Cancer’, ‘Music Monday’

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Relax News from The Independent

People including the term “beat cancer (#beatcancer)” within their tweets, status updates and blog posts between October 16-17 set a Guinness World Record for the most number of mentions on social networking sites.

The term “#beatcancer” continues to trend on October 20 and is the most talked about topic … Read More >>

#BeatCancer Sets Guinness World Record, Raises Over $70000

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By Barb Dybwad on Mashable

On Friday we reported about the #BeatCancer campaign to leverage social media for cancer charities. Their goal was to set a Guinness World Record for the most social mentions in 24 hours, which by Saturday had already topped 200,000 on Twitter, Facebook and blog posts.

Today Guinness World Record confirmed … Read More >>

NEW GUINNESS WORLD RECORD

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We’ve just set a new Guinness World Record for the largest social mass media message distributed in a 24 hour period! Our #BeatCancer message was distributed around the world with the help of bloggers, Twitterers and  our friends on Facebook.

To learn more, tune in to CNN tonight at 7pm EST.

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Tweeting to #BeatCancer: 200,000+ Tweets So Far

By Pete Cashmore on Mashable

Twitter has been virtually taken over this weekend by a great cause: #BeatCancer gets brands to donate 1 cent for every tweet containing that hashtag. It’s been a huge success so far, with 200,000+ tweets being posted since the launch yesterday.

The campaign aims to break a Guinness World Record … Read More >>

BLOGGERS AND TWITTERERS UNITE FOR COMMON CAUSE AND ATTEMPT AT GUINNESS WORLD RECORD

10.16.2009 – LAS VEGAS – Attendees of the BlogWorld & New Media Expo in Las Vegas will use their powerful roles as social networking pioneers for an historic Guinness World Record attempt — Most Widespread Social Network Message in 24 Hours. The attempt, which will urge those in attendance and hundreds of … Read More >>

Social Media Campaign to Beat Cancer Eyes Record in Guinness Book

By Adam Ostrow in Mashable

Over the past few months, there’s been a tremendous amount of activity in utilizing social media for charitable causes. Perhaps the most notable recent example is Drew Carey’s bid of $1 million for the Twitter name @drew, with all of the proceeds being donated to cancer research.

Today, using the … Read More >>