There’s no scientific formula for predicting whether or not something will go viral on the Internet.

But a monolithic social network like Twitter certainly has the massive data pool from which to at least glean insights into the path to virality.

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Twitter has once again teamed up with Vizify, launching #FollowMe, a video tool that enables users to instantly create an animated portrait of their Twitter profile.

Each shareable movie depicts that user’s top tweets, photos and followers, set to a soundtrack pulled from a 1-million-song-strong catalogue provided by partner Rumblefish.

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During an Internet Week presentation, Twitter CEO Dick Costolo introduced Twitter Amplify, a new video content promotion tool that capitalizes on existent Twitter video partnerships with brands like the NBA, ESPN, and Fox.

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Twitter just released a great new way to use Vines for your business – the ability to embed them on your website.

And if you’re wondering why you should bother, you obviously didn’t catch our post on what a six-second video can do for your business (go read that first, we’ll wait.)
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Comedy music video troupe The Pantless Knights created a tech-tastic video spoof of Michael Jackson’s iconic pop tune Beat It.

It’s called – naturally – “Tweet It.”

Check it out, below.

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Have you tested your video production skills yet using Twitter’s Vine?

With Vine just over a month old, users are really starting to hit their stride in creating these 6-second video loops.

If you’re interested in perfecting your Vine skills, or getting the 4-1-1 on why and how to use it, keep reading.

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Back in December 2011, video sharing service Twitvid underwent a major refresh in hopes of carving out a space for itself as a social video network.

Then, 7 months ago, Twitvid completely rebranded itself, becoming Telly and relaunching its site to make social video discovery even easier. In addition to the videos uploaded by Twitvid’s users, visitors have had access to content from sites like YouTube, Vimeo, CNN, and ESPN.

Now with Vine’s storming of the social video space, Telly’s amping things up even more.

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Celebrities on Twitter are a breed of their own, gaining multiple millions of followers by simply existing. The content of their tweets is pure Twitter gold.

Celebritweets Theater is a hilarious video series created by MSN’s WonderWall that makes the most of celebrity Twitter moments.

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Did you catch the quick video Twitter’s CEO shared on Twitter?

It’s a clip of someone making steak tartare in six seconds – using Vine (the video service Twitter acquired last October). Are six-second videos on the horizon for Twitter?

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Yfrog is the second-biggest source of uploaded photos on Twitter (and closing in on the number one spot fast). But how are they raking in the cash? By focusing their ad campaigns on their most popular users – celebrities.

“If you look at the hundred users on Twitter that have most followers, they have a lot of followers. And usually they are very very famous. They could be sports superstars, movie stars, whatever. If a person like this posts a picture and a lot of their fans come to look at it, those fans are in a very specific demographic. Nike may want to advertise next to Tiger Woods. People who have special interests come in masses to our sites. It’s not the same as a bunch of noise.”

I always notice the Twitter three (Biz Stone, Jack Dorsey and Evan Williams) using Yfrog to share their pictures on Twitter – never Twitpic. Which makes me wonder if they have some kind of special arrangement in place.

And if they don’t, then maybe they should.

(Source: SAI.)