Category: Australia

How One Young Woman Landed a Free Trip to Australia: The Power of Twitter

With the start of The Ashes, the internet went abuzz. Ms. Kerekes, also known on Twitter as @TheAshes, attracted hundreds of followers who began commenting on the upcoming match. The more she protested their messages saying that "I am not a cricket match!", the more that followed. She went from having 300 followers to 3,000 nearly overnight. The number skyrocketed to 13,000! (She currently has nearly 18,000!)

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