This article was written by Rahinur Rahaman.

Twitter, twitter, tweet, tweet everywhere! It seems that almost overnight Twitter burst onto the scene and created quite a stir. At first, it seemed ridiculous that little short one-liners about inane things would be anything I’d want to involve myself with as a business owner. Well, I changed my mind, and I’ll tell you why.”

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This article was written by J. Andersen.

“Most businesses today have at least one Twitter account, but having Twitter and using it to its full benefits are two very different things. To up your

Twitter game, review these Twitter Tips for Business to put as many into action as you can — then watch your social media presence grow!”

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This article was written by Annalaura Brown.

“Twitter provides a great platform through which you can increase your blog traffic.  Many people know this yet they fail to actually take full advantage of it. Here are 10 ways that you can do this without being viewed as a spammer.”

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This article was written by Anton Pearce.

“Micro-blogging through Twitter is a popular way to market your business. Since both small and large businesses can use it, it levels the marketing playing field. Here’s how you can increase your customer’s precense on Twitter.

Here are four tips to use your Twitter account effectively. Following other Twitter accounts that are in your target demographic will help you get an idea of what the conversation is. Then you need to post updates about your company, brand or product. As with any online medium, you want to be very careful to never spam any of your followers. Lastly, make sure that you follow successful online marketers, and look for other participants who are in your industry.”

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This article was written by Karl Sakas.

“Don’t waste time chasing a shiny new thing if your customers don’t hang out there, too. Today, 40% of college admissions offices use Twitter…but only 15% of prospective students want to use Twitter to connect with recruiters. That’s a huge mismatch!”

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This article was written by Tonya R. Taylor.

“Women owned business, home based business, entrepreneurs and other small businesses are discouraged from using Twitter because they don’t see it as a lead generating tool or a sales generating tool. Many small businesses look at Twitter as just another thing on their “to-do” list. Don’t let one of these 5 stupid reasons for not using Twitter for business keep you from embracing this new-media as a way to attract new clients.”

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This article was written by Chris Brogan.

“A while back, I wrote 50 Ideas on Using Twitter for Business. It still gets plenty of attention, as it’s listed as an official resource on the Twitter business resources page (thanks, @ed!). But you know, I can’t leave well enough alone, so here I am with another 50 Power Twitter Tips. Feel free to repost all or any of this, but if you do, please give credit to this link.

I broke them down into five categories: intent, technical, business, integrated usage, and off-twitter. Some could probably fit in more than one category, such as it were.”

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This article was written by Ray Beckerman.

“Ironically, the most important feature on Twitter is one that Twitter itself did not develop, and has never adopted: the traditional retweet. It was developed by the customers, on their own, and not by the company. And amazingly, to this date Twitter itself has never incorporated it, although doing so would be as easy as pie.

My advice to all Twitter users is that you should not use what Twitter calls a “retweet”. It is a counterfeit, and does not have any of the key properties of a retweet. Just skip it.”

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This article was written by Matthew Weeks.

“We thought we would share some tips how to use Twitter to gain visitors to your website and of course grow your business using this micro blogging network.”

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This article was written by Scott Davis.

“On most evenings @ScottATaylor tweets “Be Good to Each other, there is usually a human behind that avatar…”which provided my contemplation to start this weeks blog post

I am currently working on a proposal for helping out a small automotive company who when asked about their differentiator as a business replied “ We are honest, we tell the client what they need to know, which is not always what they want to hear.”

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