“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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“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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“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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“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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“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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“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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“Twitter is the current top “hot property” on the Web, but its popularity and how to use it has mystified many business owners. Many people think that they want to, or should be using Twitter, but simply do not understand the platform, its use, or its place in building web exposure. This article will demystify Twitter and help you to learn how to use it in the workplace and to promote your business.

First, I have to say that I had been confused on how to use Twitter to benefit my own business until I downloaded TweetDeck. TweetDeck is a desktop application that allows you to review and post status updates on Twitter and Facebook simultaneously. I consider it a “must have” application for anyone who wants to make sense of Twitter. TweetDeck allows you to sort the people you follow on Twitter into groups, allows you to limit the number of Tweets (Twitter micro posts) to be shown at any one time, and also allows you to remove all Tweets you have seen with one click. Additionally, using TweetDeck, finally a Twitter search on a topic makes sense.”

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“Twitter, Facebook and Buzz are just three of the many social media outlets where people can voice the latest news, views and pictures to a much larger audience. Twitter in particular has become an increasingly popular news medium that is being used by individuals, businesses and major broadcasters alike. It is common to see the Twitter sign on websites and also on the major news channels including BBC and CNN, but you may ask why?”

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“With Twitter sewing up the market for sharing bits of information with the public, smart entrepreneurs are hopping on the bandwagon and leveraging thee enormous success of Twitter with their own services.”

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“If you’ve thought about joining Twitter or using it for your business marketing, you’re not alone. Twitter has 14 million users in the U.S. alone, and it’s growing at an astounding rate. People are using Twitter for business, for social reasons and to connect with online communities.

Before you throw your hat into the Twitter ring, keep in mind that Twitter is a unique site filled with Gen Y-ers who have been marketed to since birth. If you expect to be successful on Twitter by gaining a lot of followers who will grow to trust you and your brand, then don’t follow the steps below.”

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