As noted in 33 (of the) Best Social Media Guides, Tips and Resources of 2012 So Far , posted here a few months ago, social media marketing adoption is now so widespread there’s little further question of “if” or “when” in the minds of most marketers–but many “how” and “what” questions still remain. What’s the best time of day to post updates on Twitter or Facebook? Frequent best-of honoree Kristi Hines provides an outstanding list of general social media tips (e.g., “Cross promote your social profiles. MORE >>

The ever-growing world of Twitter has unlocked opportunities for every type of user; everyone from emerging artists, celebrities, big brands, news sources, and B2B marketers can find a Twitter niche. Twitter offers users the chance to share, connect, converse, link, view, follow, search, engage, praise, and vent in 140 character tweets. B2B marketers, in particular, can use Twitter to attract prospects, interact and engage with clients, increase brand awareness, understand their audience , and more. Promote : Twitter is a great (and free!) MORE >>

Though there are quite a few other features that SocialOomph offers, I use it for a couple things that it does very well: prospecting folks to follow on Twitter based on the keywords as well as the hashtags they use in their profiles and tweets and also queuing up loads and loads of evergreen bulk tweets that can seed my personal as well as my clients’ Twitter feeds over time while my team and I are busy being much more responsive, bespoke, and timely with the tweets that we add by hand when we’re online and active. Twitter is funny. MORE >>

by Jason Miller Think of Twitter as the water cooler for B2B marketing professionals: It’s a vibrant community where businesses can prospect leads and congregate as thought leaders to discuss relevant industry topics. On Twitter, it is easy to quickly compose Tweets and messages aimed at those interested in your company or product. At Marketo, we are always seeking marketing avenues that allow for continuous, real-time engagement with our customers and prospects. Twitter happens to be one of our most effective prospecting channels. Messaging. MORE >>

Every Thursday night Jeremy Victor and a group of B2B marketers hold a B2B Twitter Chat session. More importantly these chat sessions can create a body of knowledge on best practices and you can make new connections and build relationships with peers. In a later posts we will share with you our own experiences using Twitter for marketing Mi6 and some of our clients (successes AND failures). Here is the raw full transcript which shows you who participated with links to their Twitter profiles. The hashtag for these and other B2B Chat sessions is #b2bchat. sorry. MORE >>