I’ve been very active on Twitter for about four years now and I would say the aspect that has changed the most in that time is the explosive popularity of Twitter Chats. Twitter Chats have become an important networking and sales tool. In fact, you can even make money off of Twitter chats. The idea behind a Twitter Chat is very simple. Yes, you can make money from a Twitter chat! The best way to keep up with this dynamic list is to google “Twitter chat schedule” and you will find a detailed list of chats by subject, day, and time. MORE >>

Other Popular Posts:       Digital DeTox Tools      Twitter Blurs the Line       B2B Twitter Case Study      Email The Scoopdog Team. For Twitter to evolve to a useful B2B platform, metrics must keep pace.  So…you’ve succeeded a B2B Twitter initiative- whether as a client with a first internal campaign, or an agency pro finally coaxing  clients to engage, or the marketing consultats whose careful coaching has tipped the balance.  Tweeps.info   Nifty free tool that lets you track on individual Twitter accounts (think YOUR competitors). MORE >>

As the fourth-largest social network, and the fastest growing in 2012 , Twitter has emerged as a serious platform for business professionals to share breaking news, promote thought-leadership content, and engage with customers, prospects, peers and industry influencers. As noted here in a preliminary summary of the best Twitter articles and posts of 2012 last fall, “Twitterers collectively post a billion tweets every three days. ” How can you grow and maintain an active, relevant Twitter following? Most effectively use Twitter advertising? MORE >>

One area that we can always consider is emerging tools to help us be more productive and efficeint. Social Here are 5 great tools that you can kick-start your business in 2013: Convert Facebook Fans to customers with Agorapulse. Nimble is a Social CRM tool which is tightly integrated with social media channels and helps you manage and grow relationships with your contacts to ultimately leads to sales. Google Alerts is a well-known, free application that allows you to track mentions of keywords on the web.  Mention is a very powerful tool with a reasonable price. MORE >>

Social media sites like Facebook with its more than 750 million users, Twitter with its more than 280 million users and the business network LinkedIn with its more than 100 million users offer wide opportunities for businesses, not matter if they are B2B or B2C, to get seen and to get in touch with their future customers. Take look at this Social Media Infographik: “53 percent of people on Twitter recommend companies or their products in their tweets.”. 42% of companies active on Twitter report that they have got new customers through Twitter.”. Download yours now! MORE >>