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7 Reasons Every Business Needs to Twitter

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Despite the fact that Twitter has more than 32 million users , has received massive publicity from both celebrities and government , and produced remarkable results for companies like Dell and Zappos , many business executives still don't "get" Twitter. Here are seven reasons every business needs to be on Twitter.

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Does More Twitter Followers Equal More Traffic?

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Until recently, I've believed that, for the sake of Twitter etiquette, I should follow back pretty much everyone who follows me on Twitter (as long as they used a real name, real photo, and weren't peddling an "Internet dating site"). The first was this post from Soshable, Following on Twitter: Quality vs Quantity.

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Twitter Twaddle, Part 1: What Twitter Is and Why It's Cool

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Twitter, however, stands alone. Okay, there's also Pownce , but Twitter is better.) Self-described as simply a real-time short messaging service and often referred to a microblogging platform , to those new to it, Twitter resembles nothing so much as a giant cocktail party where everyone talks at once and hopes others listen.

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Which is Better for Driving B2B Blog Traffic - Twitter or LinkedIn?

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I recently did a little test to determine whether Twitter or LinkedIn was more effective at driving traffic to a few specific posts on this blog. Various posts were promoted on Twitter (with retweeting encouraged) and to three relevant and popular LinkedIn Groups focused on social media, PR and b2b lead generation. Social Tagging.

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How to Suck at Twitter (And Still Look Successful)

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There are a lot of great b2b marketers and social media contributors worth following on Twitter, like Ardath Albee , Mark Schaefer , Eric Fletcher , Jennifer Kane and Rob Rose to name just a few. These are people who definitely do not suck at Twitter. Twitter Name Never use your real name. Twitter Bio Leave it blank.

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4 Ways to be a Better B2B Twitterer

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There's a tremendous amount of interest in Twitter among b2b marketers. First, in How to score the coveted retweet , Reid Carr offers some concise but helpful advice on forming relationships on Twitter and producing content worthy of being retweeted—endorsed and passed along by other twitterers to their followers.

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Twitter Twaddle, Part 2: Best Practices, Tools and The Future of Twitter

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Part one covered what Twitter is and why it's cool ; this post discusses Twitter etiquette, tools, and speculation about its future. How to Twitter Properly Like any other social setting, Twitter has its own etiquette. This is the second of a two-part series. This can be confusing to new users. But there are limits."

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