Twitter Resources
Twitter Resources
Elements of Twitter Style :: Source – Red Sweater Blog
Advises Twitter users on proper formatting and content for tweets.
50 Ideas on Using Twitter for Business :: Source – Chris Brogan
Discusses the business value of Twitter and offers 50 thoughts for people wanting to use Twitter for business – whether from a small business or a large enterprise.
How Twitter Works and How it can Help Your Business :: Source – Perez Simons
Recognizes the importance of Twitter as a marketing tool and offers advice on how to best utilize Twitter for business.
How To Use Twitter to Grow Your Business :: Source – Copy Blogger
Reveals ideas that can help you build your business by using Twitter, such as by gaining access to high-profile individuals.
How Twitter Can Help at Work :: Source – Shifting Careers
Offers five tips for using Twitter to help build your career or business.
Twitter 101 For Businesses :: Source – Twitter
Twitter is a place where you can make valuable connections with businesses of all sizes.
Can Twitter Really Help Your Small Business? :: Source – Entrepreneur.com
Offers advice on how to use Twitter to build your home business, from getting started on Twitter to using Twitter to build relationships.
Six Practical Ways Twitter Can Help Your Business :: Source – Ezine Articles
Lists six practical ways to best utilize Twitter in your business.
Does Your Design Business Have a Twitter Strategy? :: Source – Inspired Magazine
Discusses the importance of designers having a Twitter strategy.
Twitter For Businesses :: Source – Marketing Experiments
Provides seven of the most valuable resources and articles on how to use Twitter for business.
62 Ways to Use Twitter For Business :: Source – Web Worker Daily
Provides sixty-two ways to use Twitter effectively in business.
Twitter Tips
- Your business’s primary Twitter feed ought to be hand-fed.
- Your business’s Twitter account should talk like a person—even if it’s a collective “person” representing your company or brand.
- Follow colleagues in related companies and in your industry.
- Follow relevant brands and journalists and pundits in your market, even those who compete with you.
- Make sure your people are on Twitter, and refer to them.
- You should reply to tweets that mention you, when relevant.
- There are probably people using Twitter to talk about your business. Use Twitter’s powerful search features to find those references.
- Consider creating sub-accounts for sections of your business or customer base.
- Use Twitter to ask your customers questions…and get good answers.
- The etiquette of Twitter is still evolving—be wary.
- Use your personal picture in your Twitter profile. There is only one situation where you can use your logo… if you have two profiles. Your personal profile and your company profile.
- Personal life reigns… but not too much. Add in some of your personal life while you are using Twitter.
- It is important to use Twitter as much as you can but not to the point where you are wasting valuable time when at work.
- Use strawpoll to create a survey to feed into your Twitter stream. This will be an awesome way to get information regarding service offerings and products.
- Use a business Twitter account to create a great place for customer relationship management.
- Use Twitter as a discussion forum. Ask your clients and prospective clients what they would like to see, hear, taste, and experience
- Always help before asking for money. Twitter is not a place for you to hard sell individuals on services.
- Take pictures and share on TWitter. Add pictures on Twitter using Twitpic using your iPhone or mobile phone.
- Use Google Analytics to measure the traffic directed from Twitter to your blog or website.
- Encourage your employees to join Twitter and become part of the conversation.
- Add Twitter URLs to our business cards.
- Download TweetDeck.
- Are you using a Blackberry or iPhone? You should definitly be looking at downloading an application to help you manage your twitter account while you are out of the office.
- Don’t add hundreds of people when you first join Twitter. Let the entire conversation happen naturally.

