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Twitter for Business: What Others are Saying (Part 3.5 in the series)

Before I do the "reveal" on Monday and talk about how to use Twitter for Business, I feel it's very important to hear what others have to say on the subject. This post contains a list of leading voices.

I'd like to ask you to do a little homework over the weekend and review these. While there won't be a "pop quiz" on Monday, it will get you primed and ready for the final post in the series.

(BTW, here are Parts un, deux and trois)

Active Rain Twitter Group - Did you know AR had a Twitter group? They do and it's great. In fact, it's probably one of the hottest groups going right now. There are scores of others talking about this subject here and I bet you could find answers to just about any question you have on the subject. In your quest for Twitter mastery, start there.

Kim Woods Twitter Series - One of our very own here at AR, Kim Wood, is doing a series of her very own. It's better than mine and I'd take it personally if you didn't read it.

Why Your Company Needs to Be on Twitter - This is a survey conducted by social media strategist Warren Sukernek (I know. I love saying his last name too. :->) and Peter Sorgenfrei. It is one of the best posts on the topic of using Twitter for business that I've seen. If you don't read anything else I've listed in this post, read this!

It's posted in a great (GREAT!) online community called The SWOM (which stands for The Society of Word of Mouth) that I'd love to invite you to join. It's open to anyone.

Making a Business Case for Twitter - Connie Bensen, online community consultant and my friend, has compiled a list of reasons businesses should consider using Twitter. It's excellent. Even better is her post, Twitter 101, which contains links to a number of other resources.

Twitter Handbook - Another of my friend is Deborah Micek, known as Coach Deb on Twitter. She's not only written a book on the subject of using Twitter for business called Twitter Revolution, but has this blog, Twitter Handbook, as well.

Speaking of books, I did a search on Amazon using the keyword "Twitter," and here are the returns. It's amazing what is already in print about the topic considering the length of time its been around.

Twitter Business List - Laura Fitton, known as Pistachio on Twitter, has compiled a reading list on the topic. She is also authoring Twitter For Dummies, set for publication sometime next year.

50 Ways to Use Twitter for Business - From my friend Chris Brogan.

The Evolution of Brands on Twitter - Jeremiah Owyang, Forrester analyst and all-around schmart guy.

Business Uses for Twitter - If Valeria Maltoni says it, you know it has to be good.

Building a Twitter Following - What's your strategy for finding Twitter followers? In this post Jeff Tippett outlines an approach for building a Twitter follower base that's good for business.

Ten Ways to Market Your Blog on Twitter Without Being a Spammer - We all want to let people know about our blog, Web site, etc. However, we don't want to be accused of being a "Twammer." In this post marketing consultant Jennifer Slegg talks about the right way (and the wrong way) to go about it.

And you can't mention what others are saying without referencing Common Craft's Twitter in Plain English video...

You probably know of a number of resources I've left off the table here. Please feel free to include yours in a comment.

Monday is the last post in this series. It's where I talk about how to use Twitter for business. Stay tuned!

Posted by Paul Chaney on 11/20/2008 10:10 AM

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58 Comments on Twitter for Business: What Others are Saying (Part 3.5 in the series)

NOV

2008

This looks like a lot of information on a topic I know I need to look into further. Thank you for gathering it together.

I use Twitter pretty reguarly, not sure how it is helping me yet. But I will continue to use it.

@Steven - Read these resources and I think you'll have a pretty good idea.

Okay,I realize that this is a good thing....will you just do it for me? LOL. More to read, more to do. I need an assistant just to keep up with all my social networking! Just call me Madame Butterfly! Thank you though for the very thorough instructions for getting this put together. Really a great tutorial and all in one place. You have my gratitude!

@Suzanne - It's my pleasure and privilege. I'm glad you find it helpful.

Paul - thank you for this - I am still learning on Twitter and appreciate the information so much!

@Sharon - You're welcome. Happy to do it.

Paul, I always learn something when I take the time to read your posts. You are so busy with social media that I can't keep up. Thanks for your great articles and information. I'm developing a following on Twitter and feel all this web marketing just increases your brand and more local/global exposure.

Paul, I am SOOOOO up to this task. Twitter is on my Hot list to get where I understand it and use it.

Thank you!

@Annette - That's why I stay busy in this space. I can't help you if I don't know the inner-workings.

@Connie - Go for it girl!

Paul - Congratulations on your well deserved feature... I love TWITTER! I've bookmarked this post for further research... @DebbieSummers

Paul - this is a great collection! Thank you! I've become a TwitVangelist lately, and have added a link to this post in the thread of a couple of my posts.

I don't understand how "groups" work on Twitter...so I am going to go back to the first post in your series and start there...I assume I will be able to find it easily in your blog. I use Twitter all the time, but would love to hear which apps are worthwhile, why groups...and all of this...so I will go back to the beginning and start there! Thanks!

Excellent post, Paul. Tons of info for the taking. I am eagerly awaiting your take on using Twitter for business but in the meantime I will catch up on all these links you provided.

I just started using Twitter and have turned a number of others on to it. I appreciate all the wealth of information you've chronicled in one place. Thank you very much. Mike C

Wow that is a great list. It is amazing how fast Twitter is growing and the ways people are using it for business growth. BTW- congratulations on your blog talk radio show appearance.

Hi Paul-I recently joined Twitter. I'm not one of the younger group that really took off in the social media phase, but I'm learning. My hat's off to you for your knowledge. Thank you, Scott

Hey Paul,

This is an awesome list & one of the most comprehensive that I've seen!

Kudos to you!

A friend of mine, Julio, has a book on TWitter for Business soon coming out. @jojeda on Twitter. And you can find the book at http://twitin.biz

Hi Paul- I'm a huge Twitter fan, but am bookmarking this so I get the low-down all all the bells and whistles. You are the MAN!

Hi Paul,

Thanks for the kind words and great review about the Twitter survey. Coming from you that means a lot! You have put together one of the most comprehensive lists of Twitter resources for business that I have ever seen. I thought that I had seen every Twitter post there was, but you showed me some new and excellent ones. To that point, here are two delicious tags that I use to track twitter posts that may help newcomers.

Twitter 101 (231 posts) http://delicious.com/wss23/twitter101

Twitter Brands (224 posts) http://delicious.com/wss23/twitterbrands

Hi, Paul.

Thanks for pulling together all of these Twitter resources. I am using Twitter for business and can benefit from this information.

Paul - Thanks for providing so many resources in one place! Twitter has become one of my favorite hangouts these days.

NOV

2008

This is a lot of homework for the weekend, but well worth it. Thanks for sharing the links.

Good overview with links. A resource to bookmark.

I'm about two weeks behind. Thanks for the info. Guess I had better get to work.

Hi Paul,

To get involved with the Twitter movement was my next move and I was very interested in finding a lot of information on Twittering. Thanks. I think I just hit the "Mother Load".

NOV

2008

Paul- WOW! This post is chalked full of great content, links to more education which leaves no one in the dark about Twitter.

Twitter is an absolute must in any business and for the future of your companies. Like Active Rain is genius so is Twitter. I have met so many people around the world that I would have never met had it not been for paying it forward on Twitter.Thanks for all the more to learn! Katerina

Paul- BTW- I think that CoachDeb is awesome, I follow her on Twitter and read her blog.

I also subscribe to Chris Brogan's blog and read him every day, better than the news:)

There is also one other place that I like: Twitip

Lots of great Twitter tips and info on this blog, edited by Darren Rowse from ProBlogger.

NOV

2008

What a phenomenal list of Twitter resources. This gives us early adapters some real solid business examples to use when explaining the benefits of Twitter to others. Thanks, @pchaney!

Thanks, everyone, for your kind words. I wish I could respond to each one individually, but that wouldn't be practical. BTW, part IV, the final one in the series, is up!

NOV

2008

I'm very impressed with the unlimited resources for finding out how to maximize business uses out of twitter. Looks like i'll be reading for a while today.

DEC

This is a great informative post. I've bookmarked it. I've an account on twitter, but haven't done anything on it. Thanks.

DEC

Well I have just recently begun to Tweet. I am afraid of doing something wrong. I still don't get how it translates into new clients for Realtors other than professional networking.

JAN

Wow, more to absorb... I think I need to take a week off just to figure some of this stuff out!

@melissamarro

Thanks for the lessons. I'm bookmarking this to come back to and hopefully figure it all out!

JAN

I have been having a ball on Twitter and getting lots of useful information.

JAN

@Gayle - It's such a fun place to be. It may have as profound an effect on the way business is done as blogging did a few years ago.

JAN

Paul: Great information for those of us who are still wet behind the ears on twitter... I have much to learn about the program

JAN

AWESOME PAUL, I don't think I need to go anywhere else till I read all of these articles

FEB

I'm trying to learn more about Twitter. I just learned about it last week from other agents in my area talking about it. It was suggested (on AR) that I follow your blog. I look forward to learning from you.

FEB

Bookmarked for future study - thanks Paul very comprehensive!

Sincerely,

Grace

FEB

Paul_I just signed on for Twitter today-Thanks for all of this information. i have a lot of reading up to do on Twitter.

FEB

Holy Moly this is a lot of info! I just bookmarked it so I can go back and explore. Twitter is on my list, I need to see if it'll work for me.

MAR

Great stuff! Thank-you very much for putting all of this together for everybody. Have already started digging into it!

MAR

Paul, thanks for putting this all together in one article, a great resource that I've bookmarked now!

MAR

Hey Paul ~

Thanks for sharing all these wonderful resources!

I have been on Twitter for about 1 year and have had more traffic in the past 3 weeks than the entire 11 months (not sure why).

MAR

Wow, that's a solid offering of resources. Thanks. I'm just working through some basics right now, but this will help quite a bit... Check out my most recent blog about Twitter:

http://activerain.com/blogsview/1011439/More-on-Twitter-and-Tweeting-What-are-you-doing

Paul - I have recently started with Twitter and really need more guidance and ideas of how to best use it for business. Your blog is just what I needed, I am going to bookmark it read later tonight. Thanks.

APR

Paul - Twitter is absolutely exploding. Now you watch TV, and the shows are all talking about twitter. Looks like it is here to stay.

APR

Great post. My favorite read was Ten Ways to Market Your Blog on Twitter Without Being a Spammer .

It had great information. Thanks for sharing.

MAY

Great resources! Thanks for all the links!

MAY

Even in the web 2.0 world of break-neck innovation, I am still amazed at how quickly emerging technologies are dissected, examined and optimized for specific purposes, as in Twitter for real estate. The fact that there are entire E-books (and hardcover ones too) on the subject already is indicative of this.

I recently wrote two short guides about how RE professionals can generate prospects quickly and easily, using Twitter's built in search capabilities. I'm interested to see how effective these techniques are for you out there. Leave your feedback, please.

Finding Local Buyers, Sellers, and Renters Using Twitter

Real Estate Twitter Search - who's moving to your neighborhood?

And here are my results for the latter technique:

Found 8 Solid Prospects In 3.95 Seconds Using Twitter - Here's How

JUN

Paul thanks for sharing all the points and bring up the idea of twitter here.

JUL

Great post. Another useful tool that I have founf helpful is a book called The Twitter Book.

JUL

Paul, they all sound like great blogs I am going to have to read. Thanks for posting.

AUG

Hi Paul, great summary, something to bookmark, need to find some time to digest, just started on Twitter and plan to learn 1-2 new things a day. Tks

SEP

I use twitter as a place to add other local realtors and agents. Great way to send out a quick blast on a new listing! Now, I know there is no "right" or "wrong" way to twitter but I would like to think their were other ways to utilize it.... any ideas?

SEP

Paul, great summary and wealth of information, need to find time to digest so I bookmareked it

SEP

Paul, Thank you so much for all of this vital information, now if I only have time to read it and apply!

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