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By: Twitter for Business » Vancouver Blog Miss 604 by Rebecca Bollwitt

Twitter for Business » Vancouver Blog Miss 604 by Rebecca Bollwitt — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 23:12:14 +0000

[...] in October of 2008 I wrote a post on my company’s blog that was a general overview of Twitter for Business. Now, months later, after giving a talk at the IABC’s luncheon speaker series, I have been [...]

By: A Vancouverite’s Guide to Twitter » Vancouver Blog Miss 604 by Rebecca Bollwitt

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:01:57 +0000

[...] and communicate with others. I’ve been noticing more and more businesses on Twitter (which is a good thing) so I’d like to list off a few around town that Vancouverites might want to check out or [...]

By: Kevan

Kevan — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 20:18:30 +0000

Thanks for the thorough overview of the possibilities here, Rebecca. It was exactly the incentive we needed to embrace Twitter for UGM.

By: tNb

tNb — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 20:12:52 +0000

A good post to help me re-evaluate my feelings about Twitter … so maybe I’ve been a cranky old twit after all.

By: Raul

Raul — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 09:02:53 +0000

I use Twhirl and I know it can switch seamlessly between accounts.

As for Twitter for business, I had a really bad problem with FireFox and the firefox help Twitter account helped me. Also, another example of Twitter for business is the case of Molson. Both Tonia Hammer and Adam Moffatt are on Twitter, and not only they engage with the community for business and getting feedback on events like Brew 2.0 but they also engage on a more personal level with bloggers and their other followers.

By: Tyler Ingram

Tyler Ingram — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:15:16 +0000

Now I don’t know if Duane is on a Windows or Mac but Twhirl for Windows has the ability to use multiple-accounts at once.

By: Jonathon

Jonathon — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:03:57 +0000

Excellent post, Rebecca. As you’ve probably figured out from my occasional tweets, lately, I’ve finally gotten around to using Twitter for my personal blog.

I find the toughest challenge in using it to build business is that the tweets only stay on the page for about two minutes if you are following a lot of people and refreshing regularly. If most of your target audience isn’t checking Twitter for that short time, they’ll totally miss it. I imagine the problem is mitigated if you have a thousand or more followers, but it’s still a bit tricky. Or have I missed something?

By: Monday Morning Link Fest: Getting Down to Business » Vancouver Blog Miss 604 by Rebecca Bollwitt

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:21:47 +0000

[...] I just wrote about the Twitter for Business over on the sixty4media blog. Twitter can be professional and also productive, as with any service you need to know when to ignore all of the noise and find out how this powerful tool can work best for you. [sixty4media] [...]

By: Rebecca Bollwitt

Rebecca Bollwitt — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:45:00 +0000

@ Duane - right now I have the web version open for sixty4media and then I'm logged into Miss604 on Twitteriffic. It's a little tedious but it works. Update: John says you can use Twitterfox to switch seamlessly between accounts.

By: Duane Storey

Duane Storey — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:36:24 +0000

Let me know if you ever find a tool that lets you post from multiple twitter accounts. Right now my big problem is that I have to log into different twitter accounts to post. It would be nice if there was a client where I could just pick who I was (on Twitter) in the same step I wanted to post something.

By: Bojimha

Bojimha — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:15:00 +0000

Good post and interesting read Rebecca. I agree with it wholeheartedly, especially the last sentence.

Personally, I love it when companies have twitter accounts because it makes them more transparent and interesting. It’s even better when you get a mixture of business and personal tweets from the same person or company as giving it the personal touch breaks down a lot of invisible walls.