Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Twitter for Business

I've been experimenting with Twitter (microblogging) for the last few weeks to get a sense of what it is and what it can be used for. If you're interested I can be followed at http://twitter.com/bblanquera


CIO magazine published 4 ways that business' are using twitter:

1. (Careful) Product Pushing

2. Community Outreach

3. How-to and Service Questions

4. Humanizing the Head Honcho







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here to see the full article:
FULL url :
http://www.cio.com/article/448464/Twitter_for_Business_Four_Ways_Companies_Use_Microblogging?contentId=448464&slug=&source=nlt_cioinsider


Do you twitter? What have you found it useful for?


Peace Out,

Ben

2 Comments:

Blogger D. Lambert said...

Ben -

I've been using Twitter for a while, though I admit my updates are pretty spotty.

Right now, I think the business benefit is mainly in networking. To a lesser degree, it's another in a long line of cutting-edge toys, and it shows who's quicker to adopt new technologies, and who's not.

September 23, 2008 at 10:45 PM  
Blogger Nathan Heerdt said...

Ben, check out this post for two "work twitters"

http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/18/presently-takes-on-tc50-winner-yammer/

September 25, 2008 at 11:12 PM  

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