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Here is another good article on small business uses for Twitter

From INC. Magazine Using Twitter to Find Customers By Minda Zetlin Most businesses think of Twitter as a promotional tool, but it can also be used to find sales leads. Here's how to use Twitter to find potential customers and how to convert those contacts into sales. Boloco, a burrito restaurant chain with 16 locations often runs ads in a Boston newspaper. The ads contain coupons for the chain's popular burritos for a special price of $3. It makes sense to advertise in Boston, since 13 of the chain's 16 restaurants are there, but CEO and co-founder John Pepper wished the ads could also bring customers to Boloco restaurants in New Hampshire and Vermont. So, when he ran one recent ad, Pepper also posted a photo of the coupon on Twitter, inviting diners to bring in any image of the coupon -- a photocopy, printout, or even an image on a mobile phone -- to get the discount.

Here is a site provided by Twitter to intorduce business to the world of twitter

Here is a guide I just discovered today from an email I receive from a Google Group I belong to that focuses on Economic Gardening. This might be both a useful tool for our internal use, and a good tool to intoduce our small business owners to the idea of using twitter for their enterprise.

"New York Times The power of Twitter is in the people you follow. Let @nytimes lead you to the best of Twitter: follow our lists or build your own. Suggestions? twitterlists@nytimes.com "

People love lists> We should investigate creating one of these for Nevada Businesses

Quiet on the Twitter Set

Ask BSG (?)

How BSG can use Twitter

Businesses are tracking social-media outlets such as Facebook and Twitter to gauge consumer sentiment and avert potential public-relations problems." />

Found via the tweet from Brett Simmons this morning

I need your help on Tuesday afternoon before and/or during our student meeting. Help me polish my social media image. I want to Tweet like this guy for example...