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"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

Found via the tweet from Brett Simmons this morning

Scientists in Nevada have developed a new and environmentally friendly process for producing biodiesel fuel from 'chicken feather meal.'

Scientists in Nevada have developed a new and environmentally friendly process for producing biodiesel fuel from 'chicken feather meal.' Professor Mano Misra and his team at the University of Nevada note that chicken feather meal consists of processed chicken feathers, blood, and innards that have been processed at high temperatures with steam. Presently, feather meal is used as animal feed and fertilizer because of its high protein and nitrogen content. The researchers said that with as much as 12 percent fat content, feather meal has potential as an alternative, non-food feedstock for the production of biofuel.

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The original blog post on TechCrunch is here

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.