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		<title>20 Surefire Ways to Use Twitter for Business</title>
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<p class="first-child "><span class="drop_cap"><span title="H" class="cap"><span>H</span></span></span>ow to use Twitter for business is the #1 question I receive. At last count I had 642,379 questions this week on the subject, and it&#8217;s only Monday!</p>
<p>Luckily I found a super presentation that walks you through how to use Twitter for your business, and gives you 20 simple examples of how you can incorporate Twitter into your marketing and promotion today!</p>
<p>This saved me a lot of time answering emails, and surely spared me carpel tunnel syndrome from emailing you all back!</p>
<h3><strong><span style="color: #0A3763;">20 Ways to Tweet for Your Business</span></strong></h3>
<p>The following presentation is packed with 20 easy ways you can tweet for your business. Here&#8217;s a couple examples, then be sure to click on through the presentation for the entire 20 tips.</p>
<p><strong>1. Highlight What’s Special</strong></p>
<p>Twitter gives you a great platform to share what’s special about your company in 140 characters. But like using a highlighter in a book, only highlight the important things. Otherwise, your followers won’t be able to read anything because there are too many colors.</p>
<p><strong>2. Ask Questions </strong></p>
<p>One of the biggest benefits Twitter can deliver to a business revolves around branding. If your tweets create anticipation, that will brand your company with a consumer in a very effective way. Just make sure you’re actually creating anticipation, and not just tweeting to tweet.</p>
<p><strong>3.Please, oh please share Twitpics </strong></p>
<p>Twitpics are an incredible opportunity to showcase why you’re company is cool. Plus, the twitpic links are the most opened links on Twitter.</p>
<p><strong>For the other 17 tips, check out the rest of the presentation below:</strong></p>
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<h3><strong><span style="color: #0A3763;">Want More Twitter for Biz Information</span></strong></h3>
<p>I put together a free report for you on how I use Twitter for Business, and I encourage you to get a copy by following the link below.</p>
<p><a href="http://smallbizbee.com/index/maximize-twitter-business-free">Maximize Twitter for Your Business Report</a></p>
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