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Small Business Advice January 20, 2009 By Anita Campbell
Twitter, which allows you to broadcast text messages up to 140 characters in length, is fast becoming the place where a lot of information is being shared online.
I’m finding it to be an excellent source of information by, about and for small businesses.
So I set out to create a list of the people and organizations to consider following on Twitter if you want to keep your finger on the pulse of small businesses. In other words, who are the people on Twitter who regularly provide information by, about and for small businesses?
Sadly, I took on an impossible task. There are so many talented people to follow on Twitter who regularly address small business issues, that every time I look at this list I smack my forehead and say “oh, no, I have forgotten so-and-so!” Plus, I have received great suggestions along the way from Joel Libava, Denise O’Berry, Matt McGee and Jonathan Fields (thank you!).
Consequently, the list just keeps getting longer. Still, I think you may find it valuable, however incomplete but lengthy it is.
If you see omissions from this list (quite likely) please include suggestions below in the comments. I will keep adding your suggestions to this list as we go along. Here’s the small business Twitter list in alphabetical order by name — add them to your list of folks you follow on Twitter:
- Aaron Wall, SEOBook.com – @aaronwall
- Alex Bellinger, Smallbizpod – @smallbiztweets
- Andy Beal, AndyBeal.com – @andybeal
- Andy Sernovitz, DamnIWish.com – @sernovitz
- Ann Handley, MarketingProfs – @marketingprofs
- Anita Campbell, Smallbiztrends.com – @smallbiztrends
- Barbara Rozgonyi, Wired PR Works – @wiredprworks
- Barry Moltz, BarryMoltz.com – @barrymoltz
- Batchblue.com – @batchblue
- BeckyMcCray, Small Biz Survival – @BeckyMcCray
- BrentLeary, BrentLeary.com – @BrentLeary
- Brian Clark, Copyblogger – @copyblogger
- BrianMoran, SmallbusinessEdge.com – @BrianMoran
- Cameron Herold, BackPocketCOO.com – @CameronHerold
- Carrie Hill, Search Engine Watch – @CarrieHill
- Chaitanya Sagar, P2W2.com – @Chaitanya
- Chris Brogan, ChrisBrogan.com – @ChrisBrogan
- Craig Sutton, BrightWeb Marketing - @craigsutton
- Dan Kehrer, Business.com – @whatworks
- Dan Schawbel, Personal Branding Magazine – @danschawbel
- Darren Rowse, ProBlogger – @problogger
- DawnRiversBaker, MicroEnterprise Journal – @DawnRiversBaker
- Dean Jones – @deanjones
- Denise O’Berry, JustforSmallBusiness.com - @deniseoberry
- Dharmesh Shah, On Startups – @onstartups
- Donna Fenn, Author of Alpha Dogs – @donnafenn
- Donna Maria, Indie Beauty Network – @indiebusiness
- Elisa Camahort, BlogHer – @ElisaC
- Gary Vaynerchuk, WineLibraryTV.com – @garyvee
- Guy Kawasaki, AllTop.com – @guykawasaki
- Hollis Thomases – @hollisthomases
- Ivana Taylor, DIYMarketers – @DIYMarketers
- Jackie Huba, SWOM – @jackiehuba
- Jennifer Laycock, Search Engine Guide – @jenniferlaycock
- Jim Blasingame, SmallbusinessAdvocate.com – @jimblasingame
- Jim Connolly - @jimconnolly
- Jim Kukral, JimKukral.com – @jimkukral
- JoAnn Hinest, PackagingDiva.com – @packagingdiva
- Joe Pulizzi, Junta42 – @juntajoe
- Joel Libava, FranchiseKing – @FranchiseKing
- John Jantsch, DuctTape Marketing – @ducttape
- Jonathan Fields, CareerRenegade.com – @jonathanfields
- Justin French, Social Networking San Diego – @justinrfrench
- Keith Burtis, KeithBurtis.com – @keithburtis
- Kelly King Anderson, StartupPrincess.com – @startupprincess
- Kevin Kelly, KevinKellyUnlimited.com – @kkunlimited
- LaurelDelaney, GlobeTrade – @LaurelDelaney
- Liz Strauss, Successful Blog – @lizstrauss
- Mack Collier, Viral Garden – @MackCollier
- Mark Anderson – @andertoons
- Mark Harbeke, Winning Workplaces – @winningwp
- Matt Cutts, Google – @mattcutts
- Matt McGee, SmallBusinessSEM.com – @mattmcgee
- Matt Rodela, Your Friendly Neighborhood Computer Guy – @YFNCG
- Matthew Ringer, SmallBizBee – @SmallBizBee
- Michael Arrington, TechCrunch – @techcrunch
- Michael Rogers, SBAM.org – @mwrogers
- Mike Morrison, RapidBI – @rapidbi
- MyVenturePad.com – @myventurepad
- Nikki Pilkington – @nikkipilkington
- Norris Krueger, Entrepreneurship! – @entrep_thinking
- Pam Slim, EscapeFromCubicleNation.com – @pamslim
- Ramon Ray, Smallbiztechnology.com – @ramonray
- Rhonda Abrams, The Planning Shop – @RhondaAbrams
- Rieva Lesonsky, AskRieva.com – @Rieva
- Rob McNealy, Startup Story Radio – @RobMcNealy
- Robert Clough, SmallBizAnswers – @smallbizanswers
- Robert Scoble, Scobleizer – @Scobleizer
- Rodney Rumford, TweetBizBook – @tweetbizbook
- Scott Allen, About.com Entrepreneurs Guide – @scottallen
- Shama Hyder, ClickToClient.com – @Shama
- Skip Reardon, Six Disciplines – @sreardon
- SmallBusinessTools.com – @SmallBizTools
- SMBzen – @smbzen
- Spencer Tyler, Work Smart LA – @spencertyler
- Stacy Brice, Assist U – @stacybrice
- Staci Wood, Small Business Trends Radio – @SannWood
- Stefan Topfer, Winweb.com – @stefantopfer
- Steve King, Emergent Research – @smallbizlabs
- Steve Woodruff, Stickyfigure.com - @swoodruff
- Susan Reid, Discover Your Inner Samurai – @susanreid
- Tamar Weinberg, Techipedia.com – @tamar
- Terra Anderson, TerraAnderson.com – @terra111
- Tim Berry, Palo Alto Software – @timberry
- Tim Reid, Tim The Ideas Guy – @timboreid
- WarrenWhitlock – @WarrenWhitlock
- Wendy Piersall, Sparkplugging.com – @eMom
- Yvonne Divita, Windsor Media – @y2vonne
- Zane Safrit, Zanesafrit.com – @zanesafrit
Organizations and Corporate Vendors (and their employees or representatives) that serve the small business market:
- Advanta
Ideablob – @ideablob- American Express OPEN
Danny Urquia – @DannyUrquia- AT&T
OnwardSmallBiz – @OnwardSmallBiz- Better Business Bureau – @bbb_us
- Biz Filings – @bizfilings
- BizUnite – @BizUnite
- BPlans
BPlans Community – @bplans
‘Chelle Parmele – @cparmele- Business.gov – @BusinessDotGov
- BusinessWeek’s Small Biz Staff – @newentrepreneur
- BusinessZone.co.uk — @BusinessZone
- Constant Contact – @ConstantContact
Technical Support – @CTCTHelp- Dell
Dell Small Business – @DellSmallBiz
Kara_atDELL – @Kara_atDELL- Go With ABC – @gowithabc
- HP
Angela LoSasso, HP – @AngelaAtHP
Tac Anderson, HP — @tacanderson- Inc. 5000 – @inc5000
- Infusionsoft - @Infusionsoft
- Intuit
Intuit Community – @intuitcommunity
Intuit Small Business – @intuit
Intuit Payroll – @IntuitPayroll
Kira Wampler, Intuit – @kirasw
Rachel Euretig, Intuit — @rkeuretig
Sharna Brockett, QuickBooks – @SharnQuickBooks- Maine Today – @mainebusiness
- Microsoft
Office Live Gal – @officelivegal
Office Live Girl – @officelivegirl- Network Solutions
Shashi Bellamkonda – @shashib- NFIB – @nfib
- RedWire
RedWire Community – @RedWire
Erin Bury – @erin_bury- Small Biz Expo – @smallbizexpo
- SmallBusiness.com – @smallbusiness
- Virgin Group
Richard Branson – @richardbranson- Washington Post Small Business – @postsmallbiz
Other suggestions for this list? Please leave them in the comments section below.
LAST UPDATE: MARCH 17, 2009
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