For many business owners Twitter is often placed in the “too hard” box, which is understandable, as 75% of all Twitter accounts used for business have been abandoned.

After finding out the ideal number of tweets per day is a lot higher than I would have guessed (more about that in a moment), I was curious to find out the ideal times to tweet.

This post is to provide an update on the suspension by Twitter of one of our business profiles. We finally received a response from Twitter regarding the reason for suspension and the response is clearly a worry for any business.

Yesterday, Sunday the 21st March was Twitters 4th Birthday. Last month Twitter hit 50 million tweets a day and Twitter as a word is to be accepted into the Collins English Dictionary. When was it you first heard about Twitter? I suspect for most it was within the last year.

I was speaking with a business owner recently about a number of topics and we got round to marketing and then on to Twitter.

A while back Levi’s sent out hand selected people in their signature jeans across Australia and New Zealand while clues were released through twitter as to their whereabouts …

Twitter can be as frustrating as it is powerful and engaging. Because there is so much opinion and commentary most of the content is either not relevant to you, pointless or space filling nonsense. To get the most out of Twitter you have to decide what it is you want from it.

Are you curious about how social media fits with sales and sales management? Or cynical? Are you looking for silver bullets or short cuts to improve your sales?

Twitter is a great tool for business to connect and share information. Twitter is classed as a micro-blogging service in that you “Tweet” (which means post) a short text message to the Twitter network.

Having just signed up for Twitter, I was very recently contemplating the implications of defamation laws on Twitter users, and the potential for seemingly limitless liability.

4 YouTube Videos showing the basics of Twitter right through to tools that help with managing your Twitter experience.