Republishing this, one of the most trafficked post from my “old” blog:
I get asked about this a lot… Here’s a kind of Twitter starter kit for execs:
First, here’s my take on why it’s important.
Here’s a slightly more authoritative source on the subject: http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/sep2008/tc2008095_320491.htm?campaign_id=rss_tech
After you join, pick a few folks to follow to get started:
* The Wall Street Journal: http://twitter.com/WSJ
* NY Times: http://twitter.com/nytimes
* Digg News: http://twitter.com/DiggNews
* The Paisano: http://twitter.com/Paisano
* Chris Brogan: http://twitter.com/chrisbrogan
* The Savvy Entrepreneur: http://twitter.com/cfavreau
* TechStars: http://twitter.com/techstars
* John Battelle: http://twitter.com/johnbattelle
* Kevin Burke: http://twitter.com/KB33
* Andy Gadiel / Jambase: http://www.twitter.com/andygadiel
* Brian Halligan / CEO HubSpot: http://twitter.com/bhalligan
* Guy Kawasaki: http://twitter.com/guykawasaki
* Sean Moffitt / President, Agent Wildfire: http://twitter.com/seanmoffitt
* Rob Lane / CEO, Overlay.tv http://twitter.com/roblane
* Kevin O’Keefe/ Lexblog http://twitter.com/kevinokeefe
* Tim O’Reilly http://twitter.com/timoreilly
* Biz Stone / Co-Founder of Twitter http://twitter.com/biz
Other sources:
* The Top 100: http://twitdir.com/index.php?top=topfollowed&auto_update=on&search=
* Big VCs: http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/8/free-vc-advice-for-startups-via-twitter
* Directory of brands: http://blog.fluentsimplicity.com/twitter-brand-index/
There are also tools to search Tweets… Here’s the buzz on Obama: http://search.twitter.com/search?q=Obama
You can also import and search your own address book for members if it’s in Google or Yahoo.
Finally, here’s how to get more followers, if you want them: http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2008/11/looking-for-m-1.html
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