Reference. Pr2.0. 40 of the Best Twitter Brands and the People Behind Them. We all know brands are using Twitter — whether or not you want them around.
Some of them don't quite get the medium and just tweet self-serving links or marketing speak, but you won't find any of those brands here. We've handpicked 40 of the best brands experimenting with the micro-blogging platform, and asked them a few short questions about how they're using Twitter. If some of their responses seem short, well that's because they are. I asked each brand correspondent to answer our queries in 140 characters or less. Most of them got the point, a few rambled on a bit too long, and only asked me if "u" was acceptable in lieu of "you. " Smart brands use Twitter in meaningful ways, and most of them use their brand name as a way to make sure customers can find and recognize them. And if you're a brand that didn't make our list, let us know why your tweets deserve consideration in the comments. Cars Who cares what a car company has to say in 140 characters or less, right? Chevrolet Ford Honda.
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Business. Alltop - Top PR News. Everything you ever wanted to know about Twitter. 10 Reasons Why PR People Need to be on Twitter. As Twitter continues to grow in stature and credibility, it's important that public relations practitioners (as well as other professionals in marketing and corporate communication fields) develop a deeper understanding as to what all the fuss is about.
If you need reasons why you should be involved on Twitter, here they are - two bunches of fives, right between the eyes! 1. Twitter is an influential medium Public relations is much to do with influencing people. If there is a medium out there that engages people en masse, then PR has to be in there, understanding it, getting involved. 2. Public relations is a 'people business'. 3. In the PR business, you can never have enough contacts. 4. If a PR practitioner is not ahead of the curve, then they're behind - and that's the worst position anyone in this industry can find themselves in because that puts you on the path to irrelevancy. 5.
More and more journalists are signing on and getting involved with Twitter. 6. 7. 8.. 9. 10.