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• Five Great Twitter Tools for Business Users

  BNET - 2009-08-03

  It's one thing to get your company on Twitter and start pushing out the tweets, but quite another to manage, monitor, and fully leverage your accounts. Fortunately, there's a growing number of Web-based tools that help you do exactly that. PC World just rounded up the five...

  Tags: Twitter, Tool, Permissions Console, Productivity, Microsoft Outlook, Team Management, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Management, Rick Broida

• LocalBunny Helps Businesses Manage Twitter Relations with Customers

  BNET - 2009-07-22

  Fact: Twitter has turned into a great marketing tool for businesses savvy enough to leverage it properly. (This despite Dave's shortsighted claims to the contrary.) Of course, there's a Catch-22: The more followers a business attracts, the harder it becomes to manage responses to customers' tweets. And...

  Tags: Twitter, LocalBunny, Deluxe Plan, Keyboards, Marketing Research, Hardware, Peripherals, Marketing, Rick Broida

• Manage Your Twitter Account in Outlook with TwInbox

  BNET - 2009-07-14

  Most hardcore Twitter users rely on TweetDeck or a similar program to read, tweet, retweet, and all that. But such programs aren't exactly boss-friendly: They instantly betray the fact that you're not working. Enter TwInbox, which lets you manage your Twitter account inside...

  Tags: Twitter, TwInbox, Microsoft Outlook, Groupware, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Enterprise Software, Rick Broida

• Find a Job Fast at TweetMyJobs

  BNET - 2009-06-22

  Dave "Stranded in the 20th Century" Johnson can poo-poo Twitter all he wants, but employers are increasingly turning to the service as a means to find job applicants. And that means job hunters can use it to find positions the second they hit the Twitterverse. TweetMyJobs is...

  Tags: Job, Twitter, TweetMyJobs, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Rick Broida

• Business Hacks Best of the Week (June 22, 2009)

  BNET - 2009-06-22

  Welcome to National Tell-a-Friend-About-Business-Hacks Week! We've made it really easy to join in the celebration. Just click that E-MAIL icon up above if you want to e-mail a post to a friend or co-worker. Or, click SHARE to spread the word via Facebook, Twitter, Digg, or another social-networking service. ...

  Tags: Apple iPhone, Twitter, E-mail, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Blogging, Online Communications, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Internet, Rick Broida

• Twitter in Business: Real-Life Success Stories

  BNET - 2009-06-17

  Dave and I are just wrapping up a doozy of a Guy Vs. Guy debate on the subject of Twitter's value as a business tool. (Look for it tomorrow.) As usual, he gets it wrong, calling Twitter a "ghost town" and a pointless waste of time. Of...

  Tags: Twitter, Productivity, Channel Management, Marketing, Rick Broida

• A Businessperson's Guide to Using Twitter

  BNET - 2009-06-10

  Still not sure what Twitter is, how to use it, and why you should care? Dave and I will enlighten you in an upcoming Guy Vs. Guy debate. In the meantime, CIO offers Twitter: How to Get Started Guide for Business People. (Bad title; better content.) The...

  Tags: Twitter, Public Relations, Software Development, Corporate Communications, Development Tools, Marketing, Software/Web Development, Rick Broida

• Manage Multiple Twitter Accounts with Splitweet

  BNET - 2009-05-29

  The jury's in: Twitter has bona fide business value. Of course, as heavy users quickly discover, it's not always the easiest service to manage. Enter Splitweet, which helps you manage multiple Twitter accounts and monitor your brand. Specifically, the free service lets you...

  Tags: Twitter, Branding, Marketing, Rick Broida

• Follow Top Business Executives with ExecTweets

  BNET - 2009-05-19

  Want to become a successful executive? Then you need to think like one. ExecTweets aggregates the Twitter feeds of top business executives, giving you a unique window into the minds of some of capitalism's finest. So, who's tweeting? The site's roster of execs...

  Tags: Twitter, Exec, ExecTweets, Sales Strategy, Construction, Digital Music, Digital Media, Sales, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Rick Broida

• Track Twitter Conversations About Your Site or Blog

  BNET - 2009-03-12

  Ever wonder if the "Twitterverse" is talking about you, your company, your blog, etc? Whether the buzz is positive or negative, it's obviously in your best interests to read all about it. And now you can: BackTweets finds Twitter conversations related to any URL you specify. But there's an even...

  Tags: Blog, Twitter, Blogging, Internet, Rick Broida