According to a new research from Kamaron Research Institute, about 80% of the people use Twitter for business purposes. More than 8 in 10 listed “business” as the reason why they tweet.

This holds true for younger twitter-ers as well. Nearly half of those aged 25 and under gave “business” as the primary reason they tweet.

This Study, “Why Do You Tweet” was conducted online with a respondent group size of 280 Twitter Users.

Just 3 days ago, Biz Stone told Venturebeat that strategic statistic tools for businesses would soon be officially introduced on Twitter. Assuming the findings to be representative of the whole Twitter community, Biz Stone and co can very well expect a great sign up rate upon launch.

It seems like Twitter is doing all the right things to appeal to its users, helping it grow on the right track towards monetization.

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It’s only a matter of time before someone releases a dedicated gadget for Tweeting. And now an IBM patent has surfaced implying that soon your TV remote control will do your microblogging for you.

The network-enabled smart remote control would send out a digital message to initiate a blog post whenever you choose to watch a TV show.

Because your interface with the remote is pretty limited due to its form factor, and because you are probably more interested in watching the show than sending out Tweets, the system’s strength is automation.

IBM is trying to push this debate onto social nets via the most convenient device–the remote you’ve just used to switch channels. But, of course, it’s not really as fluffily altruistic as all that: It’s actually all about generating buzz about what’s on TV by driving up the viewer interaction…and that will push up viewing figures and thus potential revenue.

Whether it’s neat, crazy, or whether it’ll actually be used if it ever makes its way into a real device is anyone’s guess.

But it’s one of the strongest indicators yet that social networking and your devices are going to marry up in ways you’ll be surprised by.

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Here’s the Twitter account I set up for this blog ChuckWAH. It at least serves to point back to the articles here. I’m not saying I’ve created a “strategy” for it’s use.

On my personal account I’ve used the site for non profit ventures.

Creating a “strategy” involves knowing lots of things, in particular, who is using Twitter?

On that note here’s an excellent article from eMarketer about who’s on Twitter.

53% are women. Most are under 25. But there are plenty of older “fish” in that pond too if that’s your market. 5% of users provide 75% of the “tweets”.

More tweets = More followers often. Or is that the other way around?

Smart marketers use the site for research. When the Air Force sent a jetliner unannounced into New York giving an entire city bad flashbacks, they used Twitter (in part) to guage the outrage.

Big companies that are already doing ok like Zappos.com use Twitter to show a “personal side”.

Microusers are finding ways to promote some, but lots of people who follow you because you’re a person may unfollow you if you start sending out too many teeth whitening ads – they followed you for your personal comments.

Finding your market and serving it without spamming it are the trick to master as with all media.

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Indignant letters, e-mails and phone calls can still get results for unhappy airline travelers, but more are finding that if you really want to vent your frustrations, you can now be loud and fast and public.

At least that’s the buzz on Twitter, where airlines are discovering that fuming passengers who have been stranded, delayed or just plain piqued are increasingly letting their undiluted rage fly around the Internet, often from the confines of their cramped airplane seat.

Twitter and other fast-growing social networking websites like Facebook and YouTube have sprung up as yet another front in beleaguered airlines public relations battle.

Although such sites have practical uses for airlines — say, publicizing fare sales and flight information — experts said the technology has put carriers on the defensive as they race to tame Twitter furies every day.

“It’s almost an underground rage factory,” said Terry Trippler, at tripplersview.com, a travel opinion website. “Rarely, I see Twitter messages praising an airline. It’s usually attacking an airline.”

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From Business Opportunities Weblog.

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It’s no secret to anyone that Twitter continues to grow more and more with every day that goes by. Many wonder why Twitter is so huge, and why the growth of Twitter has not even so much as slowed down in the least. There are many good and valid reasons as to why Twitters growth can not be stopped located below.

• Big companies continue to get on the Twitter train which of course causes a large growth spurt in Twitter accounts. As posted on Up and Running.
• Their astounding growth. It was recently reported that Twitter jumped from 2 million to 20 million per month in just this year alone.
• International growth. It is said that around 55 percent of Twitter’s users are international.

“Social Radar analyzes the Web to see what brands are mentioned most by unique sources. This includes blogs, other social networks, forums, etc. The analysis includes brands, not just social networks. Facebook is at number 4, with the iPhone and Google at number 3 and 4, respectively.”

From Business Opportunities Weblog.

Mashable:

There’s been a lot of talk over Twitter’s attempts to trademark the word “tweet” (Twitter has been a trademark of theirs for some time now), but blogger Sam Johnston did some digging and found out that it’s unlikely that Twitter will ever be able to trademark this particular word.

Just like the verb “google”, tweet and tweeting have become a part of our everyday language. Furthermore, several other companies filed for a similar trademark – “tweetmarks”, “cotweet”, “tweetphoto.”

Check Sam’s blog for the legal details, but it all boils down to the fact that Twitter will probably never reign over the word “tweet”, and – hopefully – no one else will, either.

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From Business Opportunities Weblog.

Richard Branson is now accepting “micropitches” via Twitter for new startup ideas. Tweet your business idea to @PerfectBusines and use the hashtag #micropitch. (Unfortunately, that does mean you only have 111 characters left.) It’s all part of The Perfect Pitch 2009 Entrepreneur & Investor Conference

Pitches will be evaluated on clarity, viability, consumer need, growth potential, marketing strategy, team capability, scalability and competitive advantages.

From Business Opportunities Weblog.

Star Community Newspapers:

Seeing that Tweeters were posting “worthless dribble,” programmer Jonathan Leger decided to come up with a site that has focus.

“People were tweeting thoughts with no application, like what they ate for breakfast or that they’re walking the dog,” he said. “I wanted to have something focus on a subject matter and have useful information. TipDrop.com is practical micro-blogging.”

Leger launched TipDrop.com on July 17 and provides a place where people can go and offer advice on a specific subject matter. Other “tipsters” can vote the tip’s credibility positively or negatively, which moves the tip higher or lower among the other tips provided in the query.

If a tip receives a certain amount of negative votes, it will be deleted.

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We always talk about all of the right moves you should make in your business, but I feel it is equally important to talk about what to stay away from and what not to do in your business. If you have a Twitter account for your company or you are thinking about getting one, look below for the most common mistakes you may want to avoid on Twitter as found on Open Forum:

• Don’t forget you are always on. Meaning, that the tone of what you post is one of the biggest keys in your success with Twitter. Always re-read your posts out loud to yourself before the final post is created.
• Don’t Tweet as a shock value asset. Yes, you may get higher traffic for a short period of time and more business due to your shocking posts, but it will die off eventually. Your better off Tweeting for those who are faithful members of Twitter.
• Don’t just partially fill out your profile. Many make the mistake of choosing what to fill out and what not to fill out, expecting that people won’t read certain parts anyways. What about those who particularly look for the parts that you don’t fill out? You will most likely loose their business if they can’t find the information they want.

From Business Opportunities Weblog.

Buying something online can be a frustrating process. The shear numbers of websites offering the same product can lead to endless hours of surfing to try to find the right deal.

Prashant Nedungadi has been one of those people and decided to use that frustration to launch IMshopping.com, a website that utilizes a combination of software and sales experts to direct buyers to the precise product they’re looking for. What Nedungadi has dubbed “human-assisted shopping” is a network of retail experts, or guides, and the broader community of IMshopping’s more than 30,000 registered users.

IMshopping leverages Twitter to help allow consumers to pose shopping-related questions around the clock.

The Twitter part works by submitting your shopping query to @imshopping, which spits back a response to your Twitter account, usually within 15 minutes, with a link to the answer of your question. Photos of the product and other recommended products may also be included in the response.

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From Business Opportunities Weblog.