To Twitter or NOT – Brands

Lately i have come across many articles about various brands using twitter (micro blogging) to send short messages about the company or the work going in on their various projects. They have attracted a lot of followers no doubt. Some companies use it to get feedback from their users and may be even respond to queries. Well the question is – TO Twitter or NOT ? Well there are for and against for everything. Its just the way the company uses it for its marketing and reaching out to people and potential customers.

Well now the question also arise Will Twitter Monetize this for their own growth ? Well there have been news that its planning to charge a fee for using twitter to use it as a marketing tool. Well here’s a huge list of Brands which are on Twitter. You can follow them too.

360Fashion Network – twitter.com/360fashion
Accenture – twitter.com/Accenture
AccuConference – twitter.com/accuconference
Active Network – twitter.com/activenetwork
adenin Tech – twitter.com/adenin
AideRSS – twitter.com/aiderss
AL.com – twitter.com/aldotcom
American Traveler – twitter.com/travelnursejobs
AQA 63336 – twitter.com/AQA63336
Archerfish – twitter.com/myarcherfish
Arena Flowers – twitter.com/arenaflowers
ATT News – twitter.com/attnews
Australian ISP BigPond – twitter.com/bigpondteam
Avid Technology – twitter.com/AvidTechnology
AWeber – twitter.com/aweber
Baskin-Robbins – twitter.com/BaskinRobbins
BatteryFuel – twitter.com/batteryfuel
Bazaarvoice – twitter.com/bazaarvoice
BBC – twitter.com/bbcbreaking
BearingPoint – twitter.com/BearingPoint
Better World Books – twitter.com/BWBooks
Blinc Cosmetics – twitter.com/blinc
BodiBar – twitter.com/mybodibar
Bojangles – twitter.com/gottawannaneeda
Bosco Chocolate Syrup – twitter.com/scott_so
BT Tradespace – twitter.com/bttradespace
BuildDirect – twitter.com/builddirect
BusinessWeek – twitter.com/bwbx
BusinessWeek – twitter.com/JOHNABYRNE
Buzzillions: twitter.com/buzzillions
Cabot Cheese – twitter.com/cabotcoop
Canadian Tourism Commission – twitter.com/ctccct
CareerBuilder.com – twitter.com/thehiringsite
Chicago Tribune – twitter.com/chicagotribune
ChoiceStream – twitter.com/ChoiceStream
Cincom – twitter.com/CincomSynchrony
CME Group- twitter.com/CMEGroup
CNN – twitter.com/cnn
CNN Breaking News – twitter.com/cnnbrk
Coast Hotels & Resorts – twitter.com/coasthotels
Comcast – twitter.com/comcastcares
ComputerGeeks – twitter.com/ComputerGeeks
Constant Contact – twitter.com/ctcthelp
ControlGuard – twitter.com/ControlGuard
Cristian Cafe – twitter.com/christiancafe
Cutter Consortium – twitter.com/cuttertweets
Delicious – twitter.com/Delicious
Dell – twitter.com/Direct2Dell
Dell on Twitter – www.dell.com/twitter
Dell Outlet – twitter.com/delloutlet
Discovery Channel – twitter.com/DiscoveryChPR
dripit – twitter.com/dripit
DunkinDonuts – twitter.com/DunkinDonuts
Earth Institute at Columbia University – twitter.com/earthinstitute
Eastbay – twitter.com/Eastbay
Eclipse Awards- twitter.com/eclipseawards
EcoSearch – twitter.com/EcoSearch
FAST – twitter.com/ffblog
Fast Company – twitter.com/fastcompany
Field Dress – twitter.com/FieldDress
First Federal – twitter.com/firstfederal
Flying Dog Beer – twitter.com/flyingdog
FORA.tv – twitter.com/foratv
Ford Asia Pacific and Africa – twitter.com/FordAPA
Ford Customer Service – twitter.com/fordcustservice
Ford Drive Green – twitter.com/FordDriveGreen
Ford Drive One – twitter.com/FordDriveOne
Ford Mustang – twitter.com/fordmustang
Ford Trucks – twitter.com/fordtrucks
ForRent.com – twitter.com/AptsForRent
Forrester – twitter.com/forrester
Fox News – twitter.com/foxnews
FoxNews.com – twitter.com/foxnewspolitics
Frankentipps.de – twitter.com/Frankentipps
Freewheelin Bikesharing – twitter.com/bikesharing
FutureTap – twitter.com/futuretap
Gabbr – twitter.com/gabbrdotcom
GE Healthcare – twitter.com/GEhealthcare
GE Reports – twitter.com/GE_Reports
GM – twitter.com/GMblogs
GM Trucks – twitter.com/GMtruckclub
Grant Thornton South Africa – twitter.com/grantthornton
Grant Thornton US – twitter.com/grantthorntonus
Greenling Organic – twitter.com/greenling_com
Growing Bolder – twitter.com/growingbolder
GU Energy – twitter.com/GUenergy
H&R Block – twitter.com/HRBlock
Harley Davidson – twitter.com/harleydavidson
Hello Direct – twitter.com/hellodirect
Hertz – twitter.com/connectbyhertz
HipHop.TV – twitter.com/hiphoptv
Home Depot – twitter.com/thehomedepot
Hubspot – twitter.com/grader
Huffington Post – twitter.com/huffpost
Humana’s Innovation Center- twitter.com/crumpleitup
IBM – twitter.com/smartsoa
IBM developerWorks – twitter.com/developerworks
Ikea Fans – twitter.com/ikeafans
Infusionsoft – twitter.com/Infusionsoft
Intershop – twitter.com/intershop
Ipevo – twitter.com/ipevo
iPhone – twitter.com/iphone
ITV – twitter.com/itvinsider
JASE Group – twitter.com/JASEgroup
JBoss – twitter.com/jbossnews
Jetblue – twitter.com/JetBlue
Jewelry Television – twitter.com/Jewelry
Joost – twitter.com/joost_com
Kodak – twitter.com/kodakCB
Landor.com – twitter.com/landor_dot_com
Lands End – twitter.com/LandsEndChat
L’Express – twitter.com/LEXPRESS
LinkedIn – twitter.com/LinkedIn
Litmos.com – twitter.com/Litmos
Livescribe Pulse Smartpen – twitter.com/livescribe
LocationStore – twitter.com/locationstore
Loopt – twitter.com/loopt
Lumension Security – twitter.com/_Lumension
Luxor Hotel and Casino – twitter.com/LuxorLV
Lynda Learning – twitter.com/Lyndadotcom
Magicomm – twitter.com/magicomm
Make magazine – twitter.com/make
MarketingProfs – twitter.com/marketingprofs
Marriott – twitter.com/MarriottIntl
MassLive.com – twitter.com/masslivenews
McMaster University Libraries – twitter.com/maclibraries
MSC mobile – twitter.com/mscmobile
Medifast – twitter.com/medifastpr
Metro – twitter.com/MetroOnline
MGM Grand Hotel and Casino – twitter.com/mgmgrand
MGM Mirage – twitter.com/VegasConcierge
Mindjet – - twitter.com/Mindjet
MLive.com – twitter.com/mlive
MpowerPlayer – twitter.com/mplayit
Musicnotes.com – twitter.com/music_notes
MXTabs.net – twitter.com/mxtabs
National Association of Realtors – twitter.com/realtors
Natural User Interface – twitter.com/multitouch
Network Solutions – twitter.com/netsolcares
NewsChomper- twitter.com/newschomper
NJ.com – twitter.com/njdotcom
NOLA.com – twitter.com/nolanews
nopaper – twitter.com/nopaper
Nordstrom – twitter.com/nordstrom
North Face – twitter.com/thenorthface
Northern Light – twitter.com/northernlight
NPR News – twitter.com/nprnews
nuBound- twitter.com/nuBound
NY Times – twitter.com/nytimes
OHL – twitter.com/ohltweets
Oracle – twitter.com/oracle
O’Reilly Media – twitter.com/oreillymedia
PBLoco – twitter.com/pbloco
Pepsi – twitter.com/pepsi
Pinstripe – - twitter.com/PinstripeTalent
PlanetGreen – twitter.com/planetgreen
Playboy – twitter.com/Playboy
Pool Cue Guru – twitter.com/PoolCueGuru
popchips – twitter.com/popchips
Pop Syndicate – twitter.com/popsyndicate
Popeye’s Chicken – twitter.com/PopeyesChicken
PR Newswire – twitter.com/prnewswire
Pragmatic Marketing – twitter.com/pragmaticmkting
ProfNet – twitter.com/profnet
Provident – twitter.com/provident
Proximic – twitter.com/proximic
QuickBase – twitter.com/IntuitQuickbase
Realestate.com – twitter.com/realtweet
Red Hat – twitter.com/redhatnews
Red Hat’s Gov Team – twitter.com/redhatgov
RevZilla – twitter.com/RevZilla
Ripple 6 – twitter.com/Ripple6
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation – twitter.com/rwjf
Ron’s Home And Hardware – twitter.com/rons
Rubbermaid – twitter.com/Rubbermaid
Sacre Bleu Wine – twitter.com/sacrebleuwine
Salesforce.com – twitter.com/successforce
SAP – twitter.com/sapnetwork
SAP Listens – twitter.com/saplistens
SAS BI Consultant – twitter.com/sasbi
SAS Blog Author – twitter.com/sascomeditor
SAS Dummy Book Author – twitter.com/cjdinger
Sciencebase – twitter.com/sciencebase
SEGA – twitter.com/segaamerica
SEGA Bayonetta – twitter.com/bayonettagame
SEGA Phantasy Star – twitter.com/phantasystar
SEGA Total War – twitter.com/totalwar
SEGA Valkyria Chronicles – twitter.com/valkyriatribune
Semper International – twitter.com/semperllc
Sierra Trading Post – twitter.com/sierratp
Six Apart – twitter.com/sixapart
Sightix – twitter.com/sightix
SmartFinds Marketing – twitter.com/SmartFinds
SocialText- twitter.com/Socialtext
Sodexo – twitter.com/SodexoCareers
Southwest Airlines – twitter.com/southwestair
Spinnakerpro – twitter.com/spinnakerpro
Sprint News – twitter.com/sprintnews
STA Travel – twitter.com/statravelers
Starbucks – twitter.com/starbucks
StreamServe – twitter.com/streamserve
Sun Microsystems – twitter.com/sunmicrosystems
Surety – twitter.com/absoluteproof
Syracuse.com – twitter.com/syracusedotcom
T Mobile – twitter.com/FlyWithTMobile
Tagzania – twitter.com/tagzania
Teavana – twitter.com/teavana
TerraGo – twitter.com/terrago
The AppGap – twitter.com/theappgap
The Oregonian – twitter.com/oregonian
The Sims2 – twitter.com/thesims2
The Sims3 – twitter.com/thesims3
The Washington Times – twitter.com/washtimes
theHandbagShop – twitter.com/thehandbagshop
Thomson Reuters – twitter.com/TRCareers
Tiara Hotels & Resorts – twitter.com/TiaraHotels
Times Online – twitter.com/timesonline
Tom Bihn Bags – twitter.com/tombihn
Tourism Queensland – twitter.com/whereelsebutqld
Trader Joe’s – twitter.com/traderjoes
Travel Channel – twitter.com/travelchannel
Triathlete Magazine – - twitter.com/TriathleteMag
TurboTax – twitter.com/turbotax
TuVinhSoft – twitter.com/tuvinh
United Linen – twitter.com/UnitedLinen
University of Guelph – twitter.com/uofg
Ustream – twitter.com/ustreamtv
Valtira – - twitter.com/valtira
Vignette – twitter.com/vignettecorp
Viigo.com – twitter.com/RuddockMH
Virgin – twitter.com/virgindotcom
Vornado – twitter.com/vornado
Wachovia – twitter.com/Wachovia
Wall Street Journal – twitter.com/wsj
Washington State DOT – twitter.com/wsdot
Web 2.0 Expo – twitter.com/w2e
Webcredible – twitter.com/webcredible
West Jet – twitter.com/Westjet
West Virginia Blazers – twitter.com/wvblazers
WestJet – twitter.com/westjet
Whole Foods – twitter.com/wholefoods
WikiWorldBook.com – twitter.com/WikiWorldBook
Windows Mobile – twitter.com/Windowsmobile
Wright Place TV – twitter.com/drwright1
WOMMA – twitter.com/Womma
Wordia – twitter.com/Wordia
XCOM Media – twitter.com/xcommedia
YesToCarrots – twitter.com/yestocarrots
Zappos – twitter.com/zappos
Zappos Customer Loyalty – twitter.com/Zappos_George

Google Reader

I used to always wonder how can i keep track of a huge list of blogs and read on a regular basis. Well i used to either bookmark them in firefox or stumble upon them. But never got back to reading that. Recently i was introduced to Google Reader.  Am sure it was around for a long time but never had caught my attention. Its one of the best things i have come across lately. You can add RSS feeds of as many websites as you wanna track and read but the best part is they are displayed in your Google Reader homepage similar to your emails as a list. you can read the posts you want to and ignore the rest. You can even Add starts to bookmark certain posts of any blog and make a list of them so that u can come back at a later date to refer once again. You can share certain news with other friends too or mail them to people on different networks, add tags to them to categorize it for later referal.

Google Reader on the desktop

I am a Cellphone freak. I would love to check my emails, facebok etc on my cellphone when ever i get time. Well i had never imagined i would be able to read the blogs so comfortably on my cellphone till now. Google Reader makes it very easy. When u add your RSS FEEDs to the reader. Its accessable to you through the mobile only that too in a Mobile Rendered Layout with no disorientation of the webpage as you may come accross in your blog layouts.

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