From Tweets to Transactions: 5 Tips for Finding Business Opportunities on Twitter

Think Twitter is just a place for casual conversations?  Take a closer look and you'll find Twitter rife with business and networking opportunities, especially for freelancers and small businesses—but you may need to turn over a few rocks to find them. Sunni Gilliam, owner of Teavolve (@teavolve) cafe in Baltimore, Maryland, ...

How Local Restaurants Are Using Twitter to Lure Customers Despite Bad Weather

Recently the Baltimore Business Journal posted  Open or Closed?  Twitter to the rescue for Baltimore restaurants during the snowstorm. Among the Baltimore area restaurants featured were Punks Backyard Grill (@Punksgrill) in Annapolis, Diamondback Tavern (@DiamondbackTvrn) in Ellicott City, and Talara (@talarabaltimore) in Harbor East.  The restaurant owners used Twitter to spread ...

Twitter’s First Email Newsletter (Oh, the irony!)

Yesterday, Twitter co-founder Biz Stone (@biz) sent out Twitter's first-ever newsletter, which was emailed to all accounts that are set up to receive updates from Twitter.  While irony of a lengthy newsletter from Twitter is apparent, it did contain some good-to-know tidbits: The Twitter community continues to grow at a rapid ...

4-28-10 Hollis Thomases Presents “Six Deadly Sins of Web Marketing” at Cornell Club NYC

Event: Hollis Thomases, Web Ad.vantage president and Cornell graduate, presents the “Six Deadly Sins of Web Marketing:  What You Don’t Know About Web Marketing Could Be Hurting Your Business” at The Cornell Club of New York City. When: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 Time: TBD Where: The Cornell Club, 6 East 44th Street, New ...