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Four people and companies you should follow on Twitter

By now you’re aware of the benefits of using Twitter. It provides a free platform for you to share information and interact with customers, all from the comfort of your home or greenhouse. But not only is it a way to promote business, it also provides access to unique sources of information, such as news, local shopping deals, jokes, links to interesting articles and more. This includes information that can be helpful for your business. And the four “Twitterers” below offer just that. Read on to find out why they’re worth clicking “Follow.”

Melinda Emerson - @SmallBizLady
Rated by Forbes as one of the Top 20 Women for entrepreneurs to follow on Twitter, Emerson is a small business coach, speaker and author. She hosts #SmallBizChat on twitter, a weekly interactive talk show, from 8 to 9 p.m. EST and often tweets links to articles and blog posts that offer advice for small business owners. Visit her website at www.succeedasyourownboss.com.

Management Tip - @ManagementTip
A good follow for those who are not on Twitter often or prefer to follow someone who’s not going to overwhelm their tweet feed. Run by the Harvard Business Review, Management Tip offers one daily tweet with links to short (around 100 to 150 words) posts that offer “quick, practical management tips and ideas.” Visit tip.hbr.org for more.

Francisco Rosales - @socialmouths
The author of www.socialmouths.com, the 44-year-old’s first taste of entrepreneurship was when he and his wife turned their business into an $8 million company after three years. Today he offers entrepreneurs social media advice, ranked as No. 59 in the Top 100 Influencers in Social Media by Social Technology Review. Follow him to improve your online and social media presence.

Pete Cashmore - @mashable
From the company whose mission is to “empower and inspire people by spreading knowledge of social media and technology,” the Mashable twitter feed offers a constant stream of everything related to digital culture, social media and technology. With tweets posting around the clock, there is always something new to learn from this Twitterer. Visit www.mashable.com for more.
 

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According to The Social Habit, a social media research series from Edison Research and editorial partners Jay Baer, Jason Falls, Mark Schaefer and Tom Webster, Twitter users are 33 percent more likely to be Democrats.