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December 2011 Top 50 Small Business Experts to Follow on Twitter

Guest post by: Evan Carmichael

Article Overview: This is a list of the top 50 recommended Small Business Experts to follow on Twitter for December 2011.

December 2011 Top 50 Small Business Experts to Follow on Twitter

		#1) @GuyKawasaki - Guy Kawasaki
		#2) @EntMagazine - Entrepreneur (Up from #3)
		#3) @smexaminer - Michael Stelzner (Up from #4)
		#4) @ducttape - John Jantsch (Up from #5)
		#5) @Mike_Stelzner - Michael A. Stelzner (Up from #6)
		#6) @smallbiztrends - Anita Campbell (Up from #7)
		#7) @USATODAYmoney - USA TODAY Money (Up from #8)
		#8) @NYTSmallBiz - NYT Small Business (Up from #9)
		#9) @OPENForum - OPEN Forum (Up from #10)
		#10) @SmallBizLady - Melinda Emerson (Up from #11)
		#11) @FoxBusiness - FOX Business
		#12) @AliBrown - Ali Brown
		#13) @toryjohnson - Tory Johnson (#13 last month)
		#14) @ConstantContact - Constant Contact
		#15) @blackenterprise - Black Enterprise (Down from #14)
		#16) @BeckyMcCray - Becky McCray (Down from #15)
		#17) @msPartner - Microsoft Partner
		#18) @SBAgov - SBA (Down from #16)
		#19) @odesk - oDesk (Down from #18)
		#20) @WSJSmallBiz - Small Business (Up from #22)
		#21) @smallbusiness - SmallBusiness.com
		#22) @SmallBizBee - SmallBizBee (Down from #20)
		#23) @SCOREMentors - SCORE Biz Mentor (Down from #21)
		#24) @Elance - Elance (Down from #23)
		#25) @DellSMBnews - Dell SMB News (Down from #24)
		#26) @Rieva - Rieva (#26 last month)
		#27) @bizsugar - BizSugar (#27 last month)
		#28) @ramonray - Ramon Ray (Up from #29)
		#29) @NFIB - NFIB (Up from #32)
		#30) @BusinessZone - BusinessZone.co.uk (#30 last month)
		#31) @netsolcares - Network Solutions
		#32) @MicrosoftSMB - Microsoft SMB (Down from #31)
		#33) @Manta - Manta.com (#33 last month)
		#34) @ATTSmallBiz - AT&T Small Business (Up from #36)
		#35) @SmallBizExpo - Small Business Expo (Up from #37)
		#36) @sarahneedleman - Sarah E. Needleman (Down from #34)
		#37) @TrueSmallBiz - True Small Business (Down from #35)
		#38) @businesstech - Small Business Tech (#38 last month)
		#39) @MicrosoftSB - Microsoft UK SMB
		#40) @YSmallBusiness - Yahoo Small Business (Up from #41)
		#41) @WSBTalkRadio - Women Small Business (Down from #40)
		#42) @fbsmallbiz - Fox Small Business (Up from #43)
		#43) @deniseoberry - Denise O'Berry (Down from #42)
		#44) @HuffPostSmBiz - @HuffPostSmBiz (#44 last month)
		#45) @smbiz - Small Business Chat (#45 last month)
		#46) @MerchantCircle - MerchantCircle.com
		#47) @JimBlasingame - Jim Blasingame (Down from #46)
		#48) @tomgazaway - Tom Gazaway (Down from #47)
		#49) @JanetAttard - Janet Attard (#49 last month)
		#50) @SmallBizCanada - Susan Ward (#50 last month)

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My entry - 1. The Best Business Books Ever: The 100 Most Influential Business Books You'll Never Have Time to Read - this is a fascinating book about the history of Business theory, and I'd recommend it to anybody. 2. The Big Book of Small Business: You Don't Have to Run Your Business by the Seat of Your Pants, by Tom Gegax. Ditto. 3. PADI: The Business of Diving Book Okay, so this book won't be of use to anyone who doesn't want to start a scuba store, but I did, and this book was of course invaluable to me in reaching that goal.
Re: On Which Social Media Sites Are You Most Active? - Follow me on Twitter Join me on Facebook Watch me on YouTube
Holidays and websites - I've got several webzines, on various topics. December 23 and 24 were down days, I'm sad to report that December 25 was a very BUSY day!! Don't people have better things to do on Dec 25 than surf the web!!!! Of course, on Dec 26, they all pour into the streets to return their Christmas gifts - that's very sad... So, anyway, my December has been good, except for the 23 and 24. (Good in the AdSense sense of the word. I'd hoped to get some Amazon business during this month, and got nothing!)
Re: Twitter vs Facebook - I use Facebook pages for Business and rarely ever use Twitter. I hace lost count of the no. of Hotels that I have visited, regarding their marketing campaigns, that may have 5k Facebook Fans and only 100 followers on Twitter. It is a lot more difficult to engage with people on Twitter and thus harder to gain traction. If you are a business like Nike, then Twitter is great, but if you are an SME, then focus on Facebook or LinkedIn (if you are providing a professional service.) You can always have your Facebook feed directly in to Twitter, so you can have a presence on both, but do the work on one. Also check out ping.fm for managing campaigns - it is a free tool, and a great time saver.
These maybe the coldest franchises out there: - Here are the worst 15 performing franchises in regards to having the highest Small Business Administration (SBA) loan failure rates. The list is dotted with sub sandwich shops, fitness centers and car shops. WORST FRANCHISE LOAN FAILURES Failure % 1 OBEE'S SOUP SALAD SUBS 55.56% 2 LADY OF AMERICA 41.94% 3 COUNTRY CLUTTER (BED & BREAKFAST) 41.18% 4 COPY CLUB 36.36% 5 ALL TUNE AND LUBE 35.71% 6 PICKERMAN'S 35.71% 7 PHILLY CONNECTION 35.59% 8 ROLY POLY ROLLED SANDWICHES 34.78% 9 COTTMAN TRANSMISSION 34.48% 10 HAIR COLOR EXPRESS 33.33% 11 LEE MYLES AUTOMOTIVE TRANSMISSIONS 33.33% 12 GODFATHER'S PIZZA 33.33% 13 SMOOTHIE FACTORY 33.33% 14 BLIMPIE 31.39% 15 GOLF U.S.A. (RETAIL GOLF EQUIP.) 30.77% Source: Small Business Administration, SBA Loan Performance Within Franchise Code for the Period of FY 2001 - 2005


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