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November 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 November 2011.

November 2011 Top 50 Small Business Experts to Follow on Twitter

		#1) @IncMagazine - Inc. Magazine
		#2) @Forbes - Forbes
		#3) @EntMagazine - Entrepreneur
		#4) @smexaminer - Michael Stelzner
		#5) @ducttape - John Jantsch
		#6) @Mike_Stelzner - Michael A. Stelzner
		#7) @smallbiztrends - Anita Campbell (Down from #1)
		#8) @USATODAYmoney - USA TODAY Money
		#9) @NYTSmallBiz - NYT Small Business (Down from #2)
		#10) @OPENForum - OPEN Forum (Down from #4)
		#11) @SmallBizLady - Melinda Emerson (Down from #5)
		#12) @alevit - Alexandra Levit
		#13) @toryjohnson - Tory Johnson
		#14) @blackenterprise - Black Enterprise (Down from #6)
		#15) @BeckyMcCray - Becky McCray
		#16) @SBAgov - SBA (Down from #11)
		#17) @BusinessLinkGov - Business Link (Down from #10)
		#18) @odesk - oDesk
		#19) @B2Community - Business2Community
		#20) @SmallBizBee - SmallBizBee (Down from #15)
		#21) @SCOREMentors - SCORE Biz Mentor (Down from #16)
		#22) @WSJSmallBiz - Small Business (Down from #17)
		#23) @Elance - Elance
		#24) @DellSMBnews - Dell SMB News (Down from #18)
		#25) @BrianMoran - BrianMoran
		#26) @Rieva - Rieva
		#27) @bizsugar - BizSugar (Down from #19)
		#28) @CiscoSmallBiz - Cisco Small Business (Down from #21)
		#29) @ramonray - Ramon Ray
		#30) @BusinessZone - BusinessZone.co.uk (Down from #23)
		#31) @MicrosoftSMB - Microsoft SMB (Down from #24)
		#32) @NFIB - NFIB (Down from #28)
		#33) @Manta - Manta.com (Down from #30)
		#34) @sarahneedleman - Sarah E. Needleman
		#35) @TrueSmallBiz - True Small Business (Down from #25)
		#36) @ATTSmallBiz - AT&T Small Business (Down from #27)
		#37) @SmallBizExpo - Small Business Expo (Down from #26)
		#38) @businesstech - Small Business Tech (Down from #31)
		#39) @MicrosoftSB - MS UK Small Business (Down from #32)
		#40) @WSBTalkRadio - Women Small Business (Down from #33)
		#41) @YSmallBusiness - Yahoo Small Business (Down from #35)
		#42) @deniseoberry - Denise O'Berry (Down from #36)
		#43) @fbsmallbiz - Fox Small Business (Down from #41)
		#44) @HuffPostSmBiz - @HuffPostSmBiz (Down from #39)
		#45) @smbiz - Small Business Chat (Down from #42)
		#46) @JimBlasingame - Jim Blasingame
		#47) @tomgazaway - Tom Gazaway (#47 last month)
		#48) @scoreminnesota - Jim Blasingame
		#49) @JanetAttard - Janet Attard
		#50) @SmallBizCanada - Susan Ward

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