Twitter How-to: Put Your Local Business on Twitter

“Free local, realtime advertising platform that runs on Twitter. bizzly enables people to view and share viral coupons and deals right in their own neighborhood. Local merchants can publish and track their Twitter-based promotions using bizzly and gain new followers quickly.”

“See what's happening in your city - StreetMavens is an interactive real time city guide and business directory. You can explore thousands of cities all over the world and see what people are saying right now. StreetTalk is organized by category and twitter trends are searchable locally.”

“Fast, simple, easy to update small business websites that are "built" and maintained using ordinary social networking tools. Be found and engage your customers online. Create an online profile with rich content that customers love. Get found in search engines like Google, business directories, and on social networks like Facebook and Twitter. Stay connected to your customers with click-to-call, text messaging and e-mail marketing tools. No technology skills required!”

“Localtweeps makes it easy for people and businesses on Twitter (tweeps) to gain local followers and to create locally relevant content (events, specials, etc.) to share with followers and non?followers alike”

“Think about your business as if it were a bakery. What do you offer that is "better when it's hot?" What if you could stream out offers, information & events constantly, without annoying your email list with too much spam? That's Twitter.”

“Whatever trade you're in, there's no doubt that events drive business - LOCAL business - and bring people in the door. Well, Twitter (through apps like RiotVine) drives events. See for yourself!”

“Helping businesses connect with the consumers that love them (well, we hope it's all love). We aggregate all the conversation and commentary about businesses (restaurants, hotels, bars/nightclubs, etc) that are happening on Twitter. The people are local - the conversation is digital.”

“The twitter Yellow Pages - The explosive growth of online social media has led to unprecedented opportunities for finding and connecting with people of experience and expertise in your areas of interest.”