Positive Revolution: Must Follow Twitter Followers

Feb. 11, 2012 - PRLog -- Twitter is one of the best places for ecommerce entrepreneurs to get awesome info to help grow their online store. With a few hundred million different Twitter accounts, it's tough to decide who to follow. To help all the entrepreneurs out there, I've put a list of 50 must follow Twitter accounts for ecommerce entrepreneurs. Check them out below, and follow them here.To help all the entrepreneurs out there, I've put a list of 50 must follow Twitter accounts for ecommerce entrepreneurs. Check them out below, and follow them here.


Executives & Thought Leaders
Guy Kawasaki (@GuyKawasaki): Former Chief Evangelist of Apple.
Phil Morgan (@positive_spot) Founder of Positive Revolution Inc
Gary Vaynerchuk (@garyvee): Entrepreneur, author, and social media master.
Seth Godin (@ThisIsSethsBlog): World famous author and marketer.
Evan Carmichael (@EvanCarmichael): Entrepreneur and branding expert.
Andrew Warner (@AndrewWarner): Founder of Mixergy.
Fred Wilson (@fredwilson): One of the most well known tech VC's in the world.
Hiten Shah (@hnshah): Co-founder of KISSmetrics.
Tobias Lütke (@tobi): Founder of Shopify.
Harley Finkelstein (@hfizzle): Chief Platform Officer at Shopify.
Steve Blank (@sgblank): Customer Development professor at Stanford.
Mark MacLeod (@startupcfo): Provides great financial advice for startups.
Micah Baldwin (@micah): Founder of Graphicly and startup advisor.
Jason Fried (@jasonfried): Founder of 37signals, co-author of REWORK.
Dharmesh Shah (@dharmesh): Founder of HubSpot and OnStartups.com
Rand Fishkin (@randfish): Founder of SEOmoz. SEO genius.
Positive Phil (pos_franchises) Founder of Positive Franchises
Matt Cuts (@mattcutts): Webspam guru at Google. Another SEO genius.
Brian Walker (@bkwalker): VP & Principal Ecommerce Analyst at Forrester.
Gene Alvarez (@galvar60): VP & Ecommerce Researcher at Gartner.
Journalists, Reporters & Bloggers
Tricia Duryee (@triciad): All Things D reporter for Ecommerce and Gaming.
Ryan Kim (@oryankim): GigaOM tech writer.
Ben Parr (@benparr): Mashable tech guy, tweets about entrepreneurship.
Ivor Tossell (@ivortossell): Popular technology culture columnist.
Sarah Kessler (@SarahFKessler): Startups reporter at Mashable.
Jason Kincaid (@jasonkincaid): Mild-mannered reporter at TechCrunch.
Shawn Graham (@ShawnGraham): Business strategist and Fast Company blogger.
Vitaly Friedman (@smashingmag): Editor-In-Chief of Smashing Magazine.
Valerie Khoo (@valeriekhoo): Top Australian entrepreneurship journalist.
Malcolm Gladwell (@Gladwell): Author and journalist for The New Yorker.
Pamela Slim (@pamslim): Author of Escape from Cubicle Nation.
Retail & Ecommerce News
Alan Amrstrong ( @positivestocks  Founder of Positive Stocks
Shopify (@Shopify): Awesome ecommerce, and link to our blog.
Google Retail (@GoogleRetail): Latest industry news and data.
Shop.org (@shoporg): Tons of retail stats and info.
WSJ Small Business (@WSJSmallBiz): Updates from the Wall Street Journal.
Huffington Post (@HuffPostSmBiz): The best of HuffPost Small Business.
Practical Ecommerce (@practicalecomm): Useful commerce resources.
AMEX Open Forum (@OPENForum): Collective Ingenuity of Business Owners.
Bits (@nytimesbits): The New York Times business and tech blog.
Mashable (@mashable): Web culture, social media, and tech news source.
Entrepreneur Magazine (@EntMagazine): Resource for small businesses.
eCommerce News (@ecommerce): News feed from around the web.
Small Biz Technology (@ramonray): Tech and how it relates to business.
Linda Bustos (@Roxyyo): Runs a popular ecommerce blog.
Brian Tsuchiya (@StartupGuru): Startup advice for entrepreneurs.
Chris Pirillo (@ChrisPirillo): Content and communities expert.
Darren Rowse (@problogger): The guy behind Problogger.
Brian Clark (@copyblogger): Main Copyblogger dude.
Dear PR (@DearPR): What NOT to do when talking to media.
MailChimp (@MailChimp): Company blog, but they link to awesome content.


"What is Twitter?" is the most popular question I get about Twitter, and "Why Twitter?" is definitely the most popular follow-up question. There are many great uses for Twitter, but even once you understand that Twitter has grown beyond a micro-blogging service to become a social messaging platform, it can still leave you wondering why you might want to use it.

Here are a few popular ways to use Twitter:

1. Microblogging

This one is obvious, but in the rush to put Twitter to other uses, many people forget its first use as a micro-blogging platform. And it is still one of the best uses. It's easy to make a quick tweet telling the world what you are doing, how good your morning coffee tastes or how bad your lunch went.

And it is a great way for friends and family -- even those halfway across the world -- to keep connected to your daily life.

2. Quick answers

The idea of crowdsourcing has never been so quick! You can ask all sorts of questions to the Twitter universe, from what is the capital of Alaska to what people think of a particular brand of baby food. And the more friends you have, the more detailed answers you will receive.

There are even web services set up to take advantage of this feature, so if you don't have many followers, don't worry. Mahalo will help get your question answered quickly. Simply send your question to @answers.

3. Finding a job

Whether you just got laid off or you are sick of your current job, Twitter can help you get a new job. Not only can you announce to the world that you are looking for employment, but many companies post their job openings on Twitter.

Here is a guide to help you get started finding a job on Twitter.

4. Keeping up with the news

From newspapers to magazines to TV stations and cable news, it seems everyone is adopting Twitter as the coolest thing since sliced bread. The coolest part is that it makes Twitter a great way to keep track of news.

Want to keep up with the news, but don't wan to clutter up Twitter? You can use a Twitter client like TweetDeck. And the neat thing about TweetDeck is that it is available for the iPhone too.

5. Arrange a lunch with friends

Twitter can be very useful for arranging a time and place to get together. It's like a conference call with text messaging. So, if you have a regular lunch date with a group of people, or just want to arrange a get together, Twitter can be a great way to nail down a time and place that works for everyone.

Like following the news, it can be handy to have your friends in their own group if you have a lot of followers.

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To help all the entrepreneurs out there, I've put a list of 50 must follow Twitter accounts for ecommerce entrepreneurs. Check them out below, and follow them here.