Twitter: Dead Investment for Small Business


	Twitter: Dead Investment for Small Business

egsnyder

7-21-2009 5:33 AM

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twitter, fun, trends, fads

egsnyder says:

Very well written article by biz critic, Robert Bacal.

The long and the short of it... Do if for fun, but don't expect direct biz results.

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