20 Twitter Accounts Every Small Business Should Follow

20 Twitter Accounts Every Small Business Should Follow

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20 Twitter Accounts Every Small Business Should Follow

With its rapidly updating feed, Twitter can be a great source of news and information for anyone, not just small business owners. But follow too many people and it becomes difficult to find the value in between the mundane. One of the best solutions for small business owners is to add the accounts that matter the most to lists, and then switch between your lists when your Twitter feed becomes too unruly.

If you’ve never created a list before, start by reading the Twitter guide, and then create your own list using the accounts below. Since these accounts all offer some benefit to small business owners, name your list something like SMB Advice, so you always know which list to select when you’re only looking for the latest advice relevant to SMBs.

Small Business Trends

Managed by Anita Campbell and her team at Small Business Trends, this account has more than 130,000 followers and shares stories that will benefit any small business owner. Expect industry updates, advice on marketing, productivity and growing your business, and trend analysis; this account is always informative, without any noise.

Duct Tape

John Jantsch, a small business marketing consultant, speaker, and author, manages the Duct Tape Twitter account. As would be expected, the content shared is primarily marketing related, but always with small businesses in mind: meaning it is aimed at small business owners, not marketing departments and agencies.

Top Rank

Operated by Top Rank Marketing, a marketing agency focused on online marketing, the Top Rank Twitter account does at times seem aimed at mid-sized businesses with their own marketing department, but you’ll still be surprised by the relevancy their content has to businesses of any size.

Small Biz Lady

This is the primary account for Melinda Emerson, a small business and social media powerhouse and author who has also written for the New York Times, Entrepreneur and The Huffington Post. Expect advice on starting your own business, through to positioning it for growth, with a good chunk of social media guidance in between.
Bonus: Melinda hosts one of the longest-running Twitter chats – #smallbizchat – every Thursday at 1am (UTC), and you can follow @smallbizchat to see what each week’s topic is going to be.

Copy Blogger

Part of Rainmaker Digital, Copyblogger has always been passionate about one thing: helping you create amazing content that attracts attention, and drives traffic. If you’re struggling with the content on your website, you’ll definitely find some useful suggestions on Copyblogger’s Twitter account, including helpful explainer videos, and several quality podcasts.

Jeff Bullas

Jeff Bullas is a content marketing and social media specialist whose blog is full of informative articles covering a wide range of topics. Browsing his website can be a time sink if you aren’t careful, with you not surfacing again for hours, so stick to his Twitter feed where he not only posts his latest articles, but also revisits some of his older – but still relevant – posts.

Brian Honigman

Once you’re familiar with Brian Honigman’s writing, you’ll begin noticing his name all over the place. Brian regularly writes for Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, The Next Web, and more. Like the other accounts listed here, his take on content marketing and social media offers useful suggestions that anyone can follow.

Jay Baer

Jay Baer makes a bold claim in his Twitter bio

The most re-tweeted person in the world among digital marketers

but scrolling through his Twitter feed shows that each of his posts is liked and retweeted multiple times. Although his content is written for marketers, any business owner can use the information shared.

Ian Anderson Gray

Ian Anderson Gray is a digital marketer and social media consultant, and his Twitter feed is not only devoted to sharing his own articles, but those of other industry experts too. Look for articles that will help you improve your social media strategy, and your productivity.

Ian Cleary

Ian Cleary’s Twitter account focuses mostly on social media – from getting the most out of advertising on social media, to using social media to grow your website traffic. The content is always engaging, and you can expect the occasional downloadable guide or cheatsheet that are extremely convenient, but full of valuable information.

Jeff Sieh

If you’ve tried using Pinterest for your business and found yourself floundering, Jeff Sieh’s Twitter account can help you sort out your strategy. Jeff is the bearded man behind Manly Pinterest Tips, but his tips will benefit business owners regardless of gender. Although his focus is on Pinterest, he shares content that touches on other social networks too, with a side order of content marketing.

Sue Zimmerman

What Jeff Sieh is to Pinterest, Sue Zimmerman is to Instagram, and following Sue on Twitter will see you dramatically improving how you use Instagram in very little time. Sue expertly explains how to use a variety of tools with Instagram, while simplifying how to do the basics – like embedding an Instagram post on your blog.

Stephan Hovnanian

Stephan Hovnanian is a must-follow for any small business using – or thinking of using – email marketing. He is passionate about email marketing, and it shows in the type of content he shares on Twitter, with tips on everything from creating an engaging newsletter, to better analysis of your email audience.

Cindy Bates

Cindy Bates is the VP of small-to-midsized business at Microsoft, and her tweets are a mix of marketing advice and general business advice. From growing your business, through to protecting yourself against data and security breaches, you’ll even find some valuable tips on how to balance work and rest over the summer months.

Mark Babbitt

A mentor, author and speaker, Mark Babbitt’s Twitter account is focused on career and leadership advice. As a small business owner you don’t only need advice on marketing, you also need guidance on being an effective leader, and how to hire the best people, and this is what you can expect to find when following Mark Babbitt.

Jim Blasingame

As with Mark Babbitt, Jim Blasingame understands that there are many parts to operating a small business, and he shares content that addresses economic influences, the state of commercial property, and even political matters.

Barry Moltz

Barry Moltz has a lot of experience with small businesses, having owned and operated several for more than 20 years. Although he has now switched to entrepreneurship-related activities, he is still passionate about helping small businesses get “unstuck”. From managing your productivity and cash flow, to attracting new customers, this is another Twitter account that looks at the myriad of other things that matter to small business owners.

Upwork

If you regularly use freelancers or have considered outsourcing some of your non-core functions, then you’re probably familiar with Upwork, a leading online workplace. Their Twitter account not only shares content about using freelancers, but also about managing a distributed workforce, and everything related to the freelance economy.

Product Hunt

Unlike all the other accounts listed above, Product Hunt does not share valuable advice your small business could benefit from. Instead, they share awesome new products and services, some of which could benefit you. The tone might be far from serious – the team loves gifs and emojis – but the products and services they find are usually quite impressive. Not forgetting they regularly host live chats with industry leaders.

Tom Fishburne

Finally, too much information can have a negative impact on your output, so it helps to invest in a bit of humour to calm your mind. Which is exactly what you will find on Tom Fishburne’s Twitter feed. Tom describes himself as a marketoonist, a cartoonist who parodies the world of marketing. And with a background in marketing, it is a field he is all too familiar with.

 

This list of Twitter accounts to follow is not meant to be definitive, and there are many other Twitter accounts that offer great advice for business owners. This list is meant to serve as a starting point for small business owners; and the advice offered by these accounts is most relevant to them, with minimal repetition of content between accounts.

Need inspiration? Here are some Small Business That Are Owning Social Media, and for more digital marketing tips for your small business, check out the essential digital marketing guide.

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