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		<title>Fast Company Not Sure Twitter&#8217;s a Good Marketing Tool</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Read the article (and dissenting comments at the end): Fast Company&#8217;s Kitt Eaton spews some European WebTrends research saying only 2 percent of businesses use Twitter as a marketing tool.
Ideas why? It&#8217;s easy! You actually have to be original, authentic, transparent, imaginative et al. to engage followers you may or may not know. That&#8217;s a [...]


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<p>Ideas why? It&#8217;s easy! You actually have to be original, authentic, transparent, imaginative et al. to engage followers you may or may not know. That&#8217;s a different approach for businesses and marketers alike, the latter of which are just used to pushing the slogans and specials they&#8217;ve thought up, without any feedback.</p>
<p>Moreover, Twitter is a tool to develop relationships&#8211;and that takes time.</p>



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