Twitter is working hard to become a place for local businesses and customers to connect – so now’s the time to develop your local strategy.

We’ve compiled 5 tips for local businesses to maximize their impact on Twitter, helping you use your 140 characters to reach the customers that care about your product most.
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It seems the popular micro-blogging service Twitter has something up its sleeve and is about to make the jump from micro-blogging to a full-fledged media platform.

We know that Twitter is currently in talks with media industry giant Viacom over a deal that could begin in mid-May. The deal would bring TV clips and advertisements to Twitter in exchange for a cut of the ad revenue – reported to be a 50/50 split. Partnering with media giants isn’t new for Twitter. It already has arrangements with The Weather Channel, ESPN and Turner Broadcasting System (TBS), but what Viacom (and a NBC Universal) could bring is some of the most popular content online, such as HULU videos or major sporting events.

Here’s what the deal leads us to believe.

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What’s your Twitter strategy?

If you tried answering this question with “Ummm, we tweet a lot, and we use hashtags,” that’s not good enough.

To be successful on Twitter – whether you’re tweeting on behalf of a Fortune 500, the small mom-and-pop down the streed or your own personal brand – you need a well-articulated content strategy that covers the who, what, when, why and how.
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Here at Mediabistro, we talk to employers and job seekers everyday and have heard that the interview process can be daunting for both parties. Sometimes it’s hard to ask the right questions during an interview and there’s always one that leaves a candidate scratching his or her head. So, employers, we want to know: What interview question stumps your candidates every time?

Enter our contest for the chance to win a free 3-job posting package on the Mediabistro job board (worth $717!). All you have to do is follow @Mediabistro and tweet us your answer in 140 characters or less.

Include #InterviewQ and you’re in! The winner with the answer that stumps us the most will be announced on Friday, November 30 at 12:15 pm ET via our @Mediabistro Twitter account. Good luck!

The Mediabistro job board is the best place to find top media candidates for your open positions. Companies like Google, Amazon, and AOL post with us — you should too!

Twitter is becoming the new call center, with customers tweeting to companies to voice their complaints, comments and questions. But in order to get an answer, you’ve got to know how to make your 140-character concerns stand out from the crowd and grab their attention.
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Whether you’re a Twitter power user or a nervous neophyte, there are some words you’ve just got to know in order to interact on Twitter. We’ve compiled the essential Twitter dictionary so you can tweet with confidence, @mention frequently, and sift through your followers and friends without getting them mixed up.

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Have you seen any of these tweets lately? They’re most likely spam, and they’re quite the epidemic on Twitter. The company is trying to fight spammy content like this that contains deceptive marketing or malware links, but you can help, too.

Here’s how to report spam tweets in a few simple steps:
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It might sound funny coming from a blog that focuses on Twitter all day, every day, but there are things that Twitter isn’t the greatest at. We admit it. Twitter isn’t the be-all-end-all social tool – it’s an amazing one for networking, learning, branding and much more, but it’s not great for absolutelyeverything.

Sometimes I’ve found myself in deep conversations with people on Twitter and I’ve felt restricted by the 140 character limit. I didn’t want to flood those followers who bother to check out my actual profile with a series of @mentions to the same person, nor could I fully express myself without breaking each thought into 5 or more tweets. So I moved the conversation off of Twitter – and here’s how you can do it, too.
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A new survey suggests that social media users who see brand advertisement on Twitter and Facebook might actually become more negative towards those brands.
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There have been reports of users receiving emails from Twitter telling them to change the password on their account. And, while you might rightly be suspicious of any email asking for your password, this time it’s the real deal.
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