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The following is from real people, working at real companies, and proudly wearing their company brand on their pesonal Twitter handle….

1. I really can not think straight. I'm worse off than a goldfish. I need to get tested, this is bad...


2. too bad the xanax REALLY wants me to close my eyes.


3. O....M....G.... 7 Kahlua Mudslides last night = REALLY bad headache this morning!

Three Successive Tweets (in order) from a Big Online Retailer (their CEO is an avid Tweeter) -

1. Long walk to the restroom, long line at the restroom, really long flight, still in line...


2. Had a ham and cheese sandwich at the ATL airport. Awesome stuff here…


3. Oh, I did wash my hands…

Five personal tweets from a person running Corporate marketing for a respectable company...

1. Watched all three videos, can't decide - my vote for the idol is ….


2. RT @xxxxxx Yes, bitches, there is a new Bxxxxx 2nite. D reveals his fool proof system for getting any woman. #Bxxxxxnite I am assuming she was still at work, because her next tweet said...


3. Home from work…did nothing...but I do have a really bad headache. But I am glad she started working again, because...


4. How much money does your company budget for digital spend? I am trying to figure it out here….


5. Back to the grind tomorrow. Ding-Dong, Klutz to call… Could watch videos all day, Thank God for YouTube…

I like the way she mixed up business and personal tweets. Her Twitter description tells you where she works!

Five tweets from a Cataloger selling dog food & accessories

1. Join our dog days of summer sale (link….)


2. Great treats for your furry friends (link….)


3. Make the dogs happy with our great grooming products (link….)


4. For your pooch, poodles, & little pets add a little style (link….) & then the dramatic finish…


5. Great doggy styles, check out our Facebook page (link….)

No wonder, people get concerned about Facebook.

Two Tweets from a Financial Institution -

1. Our rates come with a guarantee - lock this in for the next 30 days, 4.9%... Within five minutes, the rate changed...


2. We have great loan rates, really low, 5.3% The real reason this happened is because two people were tweeting from the same handle without talking to each other. Tweeps!

Three tweets from another Financial Institution -

1. Learn more about money, demystify your finances, get approved on the first attempt, keep your credit scores high, keep your loan rates lower (140 characters…)


2. Join us on Thursday March 11, at our Newberry location from 4.00 pm to 6.00 pm for education, fun, & low interest loans to get what you want (140 characters…)


3. Call Megan at xxx-xxx-xxxx, ext xxx to sign up for this special event, please do not reply to this message as this mail box is not monitored (140 characters…)

So I called Megan, even though I was upset I couldn’t tweet back an RSVP. She had no idea about the workshop, and put me on hold, I waited five minutes, my call got dropped, so I called back - got her voicemail, and never got a call back from this FI. Not sure what happened, but a classic case of left hand not knowing what right hand was doing. I tweeted back to the FI handle, that wasn't responded to either.

From someone who applied for a job -

I asked her if she knew about Twitter. She said she did, shared her Twitter handle with me during the interview. We pulled it up, this was one of her most current tweets.

• I make mistakes, speak without thinking, act without knowing, drink so much I can barely walk. I'm a fantastic lover though, & good friend..

She nonchalantly replied, 'I'm honest too!' To be successful on Twitter you have to engage. You also have to be prudent and careful. The web doesn't offer you an eraser, and you have to learn how to walk a fine line between your personal and business tweets. If you have other fun tweets you would like to share, please post them.