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By: Online Marketing Connect — Blog — 5 Social Media Tactics If Your B2B Company Name is a Common Word

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:29:14 +0000

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Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:25:57 +0000

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Top 20 News in Blogging at MrHuddle for 2009-11-11 — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:42:05 +0000

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By: Jeffrey L. Cohen

Jeffrey L. Cohen — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:38:25 +0000

Patrick: Thanks for the follow-up comments. I did laugh about it with Wayne that he got credit for something that he wrote after talking to me while I was writing my blog post. Yes, I agree the two posts go together, and there’s even another follow-up from an attorney who describes what to do if you need to go the legal route. (http://mogsipblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/twitter-id-squatting-what-to-do-if-you.html).

As far as companies unable to secure their Twitter account, I am not aware of any. What we do know is that proof of registered trademarks do help your case with Twitter. This is the same as with domain name squatters.

By: Patrick Morrell

Patrick Morrell — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:55:59 +0000

Wayne – gotcha, no worries. Makes sense – they both read like y’all bounced some good ideas back and forth offline.

And Jeff, just to clarify, my intent was certainly not to call you out in any way (I reread my comment and realize it could be construed that way). It’s that I had just read Wayne’s post earlier and wanted to share that perspective, as well as ask the same questions to get another veteran insight.

By: Wayne Sutton

Wayne Sutton — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:45:23 +0000

Jeff, good advice for the B2B companies to evaluate their Twitter strategy.

Patrick, confession I actually got my post idea from Jeff. I just posted mine first as we were talking about the AdAge article. I did update my post and link to this one though.

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Do This NOW!!! I’m Begging You… « Dwesterberg’s Blog — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:48:56 +0000

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By: Patrick Morrell

Patrick Morrell — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:57:22 +0000

Jeff,
Great post. Good piggyback on what Wayne Sutton wrote about earlier. http://socialwayne.com/2009/11/10/twitter-brands-squatters/. I wanted to ask you the same questions I asked Wayne to garner your expertise: Are there ever under-the-table negotiations to resolve these squatter issues? Have you ever come across a brand or company that was unable to actually take over their rightful handle?