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But wait, there’s more… We’re giving away a free sidebar sponsorship on CheapTweet! Starting tonight (1/26/2009) and running through midnight central time on Wednesday (1/28/2009) if you put a CheapTweet badge on your site, you’ll be entered into a drawing for a sidebar sponsorship on CheapTweet – just in time for Valentine’s Day.

We all know Twitter is a great way to socialize, make contacts and even keep up with the news – all in real time. The same features that make Twitter great for those uses also make it great for distributing and finding great deals on just about anything. That’s why we built CheapTweet.

We see it as part of our mission to help store owners use Twitter to its full potential and help deal hunters track down that great money-saver which stretches their dollars farther. With that, we’re introducing a new regular feature here on the CheapTweet blog to keep everyone informed about the goings on in Twitter-land in general and especially in the brave new world of Tweet-Commerce.

First, let’s start off with some news about Twitter itself. We recently found out that Twitter may have surpassed Digg in total traffic (at least for a week). We also found out that Twitter may be getting even more money from venture capitalists that think it’s worth $250 million. Sounds like they must have a business plan in there somewhere.

We learned a few things about what not to do on Twitter when a user called @astrospace had a very public meltdown, going down raging about Twitter’s customer support. Also, we learned you shouldn’t use Twitter to publicly insult a large customer. Remember, if you say it on Twitter it’s public. It gets shared by followers and indexed on Google. It can and will haunt you forever.

As for doing business on Twitter, I just found the Twitter as a Business Tool blog. He’s selling a book and some other training things that I can’t vouch for but he did recently write a post with 17 reasons your business should be on Twitter. Pretty good stuff there about how Twitter can help your brand.

We added a new feature this week that lets you share CheapTweet deals with everyone, not just Twitter users. On the tweet page you can now use the new ShareThis button to easily share a tweet on Facebook, post it to Delicious or email it to a friend. There’s tons of other options for pretty much any social service out there.

By the way, you can get to the tweet page by clicking the “More…” link anywhere you see tweets on our site.

So don’t just keep the good deals to yourself, share the love (and the deals) with the rest of the world when you find something that saves you money on CheapTweet!

CheapTweet was featured in an article in the Austin Business Journal about how local Austin, TX businesses are using Twitter. It’s great to get some coverage like this from the local media. Unfortunately, the online version of the article requires a subscription to the ABJ. Here’s a quick excerpt:

In November, Appozite LLC CEO Hayes Davis launched CheapTweet as one of four products the company sells to e-commerce companies. CheapTweet is designed for 21st century bargain hunters. The program scans Twitter for the best deals, coupons and sales that people are messaging about and then posts them on its home page.

Deals that attract enough votes are listed in the Web site’s Cheapest Tweets section. For e-commerce companies, CheapTweet also tracks responses to tweets.

Like [LiveOak 360 CEO Andy] Meadows, Davis said Twitter’s chief benefit is its immediacy — real-time information. But it also broadens the exposure of any company that wants to do more than simply operate a Web site and invest in search engine optimization, he said.

“[Twitter] has this real-time power that’s really difficult to find anywhere else,” Davis said. “For breaking news, it’s hard to beat that.”

As a bonus, it also talks about how our favorite Austin coffee shop, Sodade, is using Twitter to grow its business.

It might seem a little early, but the candy, roses and heart shaped displays are already in stores. That’s right, Valentine’s Day is coming up fast. At CheapTweet we want to make sure you can show the one you love how much you care even in these tough economic times. That’s why we’ve added our brand new Valentine’s Day category. Take a look at all the great Valentine’s deals people are talking about on Twitter and share the love without breaking the bank!

Oh, and one more thing… We’ve got several really cool Valentine’s day tricks up our sleeves so stay tuned to this blog and @cheaptweet as the 14th approaches!

It slipped through the cracks a bit during the holidays but CheapTweet’s now on Alltop! In case you haven’t heard of it, Alltop describes itself as an “online magazine rack of popular topics”. Basically it’s a hand-picked list of the best stuff on the web.

We’re listed under deals.alltop.com. Take a look, there’s lots of other great sites that can help save you money there as well.

Thanks to Alltop for picking us. We’re excited to be included!