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The big news this week was the Super Bowl. This year, the NFL actually setup an official super bowl twitter account. As for during the game itself, Twitter managed to click along fairly well. If you want to see what everyone had to say about the on-field action and the ads, check here and here.

It’s been a bit of a quiet week on the tweet-commerce front. Jenn over at our sister blog, Appozitegeist explains the Thin Mint Effect on Twitter and how retailers and brands can’t afford to ignore it. Mr. Tweet (very handy service, by the way) writes about a coffee shop in Houston that’s used Twitter to double its customer-base. They’ll even take orders via tweets!

Though it’s not strictly Twitter related, I thought I’d share this TechCrunch interview with Robert Kalin, founder of Etsy in Davos. If you can get through Michael Arrington insulting handmade goods, it’s got some interesting stuff about Etsy’s business.

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.