Social Media Week for C.H.I.P.s - A list of Tweets To Follow

It was "Social Media Week" at C.H.I.P.s this week.  Susan Pyle Dickenson of Home Accents Today submitted a blog post on retailers using Twitter , Facebook, Linkedin, and blogs to grow their SEO optimization and their business - she called it "Creative Opportunites".  Mark Bradford of Chirpup.com submitted a post on Linkedin Ettiquette, and yes, there is an ettiquette to marketing on Linkedin (and yes, you should be following it).  Mellisa Galt of www.yourdesignsuccess.com wrote about making connections that stick via social networking.  We topped it off at our C.H.I.P.s lunch event with Gabe Strom, social media guru, who spoke to us about using Twitter and Facebook to grow a following of people to our businesses.

I wanted to take this opportunity to take this opportunity to list a few Twitter people Home Interior Pros should be following.  

Guest Bloggers on our blog have been:

Susan Rapp of Urban Lifestyle Decor (also a CHIPs member)

Alexandra Gibson of Gibson Design Management (look for her post next week)

Mark Bradford of Chirpup

Deborah Flate of Dialogue Consulting (also a CHIPs member)

Melissa Galt of www.yourdesignsuccess.com

Susan Pyle Dickenson of Home Accents Today

Some C.H.I.P.s members (are you a member and not listed, let me know):

Me (of course) of Retana Cabinet Works

Andrea DiCianni, Interior Designer

Simone Targo, Home Stager

Amy Karatz of Natural Order Staging

Others in the industry I enjoy following:

@jscabinetmaker

@SusanCerraCKD

@TKpleslie

@JohnStrauss

@visiondecor_evl

@adamkingstudio

@furnituregal

@karihultman

@splinteredboard

@milsdowns

@furnitude

@modbird

And of course, you can follow C.H.I.P.s at @Chips4Chicago

There are tons more, I'm sure, that I follow that you should be following as well. Also plenty of Chicago - related twitter-ers to follow. Maybe better left for another time. I invite you to post your twitter profile to follow (as well as any other recommendations) on the comments!

This post by Israel Retana. Israel is the founder of C.H.I.P.s and 2nd generation craftsman at Retana Cabinet Works , where they've been specializing in custom cabinetry and antique furniture restoration for nearly 30 years. He can be followed on twitter (iretana) or contacted at israel@retanacabinetworks.com