SmallBusinessNewz

Small business owners who have come to believe in the marketing potential of Twitter may want to take advantage of a new feature known as the "Tweet Button."  Twitter unveiled it this morning for the sake of getting people to share more links.

Carolyn Penner explained on the Twitter Blog, "[W]e're launching the Tweet Button to make sharing simple.  It lets you share links directly from the page you're on.  When you click on the Tweet Button, a Tweet box will appear - pre-populated with a shortened link that points to the item that you're sharing."

That's much better than having to copy a link's location, open something like Bit.ly in a separate window, shorten the URL, and then paste the finished product elsewhere.

Penner also noted, "Recreational bloggers to large media companies can quickly and easily add the Tweet Button to their sites.  It only takes a few lines of code.  The Tweet Button will help publishers grow traffic and increase their Twitter following."

And CNN, Hulu, the Onion, and YouTube (among many other noteworthy organizations) believe that to the point they've already put the Tweet Button on their sites.

So consider sticking a Tweet Button on your site if your customers are the sorts of people who use Twitter.  A lot of free exposure might be yours in return.