From entrepreneurs to executives and advisors, HeraldScotland's top ten tweeters from the world that money makes go round.
We’ve listed (but not ranked) them by number of followers, knowing that’s only one measure of popularity. Other factors to take into account in assessing Twitter “influence” include how many other Tweeters each of our 100 has, in turn, followed to build their audience: the bigger the ratio of followers to following, the more impressive the performance.
And how many Tweets they’ve each put out there: fewer can suggest each word is like gold dust to fans, while more indicates greater interactivity with followers.
Peter Cashmore @mashable
Followers 2931558 Following 57114 Tweets 2564
Typical tweet: Rare North Korean Music Video Sings Praises of Factory Work http://on.mash.to/Mma5NI
Duncan Bannatyne @DuncanBannatyne
Followers 525,723 Following 376 Tweets 30,378
Typical tweet: Can't wait to get to my villa with my 6 children & 2 grandchildren all under 1 roof next week. Gonna be fun.
Michelle Mone @MichelleMone
Followers 133,381 Following 440 Tweets 12,862
Typical tweet: Was honoured in raising British flag today for our Armed Forces Day with Head of RAF,Navy,Army&Marines.How hot are the Marines girls.
Richard McKay @RichardMcKay
Followers 45753 Following 45241 Tweets 13908
Typical tweet: Joe McBride RIP - from the stories I grew up on I wish I'd seen him play in the flesh.
James Watt @BrewDogJames
Followers 12,666 Following 333 Tweets 3279
Typical tweet: I spent Tuesday in a park with an actual pig head, pig leg, a hamster and some mackerel. Today I am at Nottingham airport. TV is too real.
Gordon Beattie @gordonbeattie
Followers 10088 Following 9285 Tweets 1213
Typical tweet: Congratulations to Willie Haughey who was knighted in the Queen's Birthday Honours List!
Morna Simpson @girlgeeks
Followers 6479 Following 6179 Tweets 18,261
Typical tweet: Good grief! 42 people searched for me on Linkedin in the last 3 days... have they changed their search options perhaps?
Laura Hogg @Laura_reece
Followers 4,264 Following 507 Tweets 1,848
Typical tweet: @Fearnecotton can you please mention that the dress is from my shop in Glasgow :) thanks!!! Lots of love, Laura (from The Apprentice) xx
Fraser Doherty @fraserdoherty
Followers 4127 Following 414 Tweets 1 069
Typical tweet: I guess only in Dublin would the Mayor have a bar in his house! Best pint of Guinness I've ever tasted..
Chris van der Kuyl @chrisvdk
Followers 1864 Following 1971 Tweets 1051
Typical tweet: Kidnapped for Action for Children and being held on HMS Unicorn. Please help using @JustGiving...
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