BusinessWeek is reporting on over 50 CEO’s that are using Twitter to some degree or another. Last August the magazine covered just 18 folks of this ilk but apparently there is a lot more to choose from these days.

Each CEO has a profile attached to them that gives their handle as well some some insight as to view of Twitter and who they follow but here are some of the basic stats that may be of interest to you. How do you view the use of Twitter by CEO’s and other important corporate folks regardless of the size of the company? Is there more good or harm that can be done? Here’s some highlights.

Richard Branson, Virgin Group Chairman

Following: 6,589

Followers: 98,382

Updates: 98

Guy Kawasaki, Alltop CEO

Following: 117,520

Followers: 115,583

Updates: 23,866

Pete Cashmore, Mashable CEO

Following: 1,877

Followers: 556,590

Updates: 15,313

George Colony, Forrester Research CEO

Following: 35

Followers: 2,894

Updates: 82

Gary Stockman, Porter Novelli CEO

Following: 18

Followers: 160

Updates: 37

John Battelle, Federated Media CEO

Following: 381

Followers: 14,674

Updates: 2,441

Mark Cuban, HDNet Chairman

Following: 157

Followers: 34,105

Updates: 23

Bob Parsons, Go Daddy Group CEO and Founder

Following: 31

Followers: 642

Updates: 150

Mike Ferrari, SmartyPig Co-founder

Following: 3,024

Followers: 3,137

Updates: 599

Aaron Patzer, Mint.com CEO

Following: 47

Followers: 608

Updates: 109

Alex Yoder, WebTrends CEO

Following: 645

Followers: 591

Updates: 75

Diane Hessan, Communispace CEO

Following: 2,588

Followers: 3,382

Updates: 1,462

J’Amy Stewart, Infonetics CEO

Following: 56

Followers: 65

Updates: 52

Jay Adelson, Digg CEO

Following: 121

Followers: 4,440

Updates: 498

Kevin Rose, Digg Founder

Following: 173

Followers: 603,6051

Updates: 2,487

Tony Hsieh, Zappos.com CEO

Following: 410,711

Followers: 553,787

Updates: 1,611

Jason Calacanis, Mahalo.com Founder

Following: 416

Followers: 66,872

Favorites: 2

Updates: 9,243

Michael Arrington, TechCrunch.com Co-editor

Following: 688

Followers: 526,362

Updates: 8,306

Loic Lemeur, Seesmic Founder

Following: 573

Followers: 24,439

Updates: 16,682

Jack Dorsey, Twitter Chairman

Following: 460

Followers: 517,830

Updates: 3,721

David Sifry, Technorati Chairman

Following: 594

Followers: 6,253

Updates: 2,396

Christine Perkett, PerkettPR President

Following: 8,346

Followers: 10,220

Updates: 9093

Michael Hyatt, Thomas Nelson Publishers CEO

Following: 20,689

Followers: 21,109

Updates: 5,611

Jonathan Schwartz, Sun Microsystems CEO

Following: 4

Followers: 2,469

Updates: 28

John Lilly, Mozilla.com CEO

Following: 134

Followers: 581

Updates: 1,570

Is the CEO at your company using Twitter? How are they doing or not doing with it? Do you even care?

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I first met Ali Hale via a guest post submission. She sent an article to be published on Daily Writing Tips, and it was so good that I offered her the chance of becoming a paid staff writer on the blog. She accepted, and stayed with us for almost 8 months, writing over 50 posts. After that she went on to become a paid writer for several other high profile blogs.

Last week she contacted me to talk about her newest project, which is an ebook course aimed at people who want to make money with paid writing gigs. I thought it was an interesting idea, as most courses around teach people how to make money with their blogs, and not with their writing, which according to Ali, can be more profitable to many people.

I asked her some questions on this topic, and here is what she answered:

1. When did you get start with your own blog, and when did you start writing for other people?

I first got interested in “Pro Blogging” (and became an avid reader of Daily Blog Tips!) in Autumn 2007, and launched my first blog, www.theofficediet.com, in January 2008.

My first guest post for www.diet-blog.net was a thinly disguised attempt to get more than three readers for my own blog, also in January 2008. By the end of February, I was a paid writer for Diet Blog.

2. Do you think that for some people writing as a staff writer for other blogs can be more profitable than trying to make money with their own?

Yes, absolutely. In fact, I strongly believe that for most people, it’s more profitable to work as a staff writer. Think about it this way: if you wanted to write for magazines, you’d find an existing publication to freelance for - you wouldn’t try to launch your own. Obviously, it’s much cheaper to launch a blog than a magazine, but building up traffic is a long, hard slog.

From a personal point of view, I made peanuts in 2008 from The Office Diet (a few cents of advertising revenue each day) - but by the end of 2008, I was making enough from my work as a staff writer on other blogs to pay my rent and bills each month.

Back in 2005 or 2006, problogging was new enough that newbies could come in and make good money. It’s still possible, but unless you’re very very talented or very very lucky, staff blogging is far more likely to get you a good, reliable income. There are just so many great blogs out there already!

3. How much time do you spend every month with your writing gigs, and how much money do you earn with them?

I spend about eight hours a week on my blogging gigs (that includes admin, brainstorming, answering comments etc, not just the writing), and I make around 00 a month (it fluctuates slightly as sometimes a blog will want extra or fewer posts). That works out to about /hour.

The rest of my time goes on other paid work (copywriting and various website design/creation services), some voluntary work for my church and college, and my part-time Creative Writing MA (a post-graduate degree).

4. People often wonder if they need outstanding writing skills to make money writing. Do you think that is the case?

Absolutely not. If you work as a staff writer, you need to be confident with your writing, but no-one’s going to expect you to be the next Shakespeare. If you really struggle with basic issues like grammar, or if you find writing a slow and torturous process, however, you might want to think about finding a different job.

I would suggest that staff writers need to be able to:

• Communicate ideas clearly (it’s actually an advantage here to use simple, rather than “literary”, language)
• Write in a conversational, friendly style
• Avoid glaring errors with grammar, spelling and punctuation (readers will forgive minor slip-ups, so don’t obsess over every comma)

You definitely don’t need to be an English major to make good money from writing. If you feel that you do need to brush up your writing skills, I recommend www.copyblogger.com, www.dailywritingtips.com and www.menwithpens.ca as great places to learn.

5. Do you think that the economic crisis affected the demand for staff writers on the web?

I’ve certainly not seen my work dip - in fact, I’ve taken on some new regular work over the past few months. I’ve not noticed a rise in demand, but I certainly feel safer having multiple clients rather than one employer! If one of the blogs I write for closes, it won’t be a big financial problem.

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Ali asked if I would like to become an affiliate for her Staff Blogging Course, but instead I asked if she could create a discount code for our readers. She agreed. If you use the code “DBTreader” you will get off. The price of the course is , so that is 25% off.

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Today I will also activate a Pro-Blogger API subscription, which costs monthly. It is a small way of thanking the Automattic guys for the wonderful job that they make (both with Akismet and with WordPress as a whole).

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