Gov. Terry Branstad wants the Twitterverse to know Iowa is a great place to do business.
In his weekly press conference this morning, Branstad rolled out his office?s effort to raise Iowa?s economic profile through a contest and rankings process sponsored by CNBC, the cable business-news network.
CNBC this week will release rankings measuring each U.S. state?s economic competitiveness based on several dozen metrics and input from industry groups. As part of the ?Top States? rankings process, states were invited to submit a video talking up their economic strengths and to play up those strengths on Twitter, the social media website.
Branstad displayed a 90-second video his office produced for the contest this morning, and implored Iowans to flood Twitter with messages ? all marked with the hashtag #TopStatesIA ? about why Iowa is a great place to live and do business.
The Twitter-bombing won?t affect the ?Top States? ranking, but is intended win Iowa some national recognition. Each tweet containing the hashtag is also treated as a vote of support for the state, and the state with the most tweets will be declared the contest winner.
Iowa ranked ninth in last year?s Top States list, but came in first for the cost of doing business.
To track the Twitter messages featuring the hashtag, click here.
And here?s Branstad?s video:
Tags: CNBC, Economic Development, Iowa economy, Terry Branstad, Top States
Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IowaPolitics/~3/5P4L0Y_gNcE/
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