The AdvisorTweets universe page  can be a pretty helpful resource when you’re thinking about what you should show in your 48×48 (pixels) Twitter icon. That’s the picture that accompanies your tweets, both on your own Twitter page and in the running streams on mobile phone applications like Twitterberry for the Blackberry  or Tweetie, one of the  many  iPhone Twitter apps.

When branding, it’s common practice for marketers to lay competitors’ logos down and look at them all together to plan how the new brand can stand out. The same exercise could work for you as you use Twitter to market your thought leadership.

For inspiration, here’s a snapshot of our 213 bright, shiny faces and logos as of today.

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