Creativity12 Ordinary People Who Beat Major Brands to Their Own Twitter HandlesAnd they're not breaking any rulesBy Alfred Maskeroni|September 16, 2014ShareBy Alfred Maskeroni|September 16, 2014Share You know when you try to find a brand on Twitter, and you just assume the handle will be the brand name? Well, not so fast. A surprising number of brand-name handles aren't run by the brands at all. They're run by real people who got there first. We've highlighted a few of them below. Since they're not otherwise posing as the brand, they are not subject to Twitter's trademark policy. Though the brands surely aren't too happy about it. 1) @Chipotle Name: Chip Clark Bio: They have the Internet on computers, now? —Homer Simpson Joined: March 2007 Brand account: @ChipotleTweets Joined: May 2010 Meet Chip Clark, who judging by his bio, is more into the Simpsons than burrito bowls. But wait, he's done his share of Mexican cooking! I made some chicken enchiladas with some homemade refrieds. Holy moly me oh my! — Chip Clark (@Chipotle) September 12, 2010 2) @Advil Name: mama advil Bio: terrible model & actor … NOT advil the medicine, it's my name Joined April 2008 Brand account: @advilrelief Joined: N/A Here's "mama advil," who coincidentally shares his name with the popular headache relief medicine. Advil's hobbies include fashion and One Direction. I can never tell anyone that I have a headache bc pic.twitter.com/rJaIMZUAoF — mama advil (@Advil) July 19, 2014 3) @Absolut Name: Yvonne Bio: Master procrastinator Joined: March 2007 Brand account: @ABSOLUTvodka Joined: April 2011 Toronto resident "Yvonne" likes to critique Canadian politics and Apple product announcements. According to her bio, Yvonne has perfected waiting until the last minute. @Ferbil07 what? It's not for sale. — Yvonne (@absolut) January 19, 2012 4) @Trident Name: Ben T. Bio: Things. That's what I do; and I'll keep doing it. I think you want to yell at @tridentgum next time, I'm just a person. Joined March 2007 Brand account: @tridentgum Joined July 2010 Here's "Ben T," who is persistent in his pursuit of doing things. In his spare time, Ben enjoys retweeting messages intended for the famous sugar-free gum but instead were sent to him, because he has the handle they probably wanted. He also enjoys tweeting about the weather and the music he listens to. I always buy @trident gum! pic.twitter.com/9UR6k8vU — Ben T (@trident) January 5, 2013 I went through some old ones … let me know how you feel about brand name chewing gum and I'll be sure the right people don't see it. — Ben T (@trident) October 10, 2013 5) @Lego Bio: Art Nerd, City Cyclist, Urban Crawler, Fun Finder Joined November 2006 Brand account: @LEGO_Group Joined May 2011 "Lego" hasn't tweeted much, but when he does, he mostly tweets about bikes. His first tweet was: home, morning stuff — Lego (@Lego) July 30, 2007 He also enjoys dessert and women's fashion: Mango sorbet is on the menu in response to the warm weather and Hillary's pantsuit! — Lego (@Lego) August 27, 2008 6) @Kraft Name: Kraft Bio: Just call me Kraft. Work at @Automattic/@Jetpack, husband of @LaLuped, father, & Catholic, doing the best to be good at all. (FYI- Not @KraftFoods) Joined October 2007 Brand account: @kraftfoods Joined September 2009 This guy is one of the more prolific of the pseudo-brand tweeters. He relishes in participating in banter referencing his namesake. In his spare time, he enjoys craft beer. GET IT?! Apparently, #FoodDeservesDelicious is a big hashtag today. People are telling me all about their usage of ranch dressing. — Kraft (@Kraft) June 24, 2014 I'm eating cheesy scrambled eggs for breakfast. Why? I have a fridge full of @kraftcheese and I can. — Kraft (@Kraft) April 12, 2014 @BetteMidler Don't worry. I bought some more. I don't know why everyone cares about my Velveeta supply levels. http://t.co/DFHh8ngkT2 — Kraft (@Kraft) January 23, 2014 7) @VelveetaContinue ReadingPages: 1 2 Adweek Adweek