We all know brands are using Twitter — whether or not you want them around. Some of them don’t quite get the medium and just tweet self-serving links or marketing speak, but you won’t find any of those brands on this list. Mashable has handpicked 40 of the best brands experimenting with the micro-blogging platform, and asked them a few short questions about how they’re using Twitter.

If some of their responses seem short, well that’s because they are. They asked each brand correspondent to answer their queries in 140 characters or less. Most of them got the point, a few rambled on a bit too long, and only asked if “u” was acceptable in lieu of “you.” All in all, they have found some amazing people, doing some pretty powerful things at big companies, and all via Twitter.

Smart brands use Twitter in meaningful ways, and most of them use their brand name as a way to make sure customers can find and recognize them. This piece, and the knowledge learned from the incessant hours invested, demonstrate why brands do belong on Twitter. No other medium gets you inside a business or brand quite like Twitter.

In no order, the list follows:

1. Chevrolet
2. Ford
3. General Motors
4. Honda
5. Jet Blue
6. Southwest Airlines
7. Luxor Las Vegas
8. Marriott International Hotels and Resorts
9. Carnival Cruise Lines
10. Hertz
11. Chicago Bulls
12. Detroit Pistons
13. Portland Trail Blazers
14. San Diego Chargers
15. 92Y
16. The Travel Channel
17. Comcast
18. Marvel Entertainment
19. DIRECTV
20. PopCap
21. TV Guide
22. Wachovia
23. H&R Block
24. Intuit
25. Best Buy
26. The Home Depot
27. American Apparel
28. Rubbermaid
29. Whole Foods
30. Zappos.com
31. Starbucks
32. Burger King
33. Dunkin’ Donuts
34. Popeyes Chicken
35. Tasti D-Lite
36. Dell
37. EMC
38. Kodak
39. Hoovers
40. Red Cross

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