What is Twitter?
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Twitter is a social networking and microblogging service that allows you to send short text messages 140 characters in length, called “tweets”, to your friends, or “followers.”
There is a lot of confusion about what Twitter is as well as what you can use it for and how it will benefit you.
What is Twitter really!
For a lot of people Twitter is just another way where people can share everything from what they are eating to how they slept. For many people it is just that, a way to share more of you life with totally random people. However for the new smart users it is a great marketing and networking tool.
Yes, these 140 character “tweets” can make a blog post go from 10 unique reads to 1000′s and 1000′s. How you ask? Well that is easy, it is based on a few basic functions that Twitter has created.
- Interaction – Twitter allows you to promote and then interact on a much more personal level. It is like instant messaging or comments on blogs which are directed at a specific brand/person.
- The Twitter community are real. They enjoy good information and more importantly they are willing to share good information. A single “tweet” can easily branch out into 1000′s of “Retweets”.
Twitter is a powerful tool
Twitter allows you to bind two very important functions of a business for free. Imagine reaching 1000′s of people for free and then having the ability to interact with them. It is like having a TV commercial where you can pause and talk to the voice over, ask questions and give suggestions – for FREE!
Along with that there are very influential people that have joined the Twitter parade, a few of which can change your great idea into a great business.
Using Twitter
Signing up to Twitter is free and easy and you can start “tweeting” instantly through the web interface. However, there are many 3rd party tools out there that allow you to connect to Twitter giving you more features. Some of them are Tweetie, Twitterrific, Twitterfon, TweetDeck and feedalizr.
Twitter also have a mobile interface and give you the ability to “tweet” with an sms which makes “Twittering” a breaze in South Africa and even Africa.
So get started now and follow myself (@seagyn) and Tx Solutions (@txsolutions) on Twitter.
This was posted by Seagyn Davis who has posted 212 items.
