When you first register for an account at Twitter, you think to yourself ‘They say this should be really awesome’. Then you twiddle your thumbs wondering ‘Well what now?’. Never fear, you’re not the first person that cannot understand what all the fuss is about.

The 140-character limit unshackling

Writing articles and blog entries are time-consuming especially when there’s plenty of other things that need to be done. Twitter is the busy person’s aid. It allows you to still keep in touch with your friends, clients and acquaintances whilst you don’t have the time to call, email or write.

For business owners, this is a great opportunity to show potential clients your sense of humour, your likes/dislikes and your business products and services in a informal fun way.

The 140-character limit also forces you to organize your words succinctly and get your message across without ...

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Known and described as:

·      Online Social Networking Service

·      Microblogging Service

·      SMS of the Internet

PURPOSE

Users can send and read posts (tweets) that are up to 140 characters of text. You can let your friends or your followers know what you are doing, something interesting you’ve seen and would like to share or to promote your business by sharing your latest news and blog posts.

This allows you to quickly send information and allow for friendly informal collaboration with friends, acquaintances, admirers, celebrities and strangers.

You can see your tweets:

·      On your profile page

·      The home page of each of your followers

·      Twitter public timeline

A example was given by Amanda Palmer on the effectiveness of Twitter.

“I am often home on a Friday night on my computer and so I made this joke on Twitter saying ‘I hereby call to order the losers of Friday Night at home ...

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