The Benefits of Twitter

Have you heard of people using something called Twitter and how its popularity is skyrocketing? Well you better get on board before it is too late. Now you might be saying to yourself, what is Twitter and why do I need a Twitter account? Well I am going to answer that for you right here.

Twitter is an online social media platform. It allows users from all over the world to Tweet about anything they desire in a 140 characters or less. (Tweet is Twitter’s term for post). If you have a Facebook it similar to updating your status and sharing what you are currently up to with your friends. Now this might sound completely uninteresting to you because you might not care what other people are doing or others knowing what you are doing. However, there are so many other reasons for using Twitter. So many I will list them:

1. Social Networking, you can amass a large group of followers and if you post relevant and beneficial content you could have people clicking any link or site you post.
2. It is an extremely simple platform that is heavily regulated to prevent spammers.
3. It takes just a few seconds to post any kind of content or post a link to share with you followers.
4. You can have multiple accounts you use for many different reasons. One account could be to share funny content with friends and family. Another account could be for following industry professionals and reading up on the content they post that you find interesting.
5. Millions of users now have a Twitter and a majority of these accounts are industry professionals with a plethora of knowledge and wisdom they share to people like you and me.
6. The greatest part of Twitter is all of the content is mutually beneficial or only beneficial to the end user or the follower. Self promoters who do not share relevant and beneficial content are usually banned in a short period.
7. Twitter is an amazing as a self promotion tool and it is easy to search for people you want to follow, who in turn will most likely follow you.
8. It does not take a whole lot to write something in 140 characters or less
9. Once you understand Twitter you can start sharing information they benefit others and your follows.
10. Takes 1 minutes to be up and running.

Now you know the benefits, but you probably do not know any of the terminology. Here is Twitter terms defined:

• Tweet – A tweet is just like a post. For example someone would say “I just tweeted about that video yesterday”
• Follower – These are like your friends in a sense. So if you have a follower that means every time you post an update or tweet, only your followers will see it. So if you have no followers then no one will see what you post unless the click your profile.
• Following – This just means you are now the follower of someone else. So every time someone you are following tweets about something you will see it pop up on your home page.
• Updates – These are yours and other Twitters’ previous posts or tweets

To find out even more about twitter check out Drinking the Twitterade. It is a great blog that incorporates a video from the founder.

Now Go Out and Join Twitter and start having your Tweets heard around the world.

-Jason Kirby

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