What is Twitter? Twitter is quickly becoming one of the most popular Social Networking sites online. I am pretty certain that you have either visited or have heard of Facebook and Myspace. these are all social media sites. Each site has it’s own demographics. Each site has it’s own uses as well as it’s own set of rules for use.

Twitter is basically a way for people to make friends and contacts through quick messages that always answers the question of what are you doing? There is a distinct difference between twitter and the other social networkings sites and that is the communication methods. Twitter only allows 140 characters of communication at one time. In other words you may only type in 140 characters of text at once per communication. This really is nothing more than sending out a text message. These little communications are tweets. I know it all sounds very cute. But once you get in and start using it you can start to appreciate it’s power to network. If you do a little research you will be able to find many ways to build lasting relationships with friends and associates.

I went to a seminar recently about social networking where one of the speakers had his laptop open and was conversing with his twitter following during the seminar. While the others were speaking he was tweeting what he was doing there at the seminar. Too high tech? Think again. How popular is text messaging these days. You see this is one of the primary uses of twitter.

Many members are using twitter to market their businesses and make buisness contacts at blazing speeds. If you build your list of followers you can easily accomplish this. The bigger your following the better the opportunity to make money and establish business associates. So the next time someone asks you what is twitter? you will know how to answer.

If you take a look at this site that I found you will find thousands of leads and business partners. Look at his page it is truly worth looking at. Click this What is Twitter? link for additional information about Twitter and this cool little site. There’s also a short informative video. It is very, very cool.

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