Find out what the Twitter is all about, and what it could mean to your business
The Twitter.com company provides an online service for friends, family and business associates to use for communicating and staying connected. Twitter.com limited the size of entries to 140-characters, which helps make exchanges brief.It can be viewed as texting if you need to get an idea across and have to trim the number of characters. With the small character limit, it's been called micro-blogging. The Twitter.com corporate profile states that Twitter is set up to answer the question: What are you doing?
1. Brevity is key. Focus your thoughts and express them as succinctly as possible.
2. You can access and use a Twitter account from a computer or mobile phone.
3. Select the preferences which will keep people in touch with your updates, and keep you updated on the Twitter users in your contact list.
Research the Twitter.com corp to see if it's the right tool for you
Twitter started as a research and development project within Obvious in March 2006. Twitter was used by employees internal to Obvious and gained popularity. In April 2007, Obvious chose to give Twitter the attention it deserved by moving it out from the corporate umbrella and make it its own entity. Twitter.com corporation papers represent Twitter, Inc., as a private company.
Try: To learn about the minds behind the Twitter.com business, including CEO Jack Dorsey, you have to select the images on their About Us page, get directed to the Twitter account, and search for the information you want. There is an FAQ page that has answers to quite a few questions that you may want answered before you get started with a Twitter account.
Get your Twitter network started
Get initiated into Twitter.com by jumping in and creating your company identity. Decide beforehand what you want to use for a name. Will you make it easy for people to network with you, or will you have a creative identity?
Try: Create your free Twitter account by establishing a username and password on the Twitter.com website. Follow three easy steps to set up the Twitterfeed to your account and get your RSS- or Atom-feed blog posting automatically at intervals you determine.
Take advantage of all Twitter.com features
Twitter has several tools for you to use for your personal, business or customer interaction needs. Many third-party developers are also creating tools around Twitter, so that the Twitter tool can be woven in with tools you already use.
Try: A handy video that introduces Twitter is from Commoncraft community expert Lee LeFever. There's free online Twitter training for business available from HowToUseTwitterNow.com which can help you set up a viable presence on the Twitter.com web site. Take advantage of the Twitter Status board with links to specific feature updates, and specialized blogs.
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