What is Twitter and How does it Work? | Twitter 101
What is Twitter and How does it work? Twitter 101
Some of you may be laughing, or scoffing… why title a blog post something so, so byzantine considering most of the civilized world knows the answer to What is Twitter and how does it work? But if you know anything about keyword optimization within blogs or have gotten out in the real world lately you’ll realize actually that’s wrong. The vast majority of the world, especially those of the middle age variety and up don’t know what twitter is and much less know how it works. They think its a bird, a plane, maybe even Superman but they don’t know what the micro-blogging service is or realize the incredibly long grasp it has over the social media community.
I wrote a post on what twitter does and how it works on my other blog and surprisingly people thanked me, because many didn’t realize Twitter’s abilities or how it could be used in their lives. So I thought I may give a brief description & bullet style break of exactly what is Twitter and how it works.
- Twitter is micro communication. If you can’t censor your thoughts or ideas (called tweets) into 140 character bite or less then don’t bother. But if you like people getting to the point & little tid bits on info and updates delivered in a lovely, bite sized variation then check Twitter out.
- Twitter can be used to network, make friends or even find love (i guess?). Actually right after I typed the previous sentence I googled Twitter Dating and found out about Flirt140 a Twitter based site that does actually allow you to find love (or stalkers) through Twitter. But if you don’t want 140 character love notes you can find friends & colleagues through using Twitter’s search option.
- Twitter works likes this: Get a free account > upload a picture of yourself (not a supermodel or a your cat, yourself) > write something about your day, a interesting article you found online or a tip on anything & press enter. Look, you’ve just tweeted.
This is Twitter 101 people, refer this article to your friends who laugh at you for being on Twitter or to your great aunt Ethel who you think has a lot to tweet about or would just like the company. Twitter, used right, can be a great tool to build relationships, forge friendships and expand your reach from local to global. Use it right and reap benefits!
P.S. now you know the secret of what is twitter and how does it work (wink, wink other even mildly savvy bloggers, don’t judge me I need page ranks!)
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