The in’s, out’s, what’s, who’s, and why’s of the largest growing social networking platform.

Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read messages known as tweets. What the Heck is it? Short, sweet and to the point. 140 characters (not words, not letters, characters) to say what you want to say to your followers.

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The Power of Twitter

Remember that Twitter is Public The first rule of Twitter is that it is more permanent than the internet. Unless you lock your profile, all of your tweets are public record and searchable, forever. Avoid Banal Food Updates Unless you narrowly avoided death by eating a puffer fish, nobody really wants to know about what you are eating today. If you ate at a cool restaurant and want to recommend it, that is fine. Just ask yourself if this is interesting to your followers - if the answer is “yes”, then it’s OK to tweet. Tweet Accomplishments Sparingly If you went live with a new site or posted an article on a blog, that is exactly what Twitter is for. If you have over twenty new posts a day on your site, tweet only the more interesting ones. Tweet Really Interesting Stuff Only If you read an article that completely rocks your world, tweet it. If articles are rocking your world a number of times a day, pick only the few that rock your world the most. Don’t Tweet Confidential Stuff Tell someone that you’ll go “off-Twitter” if you need to talk about something that you don’t want the world to know about. Remember that your tweets are searchable unless you have locked your account. Even then, it isn’t a good idea as we all know privacy is never guaranteed online. Twitter Etiquette

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