Twitter Basics to Get in the Game

April 29th, 2009 by Elizabeth Beskin | Share Blog

Why is everyone talking about twitter and what do you need to know to get started?

Twitter allows you to communicate with people who you don’t know, share your knowledge and build a community around common interests. Twitter is a fascinating marketing tool as well as a fascinating learning tool. Here are some basics to get you in the game.

If people on Twitter find what you have to say interesting they will follow you, receive all your tweets, and even re-tweet your wisdom to their communities. The more people that re-tweet you, the more people you have the ability to get in front of. You can ask your followers a question and usually you will get an answer. Read the rest of this entry »