Twitter is a popular microblogging service that helps people worldwide to stay in touch online with the latest events, information and interactive websites. Anyone can use Twitter to share quick messages. Twitter users are permitted to share links to whatever they find interesting, to promote their business or just to write something about a current activity. These messages appear on the profile page, being accessible to your followers and searchable on Twitter search.

Above all, Twitter is a place where you can simply write and share with others various experiences, links to interesting websites and news. It’s a great way to save time, while getting in touch with your friends, family, acquaintances or strangers around the world, as long as they have a Twitter account. For example, you can post something about your favorite song and a link to the video track.

Communication on Twitter is public- anyone can see what you do and the messages you send. However, you can opt for a private profile and share your thoughts only to those who are your friends. Don’t forget to build an attractive and interesting profile page!  If you go online, you can find a template that you can use to get a customized twitter page to attract the interest of other tweeters.

What about tweets? How do they work? Well, tweets are the messages posted by you (links, news and any other information). Tweets also appear on the personal page of your followers. As more followers you have, as more you gain.

Twitter is (still) a social network that can help you to create a personal brand. Once you have managed to become an interesting user, you have all the changes to attract new followers. Every time someone starts following you, Twitter will send you an email. It’s on you to accept his request.

There are many ways to communicate on Twitter. You can send private and public messages or “retweet” something that has already been posted. Direct message can be send only to those who follow you.

Being an excellent marketing channel, Twitter is used by increasingly more companies and organizations and by employees who want to create a personal brand. By taking advantage by this amazing marketing tool, people worldwide promote their services and skills.  Many twitter users have their own blogs.  They will typically paste a twitter follow me button right into their theme to attract relevant followers who share their interests.  Obviously the same button will work on any standard website.