Tweet. Twitter. Twittering. If you've been browsing the web frequently, you've probably noticed the growing trend in users twittering about something. What is it? Twitter is a free service that allows a user to send a text-based message or tweet to a site where others can read it. Users can pick and choose who can follow their feeds or they'd want to follow.
What are the purpose of Twitter? Twitter is essentially a social networking site that has unlimited possibilities, therefore, it can be used for numerous things whether its personal or business related. Here are some ways you can use Twitter:
- Personal News Feed: Twitter allows you to share your activity with anyone and everyone on the web. You also have the option to share your activity with followers.
- QA Platform: Users can use Twitter to ask questions or answer questions similar to discussion boards.
- Generate Traffic: Twitter can be used to direct traffic to any website (including your own). Twitter posts are similar to viral ads where messages are constantly being spread through various online communities and Twitter based services such as Wordpress, MovableType, Loopt, and Twinkle.
- Marketing Tool: Twitter can be used to promote your product or services and allows potential customers or clients to find you through services such as Twitter Search. Twitter Seach allows users to search and follow topics that are of interest. For instance, Google uses Twitter to promote "Google News" on Twitter Search. Users can follow the latest headline stories or other interesting news articles.
- Management Tool: Twitter can be used as a to-do list. It can also be used as a way for employees to communicate with one another. For instance, employees can post project progress or use it as a brainstorming tool. Twitter setting can be set to private for security and confidentiality reasons.
- Notification Tool: Twitter can be used to notify clients when new products are available or when your website has been updated via the Twitter Feed.
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