"Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables users to send and read messages known as tweets. Tweets are text-based posts of up to 140 characters displayed on the author's profile page and delivered to the author's subscribers who are known as followers."
- Wikipedia

What is Twitter?

Twitter is a micro blogging service that has a limit of 140 characters every time you send a message (tweet). Following others in your city or community can be fun and very beneficial as you can learn about traffic conditions, latest local deals and other sources of real time information at your disposal.

What Twitter Tools Do You Recommend?

HootSuite
We have been using HootSuite for the last couple of months and give it two thumbs up for the plethora of features it offers. The three best features of HootSuite are it's ability to manage several different accounts at once, that it's an online base application, so no software to download and finally - HootSuite is free. Click here to learn more about HootSuite.