Why should you use Twitter?
Twitter is a FREE service that lets you communicate to customers, friends, and family using short statements. How short? Twitter limits your messages to 140 characters, which is about the same length as a text message. Once you've registered for an account you can update easily from your own site, mobile phone, or your blog.
Each update is called a "Tweet" and immediately broadcasts your short news blurb to your followers and the Twitter community. This type of quick communication has become known as the "micro-blog." It's a quick and efficient way to get the word out on your latest news, events, and announcements. Your tweets spread through web services, widgets, or RSS feeds.
Here at Digital Solutions, we've created Twitter applications to mimic our customers' blogs, newsletters, and event calendars. Our customers only have to update in one place for their site, and it automatically updates their Twitter feed for them. We currently use our Twitter account to broadcast when a new site goes live, or when major events happen here at our company.
One of our recent sites, The Conrad Foundation, is currently using Twitter to spread the news of award recipients. On the homepage of their site, you can see their Twitter feed, which updates automatically each time they write a new tweet. Each individual team within their competition has a separate Twitter account as well, to give readers a behind-the-scenes look at the team and their work.
Click here to check out our latest tweets, or sign up for your own account.
