Do you Twitter? Have you heard a good Tweet lately? Who do you follow, what did you hear?

Twitter is a constantly updated feed of tweets (short text messages), similar to an old style chat room. The difference is that you can follow - or not follow - whomever you wish. And it is just one chat room. You only see the people you choose to follow, but as many people as are interested may follow you.

Many top Internet marketers are using the space to promote themselves and to learn what other marketers, newsworthy people, celebrities, politicians and friends are doing and saying all day. With a Twitter feed open, the news from your contacts is constantly updated and you never know what you can see... new and breaking tech news, marketing ideas, information about emerging web 2.0 apps and websites, etc.

(CNN posts news stories on Twitter before they make the wire or TV).

Read about what interesting people are doing and seeing every day. From A-List celebrities to Obama & Hillary. It is amazing what you can find on Twitter.

Some of the smartest people in this or any business are posting regularly on Twitter. I follow and I join in...

Twitter gives me the opportunity to see and know what people like JasonCalacanis, mitchjoel, leolaporte or SethGodin are saying and doing.

Of course some Twitter users are less about updating real events and more about promoting products or websites. If you are interested in these promotions, you continue to follow these people. If you are not, simply stop following them. Some Twitter masters have thousands of followers like Scobleizer Bret Scoble.

My Twitter comments are picked up on my Facebook profile, so I do not have to post in two separate places. Applications are available which allow you to post to multiple social networks with a single "tweet". I use twhirl for this convenience.

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