Twitter means different things to different people. Twitter itself may not be as entertaining as NL but a lot of applications built around it are. What can one do with twitter?

You can make money from it:
1. For example, <a target="_blank" href="http://spn.tw/roIh">sponsored tweets</a> allows advertisers pay you for tweeting their product promotions. If you have thousands of followers, its a nice way to make small change.

2. Amazopn Associates recently incorporated twitter for promoting affiliate links. As a marketter, you just need to post tweets containing products to promote and of course you affiliate link to your followers.

3. What about writing about twitter or developing mashups from twitter api? You name them tweetdeck, twitphoto etc. These guys are reaping massive income from the twitter revolution.

You can keep up with latest news
1. Twitter is a great tool to drive traffic to your site. Wordpress and other blogging platforms have plugins that automatically publish your posts to twitter. If you have plenty of followers, they in turn re-tweet the titles.

2. What about building relationships? I follow most of the big blogs and personal idols/individuals on twitter. You actually get these people responding to your questions. You may get lucky to strike up a personal relationship with them.

3. Use twitter to announce product launches etc

You can keep up with latest news
1. The best example that came to my mind here was during the Mumbai terrorist attack. The world kept intouch with the victims via twitter. Mention any other major emergency. Twitter played a big role in keeping us up to date with live info.

2. Every major boradcaster, or newspaper has a twitter account. You dont have to follow everyone of them.

3.For ajournalist, its a fast and efficient way of keeping up with news can contribute a lot to a business is not only for sending around

It cost me my time. Blackberry don't charge additional cost after monthly subscription.

Doesnt cost me anything. I have a cellphone plan and internet browsing from my phone is covered.

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