I was at a business networking event the other day and one of the resounding comments I heard from my associates was “Twitter? I just do not get it.” This is a common chorus among small business owners and one that I myself was signing in the past.

Do you want to understand Twitter? Follow these steps:

1 – Setup a Twitter account

2 – Follow some people you know

3 – Go to Twellow and search Twitter for some people interested in the same things you are and follow a handful of them (start out with 20 or less)

4 – Download TweetDeck and use it to “watch” the tweets of the people you follow on Twitter

5 – “Listen” - simply read the tweets from the people you are following and get a feel for how they are using Twitter and how it works.

After a week of “listening” begin posting your own tweets – a few a day is a good place to start. Remember, it all begins with one step.

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