For some reason from the BIG 4 (facebook, linkedin, YouTube and twitter), I hear all the time how twitter confuses you or twitter doesn’t make sense.

The fact is twitter is the simplest compared to the other 3 giants.

Here are 2 brief explanations to help you grasp the simplicity.

1. Do you blog? Do you know what a blog is? Think of twitter as micro blogging, each blog post is 140 characters or less, since the blog posts are so short it’s easy to create multiple a day everyday.
2. Do you network? You know go out look people in the eye and say hi? Think of twitter as a virtual networking room, you can stand in the corner and observe or you can reach out and interact.

Twitter is Confusing

I don’t know what to say? What do people want to hear?

When you go to a networking event or any event for that matter, do you ask yourself those questions? Probably not, so why do you ask them when you talk to people online?

Visualize twitter like a cocktail party you just walked into, you know some people and there are lots you don’t know.

Start with hello how are you? My name is…..

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