Twitter was founded on March 21, 2006 and by the release millions of people joined including celebrities and popular public figures, Twitter then introduced a system where popular accounts and public figures were to get verified. Ever since more members have been joining Twitter.
1. Tweets can be short and sharp
Twitter only allows 140 characters in a tweet however, those tweets can be short and sharp. There are also many websites to shorten links. Websites like: bitly, Hootsuite & Google link shortner.
2. You can follow your favorite celebrity
Twitter allows you to interact and engage with other people. This is called mentions - depending on how many followers that celebrity has and how many people are tweeting that celebrity, you too can get noticed, followed, retweeted and Favorited, which is everyone's dream. People like Katy Perry have millions of followers (62.2 million to be exact) and has most of them tweeting to her, which obviously she isn't going to notice, unless you are very lucky.
3. Twitter is great for business
Twitter allows business to create an account, and to engage and interact with their customers who may also have twitter, customers can ask business related questions, you can have a normal conversation, twitter also allows business to advertise. Businesses also do get verified, worldwide business who are quite known like McDonalds, KFC etc are also verified. (unsure what verification on twitter is? Click here).
4. It's free!
Even though advertisements cost money, singing up to twitter does not, so if you haven't got twitter already we suggest you sign up, it's fast, easy and free.