What's Up Today With WEB 2.0 ?

There is so much buzz today about WEB 2.0 and just everybody is suddenly an expert on the subject! My comment on that relates to the definition of "Expert" as related to me by an elderly relative some many years ago. He said that an "Ex" is a "has been" and a "spurt" is like "a drop of water under pressure" so if you view an "Expert" from this perspective... you suddenly place less value on their "Expert" opinion.

So... take it from me, I'm a WEB 2.0 User that has discovered some things in WEB 2.0 that WORK really well for me and I'm here to share them with you. You can try them and use them to your advantage should you so choose. If you do use them, and they work as well for YOU as they worked for ME, then you can decide if I'm worth listening to or not. I won't have to tell you that I'm an Expert or not either... you'll already have your opinion.

Today's post is about Twitter. Hopefully you haven't been living under a rock or in a cave. That's about the ONLY way you could have missed out on at least hearing about Twitter. This is one of the hottest WEB 2.0 applications that I've run across. From your Twitter page you have the opportunity to post your thoughts about what you're doing, what you've done or what you're going to do. Or what you're thinking about, or anything... as long as you can keep it to no more than 140 characters. That's right, you are limited to 140 characters. As you learn more, you'll see that many users are skillful in their use of those prized 140 characters. They use "tiny url's" to squeeze in LONG url's to link you off to their webpage or to something they've found online that they want to share with you, the reader.

Other neat features include the ability to "follow" others and see what they're doing. If you're following someone, each time they make a post (their 140 characters) you see it on YOUR Twitter home page. And, if you're doing or saying something worthwhile, your friends can follow you!

There are SO many neat things you can do on TWITTER and NOW would be a GREAT time for you to get on over to Twitter and get started. Notice how I close out my post... with a signature line that offers you the invitation to "follow" me on Twitter. I also do that in my emails. You can do that too... while building YOUR audience! The "GURU's" are doing it... Why not YOU?

More Tomorrow,

Dave Perkins (aka: The Traffic Mechanic)
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