Twitter is a free micro-blogging service that allows its users to post messages, called Tweets, which let the user quickly communicate with their friends, family, co-workers and business associates. These posts must be must be 140 characters or less!
Twitter is also one of the fastest growing sites on the internet, with over 20 million current users and hundreds of thousands of people joining every day worldwide.
People have found many uses for Twitter and their Tweets, using the service to do things ranging from letting their friends know what time to meet up for a movie to sharing a website with family members to staying in contact with customers.
Twitter has become a very powerful tool for business owners and internet marketers to find potential customers in their target niche and begin forming a relationship, even prior to making any sort of sale.
Many active Twitter members even use professional software and services to grow their follower base and send out their Tweets. Some of the best programs currently being used can be found at Top Twitter Programs.