So you have up to 140 characters you can type - what do you tweet?

If you are new to Twitter it can be rather overwhelming to read through the jumble of messages people post up.  To be honest a lot of it may seem irrelevant or verbal fumblings as people try to work out what this is all about.

A suggested starting point

I would suggest you treat twitter as if you were invited to a great big party.  Imagine what you would do:

• Search for somebody you might know (Twitter Search)
• Find people who are into the things that interest you (Search Topics then follow people that interest you)
• Listen to folks - so you begin to get to know them (Read carefully)
• Compliment people (Reply)
• Let them know when you agree with something they say (Re-tweet)
• Ask a question about something that genuinely interests you (tweet)

What to avoid

Taking the idea of the party, imagine the things that people do that would annoy you - Here are a few of my own:

• Talk about their business
• Bang on about their products and services
• Don't listen or ignore what you have to say
• Being rude or swearing
• Talk about things that are completely irrelevant or mundane