I am sure most of you have heard about Twitter, but what exactly it is and why are so many people flocking to Twitter? Evan Williams, Twitters CEO has the answer:

Twitter lets people know what’s going on about things they care about instantly, as it happens, In the best cases, Twitter makes people smarter and faster and more efficient.

A survey of Twitter users from MarketingProfs, a US based research company, backs Mr. Williams’ views. On a scale from 1 to 5 (with 1 for strongly disagree and 5 and for strongly agree), the phrase “I find it exciting to learn new things from people” averaged a score of 4.65 and “I value getting information in a timely manner” averaged 4.58.

“Above all, people on Twitter are truly motivated by learning new things and getting information real-time, as it’s developing,” said Ann Handley of MarketingProfs.

With Twitter growing at over 1,086% per year, it’s expected that Twitter will have over 18.1 million users in the US by this time next year and at that rate, the entire Australian on line audience will be using Twitter, ohh just imagine the noise then!!

Of all the social networking sites out there, such as Facebook, Linkedin, etc., I would say twitter has the potential to offer the most value to real estate agents. The majority of twitter users do not have protected profiles so within minutes of signing on you can start following industry and technology leaders, other real estate agents and people from your local communities. These are the connections that will have the best long-term value.

If you want to learn more, check out Twitter How-to Guide for Real Estate Agents