Twitter is one of the newer additions to the social networking age that has taken over the internet. Twitter isn’t just for the average Joe, though, everyone from celebrities like Aston Kutcher and Lady Gaga to important people within companies to the actual President of the United States of America use Twitter to communicate to a wider audience.

Despite the 160 character limit that Twitter has installed, as it was originally created for mobile updates and usage, people who use it find a way to limit their words and say what they need to say using a limited amount of characters.

For businesses, the most important thing about online websites are the numbers. Though social media marketers are sure that Twitter is a thing simply for conversation, businesses disagree. They say that there has been a boom in unique visits since signing up to and using Twitter.

Not only can a company ‘trend-set’ or get their unique trend seen by millions of users worldwide by trendsetting, there are also Twitter-based services that direct people who are interested in things like what the business provides to that business’ Twitter and, therefore, to the website that that business owns. Read the full story