You have your WordPress blog - don't you? If not, you should. Now let's hook up your blog to Twitter. What's Twitter, you ask?

Defined by Twitter, "Twitter, founded by Jack Dorsey, Biz Stone, and Evan Williams and launched in July 2006, is a social networking and micro-blogging service that allows users to post their latest updates. An update is limited by 140 characters and can be posted through three methods: web form, text message, or instant message. The company has been busy adding features to the product like Gmail import and search. They recently launched a new site section called "Explore" for external and third party tools that interact with Twitter and a new visualization tool called Twitter Blocks".

You can let your students know when your next teleseminar is, tweet about your latest article and much more. Did you know that very new article you get published at EzineArticles a new post is automatically made to your Twitter account? There are so many tools available to maximize your market reach with Twitter.

Tweets are short little posts commenting on what you are doing right now. The key to using Twitter effectively is participation. You must listen as well as speak. The more you listen and respond, the more people will 'follow you'.

When you tweet, your message is broadcast to everyone who is following you. If your 'tweet' is interesting, your followers will want to see what you are all about and will click over to your blog and have the opportunity to opt-in.

The more you interact, the more people will interact with you. So, go over to Twitter and set up an account. Search for people you know and start following them. Start 'tweeting' and watch what happens!

NOW let's connect your blog and Twitter. Get the WordPress plugin TwitterTools. This plugin allows you to create a tweet from every new blog post - automagically!

Want to know the real secret? Don't stop at Twitter Tools. Go back to Twitter later and tweet about your blog post. Double the value of Twitter Tools AND your blog.