READY TO SEND your first tweet! For the newbies, Twitter is a micro-blogging platform that enables you to broadcast short 140 character messages to friends or "followers via different mediums like IM, cellphones and the web. It can be used for personal branding, hiring, directing traffic to websites, reading news, and networking. Go to Twitter.com and click "Join for free." For best results, use your real name when signing up and upload a picture. For tips on how to send messages and follow friends go to Smartman Daily. Click here.

