Do You Twitter?

Brian Brady does. He's sending his Mortgage Rates Reports out via Twitter.

Amongst the digitally savvy, tools like Twitter are driving a growing trend of microblogging. You tell the world what you're doing in 140 characters or less and so do all your friends.

Sound like a waste of time? Maybe. And while it's fun following what your friends are up to; it does get overwhelming.

But combined with a desktop Twitter Client -- I recommend twhirl -- Twitter becomes a very powerful tool for keeping on top of breaking news.

Think of it kind of like a teleprinter for the 21st Century.

How does it work? Well, take for example, you can now keep track of all the breaking real estate headlines from Inman News via Twitter.

Just head over to InmanNews profile on Twitter, sign up for your own account and click the 'Follow' button. Do the same on any other accounts you find and you'll instantly start receiving automatic updates from them.

I found a few other sources on Twitter you may consider following adding; CNN, BBC, The Financial Times and the New York Times - you may even want to do a search for your local news outlets too (I found The Oregonian, for example).

Do this and you can stay on top of all the news as it hits and never be caught off guard.

And if you're like Brian, and you have something important to say, consider starting your own Twitter stream of news and encouraging others to follow you.

UPDATE: More from AgentGenius.com on how they use Twitter.

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