Tweets: for fun or for business?

Despite what some people think, tweeting isn't just for fun and lofty status updates. A recent survey of Twitter users revealed that some 56% of people tweeting do so for business-related purposes. 

Twitter has become a forum for social-media gurus and marketers where they can freely interact and exchange ideas, and provides a place where businesses can directly communicate with their consumers.

Thousands of people are using twitter for things like gathering and sharing information, getting inspiration, or finding out the insider scoop on their favorite brand. 

The statistics were revealed at Gravity Summit on Social Media at UCLA Wednesday by social-media expert Rodney Rumford, who called Twitter "a goldmine." For more information, read the article here.