Twitter helped us make friends when we moved to Spain Why did you decide to join Twitter? We had recently moved back to mainland Spain and had started using Facebook to get to know local people and businesses and Twitter just seemed to be the next logical step. How often do you use it? Too often... according to my hubby! I must admit to using Twitter most days of the week. The time spent varies depending on whether I am in the office, at home or out and about. What do you like most about it? Twitter can be great fun and it can also be a great source of information. I have met so many new people thanks to Twitter, people from all parts of Spain and people I probably would not have met otherwise. Do you use any software to manage your tweets? I have always used Tweetdeck. I find it very easy to use and have not felt the need to look for anything more complex. Do you access from home and/or out and about on your mobile? Oooooh yes! We love showing off when we are out and about enjoying our day to day life in Spain. Whenever the opportunity arises we post photographs taken wherever we are at the time. Sharing photographs gives people a real feel for our life here. Do you run more than one Twitter feed? If yes, do you use Twitter for business? We have a business account, @ccbspain, for our, shall we say, more serious tweets. We also tweet in Spanish from that account. As the majority of our followers are English-speaking we do not want to be giving them links to articles in Spanish that they may not understand. @FamilyInSpain is our fun account that also provides interesting information for people living in or moving to Spain. Do you read news and blogs that are linked to tweets? Definitely yes! By reading certain people's tweets you can discover blogs and information that you may not have the time to find yourself. However, we never click on a link sent by somebody we do not know - the hackers are devious sometimes. Do you find you interact most with friends and family you already knew before joining? Or new Twitter friends? None of our family use Twitter and to be honest that is a good thing. Facebook is our preferred way to interact with friends and family. It is a more intimate community. We have become Facebook friends with a few of our Twiends but it rarely happens the other way round. That is not to say that we do not have loads of fun on Twitter though! Who are your three top recommendations to follow on Twitter and why? Only three? Hmmm, this is not easy but here we go ... @DavejBull because he is funny! Completely over the top and makes us laugh about simple day-to-day occurances in Spain. @MigginsPies because he provides links to so many interesting articles and blogs about Spain, business, entrepreneurship and many other subjects that interest us. @Lynzinthsun for her great photos of mountain life and tasty homemade recipes and because she is my partner in crime on our #escapeto adventures. If there's space we'd also give a shout out to @sevillatapas @costawomen @grahunt @piccavey and @pierrewaters... and of course @TelegraphExpat. Any further recommendations for expats looking to use Twitter? Stick with it! Most people take up Twitter and then drop it as they do not feel it is working for them. It is like a friendship... the more you put in, the more you can hope to get out of it. Decide whether you are tweeting for fun or tweeting for business. Having two separate accounts may be better for you. Unless you are a celebrity, you will not get automatic followers. Give people a reason to follow you. Remember, it is quality rather than quantity that counts... don't use any of those daft "get more followers" machines! It's like buying false friends. And finally, have fun and follow us at @FamilyInSpain!