Top expats on Twitter: the Smart Expat January 2010 I joined Twitter to promote my blog and my business. I've noticed that the expat community is quite prolific in its use of social media, perhaps because it makes keeping in touch so much easier. A lot of the conversation in the expat and coaching worlds now takes place via social media. I tweet on average a couple of times a day but I'm not as consistent as I could be. I don't tweet much at weekends or holidays but since I discovered bufferapp, I'm getting better at scheduling tweets in advance The 140 character limit makes me efficient with my words. I've also connected with a lot of people that I wouldn't otherwise have met. A fellow coach introduced me to bufferapp. It has a tool which you install in your browser toolbar, making it extra simple to schedule new tweets. It works with Facebook and LinkedIn, too. Mostly from home but I have both Twitter and bufferapp on my iPhone @thesmartexpat is my one and only Twitter feed. Although I mix in a few personal tweets, it's primarily a business account. In fact sometimes I get totally sucked in to reading interesting things that are linked to tweets. It's one of the easiest ways to lose a couple of hours in the day! Do you find you interact most with friends and family? The people that I follow and who follow me on Twitter are largely people that I didn't know before joining. Very few of my family and friends are active on Twitter. Who are your three top recommendations to follow on Twitter and why? @wifeinasuitcase is a fantastic resource for expats. She is a prolific reader of all things expat and is very generous in sharing all the best stuff she finds. @anastasiaashman and @taraagacayak run the Global Niche and can advise about using technology and creativity to get the lifestyle you want wherever you are @daniellelaporte because she has a different way of looking at the world and always makes me think. Have a clear idea of what you are trying to achieve. Oh, and be careful - it's addictive!