How To Tweet With Lee

Twitter can be somewhat daunting if you're a new user. However, once you get the hang of it you might just be hooked for life. Follow these simple steps to interact with Lee on Twitter.

1. Sign up for an account on http://twitter.com: Pretty self-explanatory.
2. Add Lee as a follower at http://twitter.com/sartainraleigh: Once you login click the "Follow" button under Lee's picture. You will now see updates from Lee on your Twitter page.
3. Interact with Lee on Twitter: If you want to send a message to Lee start your tweet with @sartainraleigh. These messages will get to Lee so he knows what you're thinking.
4. ReTweet things from Lee: When you retweet (RT) the message goes to all your followers. So if you like something Lee has tweeted simply RT the tweet. All you have do is RT @sartainraleigh then add your message.
5. Respond to topics Lee tweets about: Lee regularly marks topics in his tweets. For example if he is talking about Hillsborough St in his tweet he may add #hillsboroughst to his message. If you have something to say about Hillsborough Street in your tweets simply add that topic tag. Topic tags are easy...just add #topicname to your tweets.

Those are just a few features of Twitter to get you started with micro-blogging. You can also text your tweets from a mobile phone, and there are several applications for iPhone and Blackberry users to save your text messages. Get started today...but be careful you might just get hooked.

PS follow @Raleighgov as well for news from Raleigh City Government.