Name: Dwan Perrin

Dwan Perrin is a mom of 3 and blogger who talks about work at home options and keeping hope for the future.

Twitter Handle:  @MommaDJane

Location: Fort Worth, TX

Blog:  Momma DJane: Climbing the Ladder to Success She writes about being a single mom, moms in business, and yes she gives away stuff. Right now giving away a bluetooth headset.

Bio:   Single Mother of 3, working from home while loving the social media world!

Followed by: About 1900 people; following almost as many.

How long have you been on Twitter? Since October of 2008.

Who or what got you started, and why? I had been reading blogs for a while and had recently decided to jump into the blogging world. I read on a blog about twitter so checked it out.  A week later there was a twitter party going on using hashtags so from that point on I was hooked.

How did you come up with your Twitter “handle?”  MommaDJane is what I go by in the virtual world.  D is my first initial and Jane is my middle name, pretty much has been my username on everything for years.  It just fits, it’s me!0

What twitter applications do you use?  I recently discovered twellow to make my twitter profile fall into the correct categories for searches and reach those who have similar interests.  I use tweetchat for twitter parties in order to keep up with the conversation using a specific hashtag.  In order to search something on twitter I use search.twitter.com and I have TwitterFon installed on my iPhone.

Any advice for newbies who want to grow their network? Just be yourself, engage in conversations on twitter and never be afraid to jump right in.  Make sure you don’t make all your tweets about business and advertising but truly try and build relationships with other tweeple.  Also I strongly suggest not using auto-DM’s for welcoming new followers.  I have not met many who do not hate those.  They are very impersonal and not a good first impression.