Until you join and start tweeting, you just don’t “get” Twitter.

Even though it is becoming wildly popular, Twitter feels like a wonderful secret I can’t seem to convince my friends and family to get in on. I never can seem to explain to them the benefits of Twitter. Thankfully, I don’t have to. Metropolitan Mama does it for me in her post 8 Reasons to Consider Starting a Twitter Account.

Here’s reason number 9: You can win cool stuff on Twitter! As a blogger, I love being able to spread the word about Travel Mamas giveaways on this social media site. As a person who likes to win stuff, I love being able to enter contests on Twitter! So far, I have won a $100 gift certificate to Marriott and a Frommer’s Mexico guidebook. I’m sure I could win more cool stuff if I tried a little harder. In fact, there are tweeps (yes, that’s Twitter talk for peeps) who join the site seemingly just to enter contests.

So, take the leap, future tweeters! Join Twitter! Oh, and uh, don’t forget to follow @TravelMamas.