PropertyCasualty360.com's Agent & Broker Channel EditorLaura M. Toops is twittering every day about breaking news andtimely topics — not to mention keeping readers up to date on agentand broker-related news and analysis being posted onPropertyCasualty360.com.

What is Twitter? It is a way to communicate and stay connectedthrough the exchange of quick, frequent messages that are 140characters or less.

You can "follow" Laura’s postings by clicking here. In themeantime, below is a sample of the many tweets made throughout thisweek:

• Social media drives 3% of traffic to e-commerce sites: surveyhttp://bit.ly/fbEzgp

• 5 new social media sites to check out: http://searchengineland.com/5-social-sites-you-may-not-have-heard-about-yet-62860

• Fake Rahm Emanuel Twitter: @MayorEmanuel has Chicago guessing,everybody laughing - chicagotribune.com http://t.co/lVCARP8

• Why manicurists are more qualified than #insurance agents?http://www.propertycasualty360.com/2011/02/02/40-hours-and-im-an-insurance-agent

• Think you know all about social media? Segregation Is Aliveand Well in Social Media http://adage.com/u/Aw8iVb

• Do ‘Side A’ D&O Policies Still Have Value? http://t.co/weTwA70

• Survey shows Americans strongly oppose accident response fees,a form of double taxation: http://tinyurl.com/6htwezs #accidenttax#crashtax