Originally posted on Search Engine Guide
Twitter itself is pretty simple, but as the site continues to boom in popularity, 3rd party sites/tools are popping up like kudzu in the South. And many offer a great deal of potential for helping you tap into the networking ability of Twitter.
With the economy as bad as it is, many of us need all the help we can get in putting us in contact with people that can help us grow our businesses. Here’s some sites/tools I’ve noticed recently that help you utilize Twitter to its fullest as a networking tool:
Twitter Local – TL is a 3rd party client that lets you see tweets from Twitter users based on location. This is also great to cover a breaking news event in a certain location.
Twellow – Twellow shows you Twitter users organized by their industry. This also helps you answer the ‘who should I follow on Twitter?’ question.
Twellowhood – This is also from the people behind Twellow, it lets you see who is on Twitter and living in a location that you specify.
TweepSearch – What happens when you have 1,000 people following you and you want to see how many are working in advertising in Phoenix? Uh-oh. But thanks to the TweepSearch, you can search for such information among your followers.
Twitter Search - Don’t forget the tried and true. Ken Burbary has a wonderful post that details how to effectively drill down into Twitter Search to get maximum results.
People Search on Twitter - We got an early Christmas present last year when Twitter brought back the ability to search for people on Twitter.
These sites and tools should help you better network with others on Twitter. And if you suddenly in the market for a new job, these tools can help you there as well!
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Nice piece. You organize your thoughts well. I have not checked out all of the links but your Twittter Local link puts the reader back at Twitter for a people search. Twello works correctly.
By the way, I was curious enough to try to locate Twitter Local. It is past tense now and the explanation is on their site: http://www.twitterlocal.net/
FYI