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Bloggeries
October 20, 2008 at 8:47 am
Very cool list.I had not heard of a handful of them. Particularly the one of sorting friends and updates on keywords. I have just been using search.twitter.com & google alerts.
Thanks for this!
Todd
October 20, 2008 at 9:07 am
I would add the importance of following all the way through and organizing or participating in a local area Tweet Up. Having hundreds of follows is great and all, but I find it most rewarding of all to go meet local followers in person, at some place fun ( Bar, Starbucks, etc. ) and connect.
I notice there is an open invite from Single Pointe Realty for a “Coffee Talk” in Austin but its not being promoted via Twitter? Practice what we preach?
Mike Mueller
October 20, 2008 at 10:00 am
Most Favorite new tool – Qwitter
Although I would be surprised to learn I offended anyone.
Least Favorite – Blip.
Blip is just static to me during normal work hours.
Maybe late night BlipFests might be ok.
I wish we had the ability to filter Blips on or off.
Ok, so did I just offend someone? ; )
Jay Thompson
October 20, 2008 at 10:50 am
Mike – you offend me on a regular basis. 😉
I’m with you on Blip. It’s fun (and addictive) but the constant “I’m listening to….” Tweets get truly annoying at times. Daily Mugshot updates (also fun and addictive) are sort of annoying too, but at least they are limited to one per day. The thing about both of these is if you want to see peoples mugshots or what they are listening to, you can “favorite” them on those sites and follow there.
As Lani mentions, finding local Twits is a *great* way to meet folks in your area outside of real estate. I find “new” people in the Phoenix area all the time and have met a few in person at meet-ups. Very cool way to meet new folks, expand your “sphere of influence” and learn new things. I think people need to be very careful though and not be too pushy and salesy — that’s a big turn off to the typical social media adopters.
whatnwhen
October 20, 2008 at 11:51 am
Simple amazing…and trust me, I have been looking for such resources similar to twitter..thnx buddy
Dobes Vandermeer
October 20, 2008 at 12:59 pm
Thanks for the tip about Twitter Local, I actually found someone I’d been wondering whether they were on twitter.
Another great too is TweetDeck, which breaks your twitter into columns, some of which can be “Search” columns that returns all the tweets matching a search. This is more convenient for me than TweetBeep, since it’s all in the same Twitter UI, and if I want to reply to a matching tweet I just click on it.
Vance Shutes
October 20, 2008 at 3:20 pm
Lani,
Thanks for a comprehensive list of what works, and what doesn’t, using Twitter. I admit that I don’t use Twitter as much as I should, so perhaps by using some of the tools listed here, I’ll get more active with it.
Mana Tulberg
October 20, 2008 at 3:22 pm
Hi Lani,
Some great Twitting tools. Thank you for sharing.
Lani Anglin-Rosales
October 20, 2008 at 3:30 pm
#1- Bloggeries, I’m glad to help! I’ve tried all sorts of tools and there are many more out there than I’ve outlined, but these are great to get you started in staying on top of your twitteriness. 🙂
#2- Todd, you’re right, we don’t promote all events on Twitter, there are some events that we keep out of our social media world and others that we are highly involved in with taking the online to the offline including Social Media Club, various tech industry events, Social Media Breakfast, and we help organize and attend various Tweet-Ups. We’ve found great success in exclusively offline events, even with impromptu gatherings.
That said, it’s super hot (100+ degrees) here in the summer, so Starbucks gatherings are more successful in the winter, so you’ll probably hear more noise about our Coffee Talk as it cools down here. If you’re in Austin, let us know if you want to come to Starbucks- coffee on us, buddy!
#3- Mike, I agree it would be odd if someone was offended by you but people should know that there are Friend Collectors on Twitter that follow and immediately unfollow so you get an email alert that you have a follower, you go follow them, they get the follower stats and don’t have to listen to you because they’ve already unfollowed. People do “game the system” unfortunately. I do not connect my Blip with Twitter because (as you know) there is already enough noise. I HAVE enjoyed getting to know some people better by their musical commentary though and I don’t mind that it’s there!
#4- Jay, ditto on pushy and salesy.
#5- whatnwhen, glad to help!
#6- Dobes, I use TweetDeck and agree it’s a great application- it does take up valuable visual real estate but I can minimize/maximize and still see what’s going on. It’s a *must* for people following many others because it has groupings. I exist in several ways on Twitter- for Single Pointe, Agent Genius, (shh) soon to be FrozenPeaFund.com, and my personal life.
Ken Brand
October 20, 2008 at 7:17 pm
Look. A blingey tennis bracelet of Twitter jewels. You give the best gifts. Thanks, I’ll regift and forward your Elvis like generosity to our team or Realtor Icons.
You Rule!
Thanks!
Jason Crouch
November 1, 2008 at 7:36 pm
Lani – This took some serious time to put together, and I appreciate the list. Good stuff, my friend. I am slowly learning the Twitter ropes.
Stephen
December 4, 2008 at 9:09 pm
Just thought you might want to make the top 11 with this one: https://justtweetit.com/
I found it really makes it easier to find people with the same interests as you and improves the whole idea twitter was found on.
Less junk in the updates for sure.
Mark Schleimer
May 26, 2009 at 12:11 pm
Was wondering if you’ll be putting out an updated post anytime soon and might consider TweetLister on your Top 10 list. TweetLister is a free Twitter tool that allows agents to create, post, manage and schedule their property listings on Twitter. You can track clicks on your listings, and collect leads – all in one spot. It’s easy. It’s friendly.
Thanks!