Here it is more than a month later and the TwiTip Construct Your Own Top Ten Niche Must Follow Twitter Lists is STILL getting new comments. I just added all the new submissions to the TwiTip Top Ten Niche Twitter Users list here. Every person who took the time to blog a list or add one to the comments there has picked up at least two links, potential followers and/or subscribers and who knows how many new visitors.
If you don’t take time to check out posts like that one – those with enormous potential to spread virally, you may miss a huge opportunity. Who might have visited you from that one link? Or shared your latest or best blog post far and wide?
If you didn’t even read it you would have missed this real jewel way down in the comments:
BloggingMom67 said “type in your town/city (country may work, not sure) you can find out the top tweeters in your community by rank. (Rank is based on number of followers verus followees and how frequently you tweet).”
Many may have missed the significance of this comment – a key to Twitter Local! Go to Twitter Grader Search, type in any location and you can find the top 100 Twitter users indicating they are in that area. Why should you care?
- You may want to ask them something specific to that geographic location.
- You might want to create a Twitter profile for your area to make it easier for others to connect.
- If your business is localized you may want to reach out specifically to others in your community.
To create a Geo-Local Twitter connector, someone has to be willing to set it up. To show you how to do it I just created Twitter DallasMetro and FriendFeed DallasMetro. Ideally I would also set up a WordPress blog but for now the URL in the Twitter account is for the FriendFeed account.
Using the search above I’ve already started following major Twitter users known to be in the Dallas metro area. Others are likely to follow who are interested and soon these DallasMetro Twitter and FriendFeed accounts can become major resources for anyone interested in using them.
While it is best to jump in immediately when an opportunity like the TwiTips Niche Twitter Lists gets announced, as long as comments are still open it is not too late. That post is so popular and has so many incoming links that it will continue to drive traffic – and send YOU incoming links – for years to come. Head over and add YOUR Twitter List!
While you’re in list mode why not add your FriendFeed List to our FriendFeed Friends Challenge? Don’t know how to use FriendFeed yet? All you need to know can be found linked from our post How Using FriendFeed Benefits You – Don’t Miss These Top FriendFeed Users.
If you like Twitter you’ll LOVE FriendFeed – especially if you have your own blog.
NEW: Tweet Me Local: 8 Tools That Enable You to Build Twitter Groups by Geographical Location
NEW: TwitSeeker: Search for Who You’re Looking For by What They’re Tweeting About – Use their advanced search function to find Twitter users by Location (by number of miles or kilometers of a particular place).
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Interesting article and idea.
I understand how to set up an account and begin to follow as many people as possible in a geographic region. But once you build a strong list of followers, how does one of those people, or anyone else who would like to, send a “tweet” or ask a question for all of the followers to see?
Thanks!
Twitter: @GrowMap
@Shane I’m not sure whether you’re asking about how Twitter works in general or how having a geo-targeted Twitter account would work. I’ll do my best to answer and you can let me know if I miss the mark.
At Twitter you can either send someone specific a message by using @TheirTwitterUserName OR you can send a message that COULD be seen by anyone following you. It can also be found in search and many use the search function to find Tweets they’re interested in.
The question is whether those who follow a Twitter user see the Tweets that are @TheirUserName or only that one user sees them. Anyone know the answer?
The way the followers of that account could definitely see the Tweets is for the account holder to RT what is sent to them. That would be a very good idea anyway and is what I do with the @DallasMetro account at http://Twitter.com/DallasMetro
Thanks for clarifying that. I am interested in the geo-targeted aspect of it. It sounds like the best way to handle it is to instruct users to send a @username or direct tweet to the geo-targeted account, and them make sure to RT any messages so that you know everyone is seeing it.
Twitter: @GrowMap
@Shane Yes, that is what I’m doing. I’ve done some research and I don’t believe they’ll see the Tweets sent to you so you have to RT them. It is still a good way to help Twitter users in a specific area to reach each other.
Once you create the account you can use it for anything related to that local area. Signing up for @MrTweet and using Twitter search can both turn up more Twitter users in your area. Also watch for recommendations to follow people in your area. Just today I found a dozen or so because of Tweets about an event occurring in the Dallas area.
Twitter: @BTL_Mortgages
I am just starting on Twitter and find your posts very useful. I have followed your advice about top 10 twitters, but I think this looks even more appealing as it is more directed at your niche., will give it a go. Thanks. Have followed you on Twitter as well.
Twitter: @GrowMap
Hello Kate,
I hope this strategy has your Twitter account growing with the specific people you wish to reach. There are many other strtaegies here for free ways to grow your business. I will be posting a great new shortcut for getting businesses listed in over 40 directories soon.
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Twitter: @FX-BAR
I would have to say I totally agree with you on this one. The problem is that Twitter takes a long time to build as a usefull tool to drive quality traffic.
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Twitter: @GrowMap
Hi Harry,
The only strategy that works almost overnight is pay per click advertising. Most everything else requires time to build. Those who use methods to artificially grow their Twitter accounts are likely to get suspended. Growing them through using them DOES work.
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Twitter truly rocks, I just love the way so many marketers using twitter to good extent.
Twitter: @GrowMap
Hi David,
There is always a line many don’t seem to understand between wisely using technology and spamming. Those who cross that line cause problems for the marketers who use it to the mutual benefit of all.
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Twitter: @forextoolsasia
Thats a sweet tip in the comments. That alone has let my local twitter account get a few dozen targeted followers.
Twitter: @GrowMap
Hello ForexTools,
I do my best to answer all legitimate questions and often provide additional tips in the comments. I encourage those who visit here to at least scan the comments and also to check out the categories in the right sidebar column to see what else may be useful to them.
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Twitter: @16
This is great I have had my twitter acount for over a year but not really got the hang of it. I am off now to tweet.
Twitter is one of the newest 2.0 sites that is spreading like crazy, but I still can’t figure out why. I guess I am just too busy to mess with it.
i should bookmark this
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Twitter: @muqtada123
I m using twitter for news posting about health related submissions, i have more than 50 followers, my question is that whenever i post something in the twitter main area, will my followers get a email of my post update or something, the other possibility might be that they have to log in to the twitter to see their followers new post, what is the best possiblity.
Twitter: @16
I found your blog in the search engines while I was researching for something about Create Your Own Niche at Twitter. I like what you have written, your style is easy to read and follow. Have bookmarked your blog for future reffernce, Hoping to read more in the future.
Twitter is everywhere. Dont forget that Google now is indexing tweets. They rank them based on the number of followers that you have. Thus, the more followers you have, the more likely you are to show up in the search results.
Thanks for sharing this information. I found it very informative as I have been researching a lot lately on practical matters such as how to target your tweets by interest or location…
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I use these steps, I hope they can help you
1) Identify your keyword phrases and use them extensively in your tweets.
2) Create backlinks to your Twitter account and your keyword-optimized tweets through either social bookmarking, Web 2.0 or article marketing.
3) Wait for a few days to see your Twitter account and tweets dominating your niche when your keyword phrases get on the front page.
I didn t know why but i like Facebook moust.
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This is a great method especially for those networking or advertising the likes of things such as jobs in london or UK for example