Find Your People On TwitterHow to Find the RIGHT Peopleusing Social Media – Part 1

By Tinu Abayomi-Paul

Are My People On Twitter?

Maybe not all of them.

But probably enough to make it worth your while to find out.

2,405,518,376 worldwide internet users.200 Million active monthly Twitter users.

It’s at least worth a keyword search and some quick hashtag study to find out.

Find Your People Using Hashtags and KeywordsExamining hashtag use is a quick way to find out whether your people are even on Twitter, and if so, if they are assembled as a community.

Here are a few ways you can use keywords and hashtags now.

1. Start with a quick keyword search on Twitter, and see if those search results lead you to any hashtags.

2. Search one of the master Twitter chat lists by keyword.

3. Attend some chats and get to know people. 4. Use one of the tools on the next page to dig deeper,

especially if you’re already using Twitter

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With Tweetchat you can see the last 50 tweets in a hashtag free, or you can get all the recent tweets by purchasing a report.

Also a paid version.http://tweetreach.com

Tagdef helps you discover popular hashtags, and find out what a hashtag is being used for on Twitter. This is a free tool.

http://tagdef.com/

Topsy can also alert you every time a phrase, such as an article title, is used on Twitter. Great way to follow shares of guest posts if people don’t know the author’s handle. http://topsy.com/

Hashtag Digging Tools

Free tools that help you rediscover conversations you’ve missed, and find new active people to interact with on Twitter.

Find Your People on Commun.it

http://commun.it/

Currently in public beta, Bottlenose will show you top trends, top links, and let you track trends visually.

Their sonar view, allows you to visually browse this information, then explore the conversations more deeply.

Find Your People on Bottlenose

http://bottlenose.com

SocialBro analyzes your entire network on Twitter, then breaks them down into several groups.

Find Your People on SocialBro

http://www.socialbro.com/trial/new

Paid tool but worth it. If you have an SEOmoz membership you already have access.

Followerwonk digs into your social graph and unearths data you may never have thought to search for, finding the 20% of connections that bring you 80% of Twitter’s utility.

Search user bios, sort followers by account age, compare yourself to the competition in all of Twitter or just your followers.

Find Your People on FollowerWonk

http://followerwonk.com

Creates a navigable word cloud based on what you or any given Twitter user talks about most.

Use it to discover discussions by leaders you may be missing who are connected to you. Or create new connections through discovery of mutual interest.

Find Your People on Mirror.me

http://mirror.me/

Questions?

Here’s where to find meOn Twitter: http://twitter.com/Tinu On the Web: http://www.freetraffictip.com Call: 855.227.5852 Text: 702.508.8468

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