How to Find and Be Found on Twitter
On the Tech Steward Tuesday webinar series this week, these questions were answered, and this is a re-cap of my answers.
Q: “Is there a way, like facebook has, to find others that might be your followers?”
There are a number of ways to follow and to be followed on Twitter. Twitter itself has a Find People searchable directory and you could also find people using your contacts on Gmail, Yahoo, or AOL. There are also twitter directories like wefollow.com, twellow.com, and tweetfind.com.
Q: “Is there a place to ‘register’ hash tags?”
Hashtags are “add tweets to a category.” ‘Registration’ is not required; a hashtag gets established by the first few people that uses one. Websites that track hashtags include: hashtag.org, What the Hashtag at wthashtag.com, and twemes.com. And Twitter search shows popular hashtags (and phrases) in its trending topics. Learn more about twitter hashtags at the Twitter Fan Wiki
Q: “How does one receive a notice of a Twitter update?”
You can view Twitter updates on the web via twitter.com on any web browser, on a computer desktop via installed software, or on a mobile phone via SMS text message or smartphone app.
Q: “How can twitter be most beneficial to reaching lost people?”
Examples of how Twitter can be used for outreach and evangelism can be read at: How to Use Twitter as an Evangelism Tool [ehow.com] and Twitter and evangelism [InternetEvangelismDay.com].
Certainly there is much more that could be said about these questions. What would you add?
