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Twitter Tools: Who should you follow? Who's NOT following you?

Okay, I've now accumulated 7 8 9 TOO MANY new COOL Twitter tools that I just HAD to share with you (if you're on Twitter, that is!).

1. http://twitter.com/MrTweet - Who should you follow? This great service analyzes your profile and the folks you are following, and recommends new people for you to follow. It's excellent!

2. http://friendorfollow.com - Who's NOT following you? This brand NEW service shows you ALL the people you are following, who are NOT following you back. So you can send them each a "tweet" asking that they follow you back. "I'm following you on Twitter, please follow me back!"

3. http://twitter.com/grader - This service analyzes your usage and tweets you back with a "grade". For instance, 79/100.

4. http://tinyurl.com to help you shorten your TWEETS to fit into the 140 character box! (also try http://tweetshrink.com)

5. http://twirl.com is a software that you download. When you open it, you can use it to "tweet" during the day. I've tweaked the settings so it only pops up when I get a tweet or DM with my name mentioned. And I turned off the noise too!

Another alternative is http://www.tweetdeck.com -- a software that you download. It allows you to see all of your DMs (Direct Messages) and replies very easily. Otherwise, your messages can get "lost". I'm surprised how many messages I wasn't getting until I started using Tweet Deck.

6. http://tweetchat.com This is a "place" where everyone can communicate about 1 specific topic based on HASH-TAGS (#). When you see the "#" in a Tweet, go to Tweet Chat and enter the "#___" and you will see all those messages. For example, #TCOT is "Top Conservatives on Twitter"; #Chargers is for San Diego Chargers fans; #Pray4 is a request to pray for someone; #QUOTE is an inspirational quote; #REBCLA is Real Estate Bar Camp in L.A..

NOTE: Another great way to view specific topics (they don't need the hashtag entered) is http://tweetgrid.com/irc , thanks to @AndyKaufman

7. http://www.twellow.com/, the Twitter yellow pages to find others on Twitter!

8. http://www.powertweeter.com - Recommended by Lawrence Bland @mtgmantx , a great new service that helps you get massive followers (Lawrence has over 5,000).

9. http://www.TwitDir.com is a great place to go to see your twitter stats.

10. http://www.tweetgrid.com to monitor a specific topic. It can be a hashtag (#) topic or ANY word or phrase (more powerful than #6 above); and the best part is that you can monitor several topics at once. Find out what's being said about you & your company. Or, monitor for "real estate" in your "city" so you can contact prospective clients right away!

11. Now, tweet your listings with TweetListing as explained by Bill Gassett: http://activerain.com/blogsview/1102556/send-all-your-listings-to-twitter-with-tweetlister-

12. Last, but not least, once you get going, you'll notice that you're following a lot of people who are not following you back! You'll need to "unfollow" them to weed out the "dead wood". It'll make your ratios better and you'll see a lot more productivity. http://www.justunfollow.com/unfollow.do I just used this nifty little tool to UNFOLLOW & also to FOLLOW those who were following me, but I wasn't following them.

UPDATE: Be sure to follow these ActiveRain members on Twitter: http://activerain.com/blogsview/845933/Official-Active-Rain-Twitter-Account-Checklist-Follow-these-people-and-add-your-own-account-name - thanks to Castellum Realty in PA.

And check out the following post by Katerina Gasset which features non-AR members in the real estate field whom everyone should follow: Who Are Your Top Ten Tweets To Follow On Twitter?

I'm @GoldenPen if you want to follow me... I promise to follow you back!

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Regina P. Brown
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Posted by Regina P. Brown, e-Pro Realtor® on 04/04/2009 01:26 PM

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100 Comments on Twitter Tools: Who should you follow? Who's NOT following you?

DEC

2008

Regina ~ Wow, more twitter information! Just when I thought I knew all I needed to know, here comes some sites that I feel I need to check out! Thanks, I had never heard of these...and you can follow me if you like @Tleighton!

Terrie, thanks! I just checked and I'm already following you!

Thanks, Terrie. I'm just now checking out Twitter.

Thanks Regina. I am collecting and bookmarking all these Twitter info posts!

I will conquer Twitter in the New Year!

I check Friendorfollow.com. Now I know who I am following and not following me back. Now what should I do??? Do I bug them to follow me???? What do you do??

BTW I follow you and you follow me :o)

Have you gone to http://www.twitip.com/ ??? You can subscribe to the posts via email or other ways.

Kent: thanks!

JoAnna: Good luck in 2009, it's very simple to get going.

Marlene: Send a Tweet to those who aren't yet following you! thanks for the update and the new site!

DEC

2008

Regina: Thanks for the great twitter sites! I haven't mastered this yet, but your blog will help!

Thanks Regina for sharing this with us. I didn't know that you are on Twitter. I am going to start following you right now. And thanks for making a comment on my blog. Have a great day. Happy New Year to you. Great post.

Susan, Lanre: appreciate the positive comments. Twitter is very easy, but can consume all your time if you're not careful! Try it out today.

DEC

2008

Just posted a 4th Twitter tool! Check it out.

JAN

2009

I just posted 2 NEW REALLY COOL Twitter tools.... take a look you TWEET fans!

Regina,

I just subscribed to your blog. Maybe with your help, I will really figure out what Twitter is all about. Thanks for the post.

JAN

2009

Thank you for short and clear instructions...all this can get so overwhelming!

Keisha, Twitter is simple but can be time-consuming. Check it out!

Joddie, glad to be of service. Hope you are able to get up and started with Twitter.

JAN

2009

Just added a new COOL Twitter tool, http://www.twellow.com/, it's the yellow pages to find people on Twitter! Check it out.

JAN

2009

Regina: Great information here.. I'm still new(er) to twitter and trying to figure it out..

JAN

2009

Seriously, REgina, I do not know how you do all this - you must never sleep!!!!

APR

2009

AR - THANK YOU for the feature! This blog will help a lot of AR members.

Join my NEW group for professionals who work from their home office at http://activerain.com/groups/virtualoffice

Regina P. Brown

Regina, thanks for the very helpful info. I just started on Twitter last week and am slowly learning. This should help. I'm @solonrealtordan . I'll start following you and look forward to growing my presence on Twitter.

Regina, you are so hip and cool with the latest Twitter tools. I have not joined yet but now thanks to your excellent post I sense that I may be falling even further behind ; )

Hi Regina, Thanks for sharing these tools, especially tweetdeck. I am now following you on twitter.

Regina-great stuff and I hope to get better with twitter..I don't know...with IM...blogging...tweeting...texting..when am I supposed to train and work with customers? I'm not fighting it just trying to find the additional time. :)

This is really good advice! Thanks!

Great info! Thanks!! I signed up for Twitter a while back. Didn't quite "get it." More into Facebook but thanks to you, I am "getting" Twitter. I just added you to follow.

I am @sheilabragg ---not sure how to link it. lol

FYI - if you follow everyone back that follows you - you lose relevance and fail the listening test. It is simple mathmatics and why spammers use that technique and not real social media experts. The only instances where you use that methodology are 1. if you are famous and a total rockstar and don't care about what other people say becuase you are only responding to people talking to you or 2. if you have an auto rss fed corporate brand account like Hubspot.com does. Those are the only 2 effective uses of that technique. The actual mathmatically proven formula is follow only about 1/3 of those that follow you.

just when I thought I understood social networking...BANG...another explosion of a site. :) I am gradually finding twitter. Step by step. Thanks for the post.

A couple more great Twitter tools from <who else>? Jeff Turner, the top real estate Tech Guy!

http://activerain.com/blogsview/989850/Regarding-Twitter-Two-Online-Tools-To-Help

Okay, you have finally done it. I'll go back to Twitter ( if I can remember my password) and try again.

I am missing something about why using Twitter is supposed to be important to me, but then I didn't take up the invitation to Active Rain until a year after it was first sent to me and I only joined Facebook a month ago.

Your post gave me a gentle nudge - sort of like a kick in the pants - to go ahead and become active on twitter, so I'll so it and I'll lok for you!

Thanks.

Can anyone help me find the ActiveRain blog with a list of Twitter names for AR members? There were a couple of blogs posted, can't seem to find them now...

I am trying really I am I just don't get it. But hey that is just me.

Mary, that is interesting.

Charles, use some of the resources above, like tweetchat.com, I think you will like Twitter more!

Hi Regina thank you for the eye opener on Tweeter! You put an end to our "what is Twitterdeck?" Twitter Grade would be very interesting, well let's face it all of them were useful. So Thanks!

Good thing our AR people are out there being Active!!!

Have a gret weekend

Al and Peggy Cunningham

Brampton Ontario Canada

Hi Regina,

I'm always looking for more Twitter tips, as it is my social networking site that I have the least time for!

Please remember me if you learn of anyone moving to "The OC" and I will do the same!

Michael Caruso, Broker ABR ABRM CRB CRS GREEN GRI

2007 President, Orange County Association of Realtors

(949) 753-7900

Regina,

I highly recommend TweetDeck, it really helps with searches, and to create a really focused stream.

Thank you for sharing all the links and we will see you in the Twittersphere!!!!

Harrison Painter

Harrison Painter - Gladiator Real Estate Investments

Thanks for the great Twitter info. I've joined but haven't yet gotten into it ... I'm too busy working I guess. These tips will help me determine what I should do next.

Hey Regina - always enjoy reading your post. Very good tip about Twitter. It like AR is on fire!!!!!

Cheers

Regina...

You do seem to be quite an expert. That being the case I've a question for you...

When I try to log into my Twitter account I get the following message:

"403 Forbidden: The server understood the request, but is refusing to fulfill it."

Any idea how to access when Twitter does this kind of a wooky?

TLW...ROAR!

Regina: Super post for us Twitter Tweeters! I didn't know about Tweetshrink.com THANKS.

Where is YOUR Follow Me link???? Did I miss it? Nevermind... I found it. :) and I'm now following you.

Thanks Regina, I can't wait to try out TweetShrink.com I have trouble keeping my tweets under the limit!

@DavidTapper

I have tweeted and twittered, but I am not sure that i am making the best use of it. Thank you for the tools.

Hi Regina - Here's a very comprehensive AR/Twitter roster put together by the guys at Castellum Realty.

Hi Regina,

I just figured out how to put twitter on my blog site. I guess this is step two. Thanks

Regina-Twitter frightens me but I will soon try to conquer that fear. Thanks for the tips! Best to you~

Regina,

Very nice post on twitter very hepful tools that i can definitely use have great year.

TLW, glad you are back in the saddle! That error message usually means that Twitter's computers are overloaded at the moment. Try again in a few minutes.

Kat, thanks for reminding me that I need to put a "follow me" graphic up!

John, thanks for the roster!!! AR/Twitter roster for anyone who wants to follow AR folks on Twitter!

Still trying to wrap my head around twitter. Thanks for the help and the group invite.

Regina,

Thank you! I'm still new to Twitter, but love it. This is great :)

What a terrific resource for us Twitterers (or are we Twits?). This is definitely worthy of a bookmark and forward to my friends. Thank you so much for putting the time and effort in to helping the rest of us succeed!

For those still not convinced, check out my recent post about Twitter Power here on Active Rain:

http://activerain.com/blogsview/1015967/Twitter-Is-Not-A-Toy

See you on Twitter!

http://www.twitter.com/stefanlubinski

Some of these are new to me.....thanks so much. (especially with the hash tags)

I am using twitter some...now, I will try these tools and see what happens. Thanks

Hi Regina -- I'll have to live vicariously through you for a while when it comes to Twitter. Great tips, future reading for me when I delve in. Twitter seems a mysteriously complex creature to me.

Thanks so much for the cool tools! I didn't know there was a tweetchat site.

I just joined twitter and cant understand how it works. Is there a way to search for people by area, instead of by there name?

excellent stuff, thanks for sharing these tools. Will definitely be checking some out.

Thanks Regina, for all your work in compiling these steps for us. Saves us time! Thanks!! Glad to see it made its way to feature!!

Regina - thanks for the great tips. There are over 100 applications for Twitter now, and having a concise list of the best is terrific. I am still learning how to use it effectively adn this was a great resource.

Jeff

you keep adding these great tools and I'm still trying to learn the basic twitter.. lol Great information

I have been gaining a lot of Twitter information, especially after attending RE Bar Camp earlier this week and appreciate the additional tools as I learn more about it.

APR

2009

Hi Christine, it was great to meet you at RE Bar Camp!

Walter, I don't know any way to search for people, other than the twellow.com link I listed in my blog above.

Regina, THANKS! I'm still just getting my feet wet with Twitter. I'm bookmarking this post so I can refer back often! @amysalisbury if you'd like to follow me!

Interesting! Now if they designed a tool that would allow you to just follow ActiveRain members...

Your building consultant for life in Nashville, TN

Regina, I need to "copy" part of your brain and put the knowledge into mine especially on your tech knowledge. That would be better than "cut and paste". Have a great day :)

Hi Regina - I have not been using Twitter to its fullest, despite having many followers and following many. Your list of Twitter helps may aid me in getting more use from it. I do see that links to my blog posts are there, and I comment on others' tweets, but I don't do a lot of casual chatter like many do. I hope your tips will help me to feel more at home there. Thanks!

Regina,

I'm still dilly-dallying about joining Twitter. I wasn't even remotely aware that there are all these tools Twitterers can employ in their daily maneuvers. Maybe the day is nearing.

Susan & Esko, keep up your good work and be persistent, Twitter can work for you! However, don't let it zap all your time.

Regina - This is great information. Thanks so much for sharing. I have this bookmarked, and will start going through these as quickly as possible.

Regina - I just saved this post to come back and check out more of these Twitter tools. Am familiar with some, but not with all. Also btw, just followed you on a new twitter account we set up (@phillyrealty) ! Twitter rocks !

APR

2009

Christopher & Stephanie, thanks for following me on Twitter! I will follow you back soon -- right now I'm at my 2k limit but will be lifted soon.

Troy -- good luck using all these great app's.

APR

2009

What if you don't want someone to follow you? LOL

I'm Twitterless and probably will be for a little while longer, maybe a lot while longer.

Jim, if you don't want someone to follow you (for instance, he's a stalker!), you can always block him.

If you're not on Twitter, you have a lot more free time than the rest of us!

APR

2009

Hi there, you know I'm on Twitter and love it, for many reasons... not the least of which is knowledge.

Regina, thank you for the great info! Amazing how a tool such as Twitter, which appears to be so simple, is actually more complex and that can really give back for the time and effort.

http://www.PoconoLandAndHomes.com

Twitter is very time-consuming, but you can get it started and then use some great tools to put it on auto-pilot.

APR

2009

Just recently signed up for twitter and went searching for some blogs on the subject. Great post, Regina and bookmarked for further help down the road. Thanks.

Thanks for the post. I had not used http://twitter.com/grader before I read it in your post.

I just found & started using www.TweetGrid.com. It alerts you whenever someone Tweets about a topic you are interested in -- like "Realtor" or "Open House". You can view multiple topic tweets at once!

MAY

2009

I use Twitter, but was not aware of all these exrta tool. Thanks so much for posting this. I plan on checking out the links right after I post this!! I still can't believe there is so much I don't know!

Alfredo Vaughan

Alfredo, here's something else you may not know: Every Friday is #FollowFriday where you recommend others to follow, and get more followers!

MAY

2009

Just found this post. I'm new to Twitter so this was helpful. Thanks for sharing.

Mark, glad you found this post useful! Enjoy Tweeting!

MAY

2009

Thanks for these sites Regina! I am loving Twitter!!

Tom, glad you enjoyed this blog, I reference it frequently myself!

MAY

2009

Ricardo Bueno, Founder of REBarCamp Los Angeles, @Ribeezie posted an article here with links to a free eBook titled: Twitter for Real Estate Twits AND recommendation of two Twitter tools:

Twitpic.com to send images
TwitVid to share videos

Here's the link: http://madmimi.com/promotions/11758802077388/raw?fe=1&pact=106936331

MAY

2009

Great post. So many options! TweetDeck is my homey!

MAY

2009

Regina - thanks for the great list of resources. I also use budurl.com for shortening my tweets; it helps me keep track of the number of clicks.

JUL

2009

Regina: Thanks for this info. I can never get enough... I'm looking to follow other real estate professional. I use #realestate.

Follow me @itsjersey2me

JUL

2009

Gorgeous, brilliant post. I love it all and will study it. And will be following you in a second!

Cheers,

@greenboxhomes

Kimberly Dotseth, broker/owner GreenBoxHomes.com

SEP

2009

Regina, this is some great work you have put together in this post. Thanks for sharing. @frankrubi

SEP

2009

Thanks for all the great information and ways to find out who to follow and who is following you. Alas, I have so much to learn.

OCT

2009

You can get in trouble with the little tweets too..

OCT

2009

Blessed are the tweet makers!

DEC

2009

Mario, I like tweeting but also reading & following others' tweets. Sometimes very interesting.... guess I have a boring life.

SEP

2010

Regina----since you seem to be a Twitter expert, how can I post my AR blogs on Twitter? I contacted AR and they said that can no longer be done automatically. If I copy and paste the URL, I think I am giving them a link to my back office where they could potentially edit my blogs? Can you please help me? Thanks in advance!!

SEP

2010

Pat, go to www.Ping.fm and link all your social media together. Then you can write a post and it will go onto ALL your Facebook etc. sites at once. Don't worry if the URL is too long, as Ping will automatically shorten it. Try a few to experiment and make sure it works for you, good luck!

Thanks for responding to this Regina!! I really appreciate your help. I hope to have time today to check out Ping---if not, definitely this week. This is a HUGE help for me!!

SEP

2010

Pat, I'm glad to be of service! :) Pass it on...

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