Today’s meeting was held at Panera Bread Company. About 12 of us braved the weather to talk about our topic of the month “All about Twitter”. Our Twitter hash tag is #wacosmb
Caryn Berger Brown facilitated the discussion to answer questions posed by the group.
Why do I need Twitter to promote my local brand?
It helps let people know about your current projects, the type of work you’re doing and with whom you are working. It even allows you to “name drop”.
Tips to find local businesses to follow in the Waco area:
* Check out The Greater Waco Chamber of Commerce @WacoChamber on Twitter to find local businesses.
* Visit the Twitter sites of other local businesses and see who they connect with.
* Begin paying attention to the location of Twitter members.
How do I prevent information overload?
The most common answer to this was to “skim or fast scan” the list of tweets and mark the ones you want to read as favorites, then go back and read only those favorite tweets.
Use Lists to sort tweets. Filter your Lists to just what you want to follow.
You can also subscribe to Lists by other Twitter members. If you are subscribed to another member’s List, you do not get all of their tweets on your home page. You just have to access their List to read new tweets.
What’s the best Twitter App?
The favorites listed are not in order of preference, as the favorite app depended on the topic being discussed at the time.
PeopleBrowsr – Social Network Dashboard Tool that allows you to set extensive search parameters.
Seesmic – Dashboard tool to manage your Twitter.
MarketMeTweet – Brand your tweets, schedule your tweets to post up to one year later, Twitter management, and advanced search.
TwiDroid – Droid phone Twitter client app. It even keeps your place while reading posts, so you don’t miss any tweets.
Echofon – iPhone Twitter client app to manage your Twitter on the go.
PockeTwit – Windows Mobile Professional (PocketPC) platform Twitter client app.
Other Interesting Info from our meeting:
You can use apps to link your Twitter and Facebook pages, with posts going both ways or just from one to the other. Use the Twitter app on Facebook. Facebook Fan Page Posts can also be added to Twitter.
GoogleChrome now offers a Mac version, and a version for web developers is in development.
The Greater Waco Chamber of Commerce is working on putting together a class “How to Get Started On FaceBook and Twitter”.
Join the Waco Social Media Facebook Group