Comments on: A Practical Use for Twitter

By: Chad

Chad — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:56:24 +0000

Oh man, I use it for business purposes (or I try), but before I know it I am like a kid in a playground.

By: Nicholas Butler

Nicholas Butler — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:40:37 +0000

oh!, snap I was mentioning this on my own blog only earlier this week. Summize ( now twitter search ) is a much undervalued tool which through rss becomes a useful metric gatherer for marketing and sales promotions

http://www.loudmouthman.com/2008/07/17/a-search-by-any-other-name-would-be-so-tweet/

By: Lucas Conley

Lucas Conley — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:49:37 +0000

I’m with you, John – there’s definitely more to Twitter than fleeting social tweets… though I’m still trying to understand what that may be. The application alternately fascinates and bores me. So far, searching for like-minded users and topical conversations is the most engaging feature for me.

Have you checked out tweetbeep.com or tweetlater.com? Worth a look.

By: Get business from your competitors

Get business from your competitors — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:30:12 +0000

I’ve tried and I’ve tried… but I never really got the appeal of twitter. It always seemed to me like a bunch of 14 year old kids, along with a bunch of internet marketers looking to get rich. But no real exploitable markets for my industry.

By: Kara Krautter

Kara Krautter — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:01:33 +0000

@ John and @ Warren Thanks for the call out! Twitter continues to be a great way for Dell to interact with customers and share information. Search.twitter.com (aka Summize) helps our team find customers and conversations to engage with and follow people that are as fascinated with social media as we are. Find me (the new Small Business Community Manager) on twitter @ kara_atDELL.

By: Marc Thalheim

Marc Thalheim — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:29:17 +0000

John, your post was extremely helpful. I recently started using Twitter not too long ago and did not realize that I could actually use search in the way you suggested. At first, I thought twitter was a different kind of aim/aol. After reading a little more about it I realized that its actually an incredible networking tool that can be used to meet new people in many industries. Your blog has really helped me with marketing my own website. Your ideas are extremely smart and innovative. I was wondering if you could give any advice on putting together a strong social media strategy. You can follow me @garbarrassing on Twitter.
Also, I would like to thank you for your help. Your advice has been invaluable!

By: John Miller

John Miller — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 04:54:32 +0000

Excellent article John. I have been keeping an eye on this subject over at the Thirty Day Challenge where Ed Dale has been pumping out a lot of free info about using Twitter, along with FriendFeed, and other social apps for marketing. The challenge starts Aug 1st for anyone interested.

By: Jakob Montrasio

Jakob Montrasio — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 04:04:05 +0000

Heh, I never thought of using the search feature that way. Pretty clever. Thanks for the idea!