Use Twitter to network with local tweeps
Interacting with people online is a wonderful way to get
started networking. Eventually you will want to meet some
of your new found friends in person so they can become your
In Real Life or (IRL) friends. People are more likely to do
business with or joint ventures with you once they have met
you in person and see that you are a real person and you act
the same way offline as you do online. Here are some tools
to help you find people in your local area to follow.
7. You can use hashtags.org to find people in your
geographical area to follow. Just type in your city or
state and you will see all of the tweeple that are located
in or talking about things related to your city or state.
8. Another service you can use to find people located
near you with is tweets.ws. Tweets.ws is very simple to use.
Just click on choose your own news topic and type in your
state. I tried using my city and state but I didn’t find
anything that way. Once you type in your state you will see
everyone who is in your state or talking about things of
interest to your state.
9. Another great tool to use to find tweeps in your
area is Twittermass. All you do with this site is to go to
the website and login with the same username and password
that you use to log in to Twitter. Once you’ve logged in
you’ll have to click on the tab that says Create. Then click
on manual follow for best results. Type in your City and
State. The website will generate a list of tweeple in your
city and state and then you can follow them.
10. Citytweets is
another wonderful tool to help you find tweeps in your local
area. Now if you live in a suburb you may need to use the
next biggest city to find people near you. It looks like
that site is still growing.
Twitter is a wonderful way to meet new people. Be sure to
follow people local to your area so you can meet them in
person. Be on the lookout for tweetups on your area.
Basically, a tweetup is a combination of the word meet-up
and Twitter or a bunch of tweeple in the same geographic
area that meet-up and network. Tweetups are great tools to
add to your arsenal of Twitter tools. Be sure to take
pictures and videos. This will prove that you were at the
people in person you deepen the relationships that you have
on Twitter. That’s what it’s all about after all, right?
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