Spy on your Community. . . At least the ones that Tweet

 

Yes we’ve all heard about Twitter and how it’s changing the world.  But how do you use it. . . how do you make the information useful to you.  As I develop more solutions for my clients I asked myself; self how can I find out what people are saying in my neck of the woods.  Then I found a neat little tool called Geo Chirp.  www.geochirp.com

This little mashup between Google maps and Twitter is brilliant.  First search for a location.  Then set your radius and now you have Tweetdar (Twitter Radar.)  Oh but it gets better.  Now you can search within your area and see what people are saying about things you are interested in.  For example; if you own a salon you can search for the word salon in your area.  Now you can see any Tweet that has the word salon in it.  Very powerful.  You can also reply to those Tweets as well as ReTweet. 

But wait there is more. . . .  At the bottom of the page you can click on the syndication button and syndicate your search to your favorite RSS reader.  Now your life just got mush easier.  Not sure what syndication is or what RSS means.  Stay posted I will discuss that next. 

Try searching for your name.  If anyone is talking you’ll know.

Check out Geo Chirp and let me know if it’s been helpful at all. 

You comments are always welcome as well.

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