Finding People To Follow Via TweetMeme
Who should I follow on Twitter?
Great question. There are many ways to find people. But one nifty way to find SELF QUALIFIED people is via TweetMeme. What’s TweetMeme? It’s a service that bloggers use to make it easy for their readers to tweet a story on their behalf. See the greet “retweet” button to the upper right of this blog post — that’s it. Generally, the more people re-tweet your blog post, the most coverage and tacit endorsement it gets. The little green buttons are commonplace on many AdAge Power 150 blogs such as:
- Being Peter Kim
- Duct Tape Marketing
- Marketing Pilgrim
- Shift Communications – PR Squared
- Chris Brogan
Every time you see one of these green gems, a number is displayed. If you click that number (and it’s not obvious that it’s clickable), you can see a listing of every person who re-tweeted that blog post. If you liked the post, you can find the other birds-of-a-feather who also liked it so much they re-tweeted it. These people have effectively stood up and qualified themselves as good candidates to follow. You know they’re active and interested in the same niche topic as you.
Here’s an example from the inimitable Chris Brogan blog:
You could find 108 other people to follow from this one Brogan post alone. While not used on every blog, these TweetMeme buttons could help you uncover excellent new contacts and networks.
UPDATE: One note to clarify. SOMETIMES the actual number displayed appears different than the people listed. This is likely due to people re-tweeting multiple times and/or a lag in the TweetMeme system. When I found out the reason for sure, I’ll update this post.
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