Very recently, we have added a brand new tab to the Kutano interface- the "follower/unfollower" tab... a new way to keep “tabs” on your following ;). For those who have not yet noticed or used it, this tab shows you a timeline of the people who started and stopped following you with an estimate of the time it happened. Similar to the “tweets on a page” tab, you can directly DM, @ reply, follow or even view the bio of any of these people directly from Kutano as you browse the web. It’s a fun feature that we think will be very useful for those on Twitter looking for better and easier ways to manage, track and build their followings.
Speaking of which, while trying to maintain and get new followers is great, it is just one part of the equation of getting in touch with and building a powerful community on twitter. In fact as explained in a satirical but information rich post by Chris Brogan, one of the best ways to get more followers to begin with is by searching for (via twitter search) and following people who are talking about the same things as you and then pumping out quality tweets that provide information and links that are valuable to them; in other words, by building an information-seeking community around yourself and your expertise. And of course, this method can also be supplemented with the use of Kutano ;) ;) which can help you find and engage people interested in the same web pages as yourself... which should also make figuring out the kinds of links they like to see a little bit easier too :P.
I have seen some really great examples of businesses and influential leaders and experts on Twitter use this advice (intentionally or not). Probably one of my first personal experiences with such a twitterer was with @Linda_Miner, a Vancouver nutritionist who evidently searches for people seeking nutritional information, provides great and interesting links relevant to health and nutrition and also actively engages and answers the questions of her followers. Some other great examples are @chrisbrogan, @jayrosen_nyu, @BlenzBC, @twittermoms, @Molsonferg, @mediaphyter, @sethsimonds, @collegeprowler, and I really could go on and on. Which is why I am going to start a discussion thread in Kutano called “List of Great Community-Building Twitterers"- please jump in and add your own favourite twitterers who have done a great job tweeting to the interests of and engaging their community =).
Speaking of which, while trying to maintain and get new followers is great, it is just one part of the equation of getting in touch with and building a powerful community on twitter. In fact as explained in a satirical but information rich post by Chris Brogan, one of the best ways to get more followers to begin with is by searching for (via twitter search) and following people who are talking about the same things as you and then pumping out quality tweets that provide information and links that are valuable to them; in other words, by building an information-seeking community around yourself and your expertise. And of course, this method can also be supplemented with the use of Kutano ;) ;) which can help you find and engage people interested in the same web pages as yourself... which should also make figuring out the kinds of links they like to see a little bit easier too :P.
I have seen some really great examples of businesses and influential leaders and experts on Twitter use this advice (intentionally or not). Probably one of my first personal experiences with such a twitterer was with @Linda_Miner, a Vancouver nutritionist who evidently searches for people seeking nutritional information, provides great and interesting links relevant to health and nutrition and also actively engages and answers the questions of her followers. Some other great examples are @chrisbrogan, @jayrosen_nyu, @BlenzBC, @twittermoms, @Molsonferg, @mediaphyter, @sethsimonds, @collegeprowler, and I really could go on and on. Which is why I am going to start a discussion thread in Kutano called “List of Great Community-Building Twitterers"- please jump in and add your own favourite twitterers who have done a great job tweeting to the interests of and engaging their community =).
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I am the @Linda_Miner you refer to in your post here. WOW - I am so flattered. Thank you for saying such nice things about me. I am very humbled by this. It just makes my commitment to providing "quality tweets" even stronger.
Thanks again,
Linda Miner
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