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I’m always looking for fun toys to use with Twitter, I was happy to stumble upon this site. Crowd status:
I enjoy cool graphics along with usability, and this neat site fit the bill!
Simply put, it will allow you to set up your own “Crowd” by picking a unique crowd name. If you find a name that no one has used previously, it’s yours! Of course I chose Indiesmiles and just added a few other accounts on Twitter to display how the screen will look.
Now, you need to be live on Twitter for this to work. So go ahead, sign-in to your Twitter account…and find some names of folks that you would like to be included in your crowd. The reasoning is that if you are literally chatting with only 3 or 4 of the Twitters you follow, for one reason or another. You can add JUST those Twitters to your crowd and send along the link. Now you’ve just become a “click” so to speak and can only see each others posts, just remember everyone else that follows you will see your posts…you just won’t see theirs in the Crowd status screen.
The uses are endless…but I do see that this would be great for a few Indie shops that normally would be in the forums to stay in touch. I also see this useful for Etsy Teams to stay in touch and to talk shop. It’s also nice to receive some craft tips from a couple other Twitters, to talk about a specific craft show or to just be alone so to speak within your group.
One fun website that I thought was more informational then use as a tool is Tweetzine.
A cool place to find some of the best Twitter news, anything from postings by celebrities to some of the best links on the net. Also a great spot to find more Twitter tips & tools. So if you are looking for the best RAG of the Twits…Tweetzine is it!
Last but not least is my favorite Twitter tool, this is super cool for spreading the word about a product or to promote your blog and or website, without annoying your fellow followers. It’s called Pagetweet.
How exciting is this? With this tool you can add a special message/link to any link that you are using to spread the word on Twitter (or other social network!).
So imagine this, you see a cool link on a “how to” on making a certain craft item and you go to spread the word to those who follow you on Twitter. Before you go ahead and shorten the url, try this. Go to Pagetweet ……and add the url of the page you were just going to post on Twitter. Then go ahead and add the note that you would like displayed on the top of that page. For example, if I’m promoting a Job Hunting tip that I read on the internet, I also can add a link to Indiesmiles at the top of the page I was sharing. So go ahead, try it! Use the short url that pagetweet creates and while you are spreading the word on Twitter, your message will appear at the top of that site! Cool right?
You can also use this in the various Indie forums. You want to show off a new listing of the awesome jewelry you just listed. Go to Pagetweet and put in the URL of the listing. Then put in any message you would like to be seen at the top. A couple ideas would be to put in your blog or website, or lets say your sending a link to your Etsy shop…you could also display the link to your Artfire shop on the top of that page. Now the viewer will not only see your new listing but they will also see your message url and have the ability to click on that link as well.
This does need to be completely self-serving, you could put any message you would like on top of a website. Perhaps help promote a friends new product listing, a charity site, a quote of the day, whatever you decide to put at the top of any website…..the sky’s the limit!
Here is a sample post I created using this tool:
Job-hunt using Twitter! http://p8g.tw/?6M7