Twitter Lists to Follow by Topic
One of the best aspects of Twitter is the wealth of information available in real-time. When Twitter introduced Lists in 2009, it was obvious the feature would become a winner. The lists range in a wide variety from funny people to economic news.
Chris Brogan made a suggestion on Twitter to consider creating a blog post with your Twitter follow suggestions, rather than the run of the mill #FollowFriday tweets. It does a couple things, increases traffic to your blog, while creating a semi-static place for your suggestions.
My take on this is to use Twitter Lists. You spend time building them, hand picking the best to be added, and should share them.
Below are a few of the lists we’ve created that are useful for organizations to learn about the latest trends, business resources, media and connect with others trying to make a difference in the world by working smarter and being innovative.
The lists by topic
- Entrepreneurship – Entrepreneurs, innovators, startups, CEOs, business owners
- Business Resources – Resources for business both big and small
- Marketing – Marketing freelancers, agencies, innovators
- Creatives – Graphic designers, photographers, writers and artists
- Developers – Developers, programmers, optimizers
- News Media – Old school and new school news media entities
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Good advice! Makes sense to to give credit and promote with the actual follow list itself. Thanks!
Follow Friday is alright as long as the person says why ppl should be followed. I get annoyed when ppl simply post a random list that has no context.
Thanks for the comment and thought Tim. Yes, it can be a bit annoying without some kind of an explanation as to why a particular person is recommended to follow. So my thought is also to take Chris’ advice to heart and next time I’m going to promote actual people instead of my lists.