Twitter lists are here and are now available to all users. Horray! The last two twitter list posts we shared, I trust gave you an insight into what they are and gave you a greater understanding of how you can benefit from them. For a quick refresh - here are those two popular posts again:
How to use twitter lists in your business and Twitter lists for business explained
Ok, so you now understand the concept of twitter lists, so what next?
Twitter launched a new widget yesterday to assist the list process. It’s built in a similar manner to the twitter gadget/widget that you can put on your website/blog - click here for examples – however this widget enables you to promote a specific list on your website or blog. If you look to the right of your screen you can see we have compiled one which streams all Thinktank Media teams tweets. This is a fantastic way to get multiple use out of twitter with one easy widget, and its a great way for you to see what the team is up to, who they are connecting with, what advice they offer and who they are engaging with on this space.
You can also promote other peoples lists on specific pages of your website/blog with this widget. For example, I run an offline twitter networking group @tweetupmellers and I am going to use @geehall1 list for this site – why? Because he has already compiled this list so there is no need for me to reinvent the wheel.
Click here for the link – so you can get started setting it up.
How can you use this in your own business?
Here are some ideas that spring to mind:
1) Create a list of your team/workforce and display the list widget on your “about us” page.
2) Use the people around you to create lists then share via the widget eg. If you are in the accommodation industry and there are others in your community using twitter, then why not create a list of the whole business community. This is a value add to your guests as they can touch base with other businesses in the area – eg. restaurants, massage, sailing, hairdressers etc – it’s also showing your community you are supporting them. You can simply place this in an area on the website/blog to assist visitors to find them easily.
3) It’s your turn now – any thoughts on how you can use this widget to make the whole twitter list process even more effective????????? Any questions, then hit me up 
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I have made a few lists:
This one in particular caused me to contact the guy and question my listing, never heard back! I don’t think I spam, over tweet, post rubbish or not share good stuff.
Maybe the lesson is in the naming of the list!
http://twitter.com/ChuckBonner/unpopulartweeters
(crawling back into my hole….)