Lesson 4. Tracking Trends and Traffic on Twitter

Online, you will find sites designed to help you get the most out of Twitter and make your network a stronger one. Perhaps the best way of cultivating a strong network is staying connected with what is topical. The “whys” behind you being on Twitter, whether for fun or for the promise of profit, might vary; but it is always good to have an idea who is “paying attention” to you and what people are talking about. This is what keeps you in the know and gives others reasons to pay attention to your content. Covered here are the tools that assist you in tracking when you or your username are dropped in a conversation, when a topic of interest to you becomes a trend, and even give you an idea of how you are using Twitter. All of these things only help you increase your (positive) impact on the community you are building.