This post is a follow up from a previous post titled Are Your Tweets Falling On Stony Ground?
The major point of that article came down to this, If all your using Twitter for is to literally tell people what you are doing, then you will loose the attention of your followers.
This post is more about making sure that doesn’t happen.
I want to share with you some of the best resources online that will help you find good quality content to keep your Twitter followers engaged in your Twitter activity and eagerly waiting for your next tweet.
I’m not talking about any old content, I’m talking about the best of the best. This is content that is already proven to be popular, well recieved and up to date, so you know that your readers will also enjoy it.
The first place I’d like to start is Digg.com
Digg is a very popular site where people can vote on the quality of specific content.
On the Digg home page there are a couple of features that make it easy for you to quickly find articles, video’s and images that have been voted on as being a high quality and popular.
You can tell if something is popular because of the number of Digg’s associated to the content, the more Digg votes, the more popular the item.
- Use the search box to find specific content you are interested in.
- Browse through the latest popular stories.
- The most popular articles on Digg over all categories.
There is a massive amount of content on Digg, I’m sure you will find something your readers will enjoy.
The second site is Technorati.com
When you land on the Technorati home page, you have a couple of options to choose from when looking for popular content.
- A dropdown menu with a link to the top 100 blogs listed by authority or the number of subscribers.
- The most popular on Technorati.
- The blog posts and news stories that are currently receiving the most attention.
- The tags associated to content that is receiving the most attention.
If you find a blog on Technorati that provides good information relevant to your interests a good idea is to subscribe to the RSS feed so you can automaticaly recieve new content delivered to your RSS reader.
The next site to look at is a site called Stufftotweet.com
Stuff to tweet pulls in the top content from a handful of the top social sites online.
Although you don’t currently have an option to search for content that may relate specifically to your list of followers, and the amount of content here is pretty limited, you can still find some great stuff here without too much effort.
The next site on the list is Alltop.com
Alltop gives you a lot of flexibility to find specific and relevant content.
Much like Digg, Alltop has the function to search it’s database to find content on blogs specifically related to your keywords.
Alltop is pretty comprehensive and will return some great results definitely worth a look.
Another great site is a site called Popurls.com
Popurls has a user interface very similar to the Stuff To Tweet site, but it provides a lot more resources to choose from.
Popurls also updates it’s content every couple of hours, so you know you are getting the very latest content online from a list of the most popular social bookmarking sites, video sites, image sites, magazine and news websites, and more.
Popurls also provides a search feature so you can search the site for key word specific content.
Using just a couple of the sites listed here regularly will provide you with some great content to keep not just your Twitter followers happy but help to keep you informed and educated about the latest news online.
Great content Jeremy for those of us who not only like to grab new content but these sites are also valuable to keep informed and up to date. Keep posting I am a fan.