There are multiple search utilities for twitter” rel=”tag”>twitter and some, like Twellow, do their best to serve as a Twitter yellow pages, sorting members by industry and interests. None of them, however, are perfect.
That can make finding some of the best people in your field to follow a little harder than it should be. Here’s a tip if you’re looking for some great followers: Check the blogs and other websites.
Many people are taking it upon themselves to assemble and publish lists of leaders in different fields and their Twitter URLs, making it easy for interspersed parties to follow them.
With a little Googling, you can probably find a list of “10 must-follows” or “25 people to follow” in your particular niche. It’s a great shortcut to making the best possible connections.
Eventually, we’ll have some better complete directory of Twitter users, perhaps. Until then, we’re left with imperfect tools and the efforts of others. Between the two of them, we can get the job done.
If you want to follow the big shots in your discipline, open up another browser window and stop searching for some lists of those folks you really should be following.
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