Ever want to connect with people nearby that may be potential customers (or actual customers)? What about running promotions or events by using Twitter? Nearby Tweets give you a list of both nearby people on Twitter and what they’re saying. You can easily change the location and search radius if you’re interested in what’s going on in another location, which would be a great way to monitor conferences and events. Possibly the best feature is the ability to search for a keyword in a specific location. Using this feature, you could monitor what was being said about your company or product at a specific location. If you present at events or conferences, this would be an easy way to get instant feedback.
Nearby Tweets is easy to use and very intuitive. When you go to the site it already has a pretty good idea of where you are, but you can easily put in a specific address, radius and keywords. Just hold your mouse over the change location/add keywords button and an interface slides out where you can make changes and update the page. To help you understand how to use Nearby Tweets, they have pages for both personal and businesss uses. If you come up with a use not on the page, I’m sure Brian Cray would love to hear it.
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The point of Twitter is to have a conversation, but it also nice to send out useful information to your followers – perhaps links of interest or a link when you post to your blog. 
Ever been to a great party? (I hope so, if not – find one soon!) What made the party great? Good food? Good music? Probably the most important part of a good party is good people. People who you like and feel comfortable with make it easy to have a good time. Think of social media like a good party.