LocalTweeps offers new way to customize your local status

April 22, 2009 by JD · 4 Comments
Filed under: Twitter, Web Services 

If you’re not already aware, LocalTweeps.com offers a way to add yourself to their directory based on your local ZIP code.

Recently, I added my Twitter account to LocalTweeps.com for the 28906 ZIP code.

Today, I visited the site to see if anyone else had added their Twitter account for the Murphy, NC ZIP code. That’s when I saw that they had a new way to update your LocalTweeps status.

So, I gave it a try.

The key is to first be sure that you’re registered at LocalTweeps.com and then, when you want to update your LocalTweeps status, end the tweet with the #lt hashtag. Make sure it is the last thing in the tweet.

I also included the #MurphyNC hash tag so the tweet would show up on other sites where I’m using that. As long as the #lt comes after the other hashtag, it still works fine.

I still have some trouble with the LocalTweeps.com site’s search function now and then. If I go to their home page and click the Search link, I can enter “28906″ and almost always find myself listed in the resulting tab.

However, when I link to the same search page, it often shows nobody listed. I don’t know if that’s a bug in their code or if my browser isn’t interpreting it correctly.

Since I live in an area where there are few people on Twitter, and even fewer tweeting about local events and news, it doesn’t make a lot of difference right now.

However, since I’ll be working with my new marketing consulting clients to help them get more out of Twitter, this should become more important in the future for all of us in the 28906 ZIP code.

It’s one more piece in the puzzle for promoting businesses, people, and events in Murphy, NC.

Act on your dream!

JD

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