by Sean Devlin, Front Rush
As the true beauty of Twitter lies in what we can get out of it, most of what we read about Twitter is how to post content—particularly, relevant content. If you follow individuals whose tweets cover topics you care about, you can get real-time information/news delivered directly to you.
The only setback to tweeting was finding ways to organize its contents. Recently, however, Twitter released the ‘lists’ feature which allows you to group the people you follow into lists of your choosing. With this functionality now live, we decided to share some lists we’ve recommended to our Front Rush clients that you could use to organize your content.
Other Coaches
This list would include other coaches that are tweeting daily. Often times, the best way to learn is by observing others. You may not care about their specific content. You can utilize this list, however, to give you topic/subject ideas that you should be tweeting about.
Competition
This list would include coaches that you are competing against. In essence it is a real-time view of what your competition is doing. If you pay close attention, you should be able to find some hidden gems you could use in this list.
Recruiting/Sales Experts
You may already be an expert recruiter. As you know, though, there is always more to learn. Fortunately, there are innumerable resources out there to help you improve your recruiting skills. Dan Tudor (Twitter.com/dantudor), for example, tweets consistently. In addition, with the close relationship between sales and recruiting, you can easily search for some expert sales authorities as well.
Your Recruits
Although tweeting has not necessarily taken off with the teenage demographic to the extent that it has in the adult world, there are still plenty of athletes on Twitter. With this list, you can keep a close eye on your recruits, on their parents, etc., and get a feed of what they are talking about. You should also encourage your prospects to sign-up for Twitter and start tweeting.
High School/Club Coaches
Find out about the latest happening with the teams that your recruits are playing for. This could be very informative, even at the lowest level of knowing about game time or field changes.
Conferences/Schools/Leagues/etc.
Why not get the latest news going on with the NCAA, your conference, your league, etc. In this list you can get up-to-date information about everything that is going on around you and the leagues that you are competing in.
Your Vendors
Many companies are now tweeting about all of the real-time happenings within their company. This information may range from the latest sales deals (need extra cash!) to new product releases or even to issues the vendors are dealing with.
The above is a short brainstorm of some of the lists that you can put together. Be creative. Whether you use the above or come up with your own list, your life in Twitterverse will certainly be a lot easier.
Need help organizing your Twitter list? Front Rush can answer any and all technical questions, whether you are a client or not (and if you’re not a client, seriously…what’s going on???) Email Sean at sdevlin@frontrush.com and tell him what you need help with. They’ll even help you with questions about a competitive web-based recruiting management system!
