The Twitter search described in the post can be pretty easy to setup and monitor actually, and the results of that search may help you discover other keywords, phrases, or terms you should listen for.

Let's say you grow green beans and want to keep an ear to the rail on twitter about your crow. Go to search.twitter.com and search for “green beans” and you get a result. In the top right corner of the result page is a link for an RSS feed of the results. Copy that link.

Now move over to Google Reader or you other preferred RSS Feed Reader and paste the link from Twitter. Now our Green Bean Farmer can keep up with everything being said about green beans on Twitter just by checking in on Google Reader.

Of course, some tweaking might be necessary from time to time, but I use this method extensively to monitor the goings on of Twitter and it works very well for me.

Hope that helps.

@jtrigsby

The Twitter search described in the post can be pretty easy to setup and monitor actually, and the results of that search may help you discover other keywords, phrases, or terms you should listen for.

Let's say you grow green beans and want to keep an ear to the rail on twitter about your crow. Go to search.twitter.com and search for “green beans” and you get a result. In the top right corner of the result page is a link for an RSS feed of the results. Copy that link.

Now move over to Google Reader or you other preferred RSS Feed Reader and paste the link from Twitter. Now our Green Bean Farmer can keep up with everything being said about green beans on Twitter just by checking in on Google Reader.

Of course, some tweaking might be necessary from time to time, but I use this method extensively to monitor the goings on of Twitter and it works very well for me.

Hope that helps.

@jtrigsby

The Twitter search described in the post can be pretty easy to setup and monitor actually, and the results of that search may help you discover other keywords, phrases, or terms you should listen for.

Let's say you grow green beans and want to keep an ear to the rail on twitter about your crow. Go to search.twitter.com and search for “green beans” and you get a result. In the top right corner of the result page is a link for an RSS feed of the results. Copy that link.

Now move over to Google Reader or you other preferred RSS Feed Reader and paste the link from Twitter. Now our Green Bean Farmer can keep up with everything being said about green beans on Twitter just by checking in on Google Reader.

Of course, some tweaking might be necessary from time to time, but I use this method extensively to monitor the goings on of Twitter and it works very well for me.

Hope that helps.

@jtrigsby

I'm reminded of the Senator from California who wasn't polling too good in San Francisco. He booked a flight home to meet with his constituents to work out the problem. When his assistant checked the Senator's schedule, she said, “Sir, you booked a flight to Sacramento, not San Francisco.” The Senator replied, “But they love me in Sacramento!”