Twitter Location is currently only available to users in the United States, which means that I can’t use it and that I have never tried it.

But I want to.

Twitter location is basically a way to show people where you are tweeting from. This means that if you live somewhere in the United States, and you’re tweeting about an awesome new restaurant you’re currently at, people can actually get a google map and see where you are. In other words; they’ll find the restaurant from your tweet.

To me, this sounds awesome.

In order to start using this feature, you’ll need to activate it. It’s not activated by default.

1. Log in to Twitter
2. Click settings
3. Click Tweet Location (Add a location to your tweets).
4. Click save

If you’re looking for people tweeting from somewhere specific, you could use Nearby Tweets. This way you can find out what people in specific locations are tweeting about, and you can even search for specific words / topics. For instance, you could search for tweets from people in New York about restaurant.

I just did, and I found this interesting tweet:

“heading to Nick and Toni’s with the 2 Tonys for Father’s Day celebration. Never tire of that restaurant”

From this, you’d know where the restaurant is, and you understand that this is a rather awesome restaurant. Why not give it a try?

Twitter Location is interesting and useful.

But, on the other hand, there are privacy concerns.

Just read the following blog posts, and you’ll understand why you might not want to use it:

- Twitter’s new location features work well, but at what cost?

- Twitter Location? Thanks, But No Thanks

- Privacy, Schmivacy! Twitter now lets you broadcast your location too…

I understand the privacy concerns, but I’m really looking forward to test Twitter Location.

Have you tried it, and if you have, do you find it useful?

If you send you newsletter to Twitter, more people will have access to read it. Your newsletter will be read by your followers, and not only your current list (e-mail subscribers), or the people visiting your website.

This is very important.

I always track the links I tweet, therefore, I know that when I send my newsletter to Twitter, a lot more people are reading it.

I use many different ways to spread my newsletter, and I’m not only making it accessible to the people that are subscribing to it via e-mail. To me, Twitter is one of the most important ways.

There are at least two techniques you can use in order to send your newsletter to Twitter.

You can do it manually. If your newsletter is online, you can send the link and a short title as a tweet. This way, your followers can click on the link to read your newsletter.

The other way, is by using a service like AWeber. This way, you can automate the process. Write the newsletter, and click a button for Twitter. And once you send the newsletter to all your subscribers, you’ll also be sending it to Twitter.

Let me explain it, by using AWeber as an example (that’s the service I use for my newsletters).

First.

Click on messages, then on broadcast.

Now, write your newsletter.

When you’re finished. Scroll to the bottom and click on Twitter update.

Click save message.

Your e-mail subscribers and your followers on Twitter will receive the newsletter at approximately the same time.

I’ve done this for a while, it’s fast and easy.

Are you making your newsletter accessible for your followers on Twitter?

This is how you add your tweets to Google Buzz, everything is done in just a few simple steps.

The first thing you need to do, is log in to your Gmail account.

Click on Buzz in your menu.

Now, click on connected sites.

Then, click add, next to the Twitter icon.

Finally, enter your Twitter username and click connect.

Now, your tweets will be visible inside Google Buzz.

Thousand of followers on Twitter doesn’t help you much. The more members you follow, the less some members will trust you. Some might even think that you are spamming, and that spamming is the only reason why you’re using Twitter. It’s all because of the number of members you’re following.

One of the first very interesting experiences I had using Twitter made me realize that Twitter is about the quality of the conversations, not the quantity.

I never spam, and I do my best to use Twitter the way I believe that it should be used. I never tweet direct sales messages. Therefore, I got surprised when I received the message from an English guy about three weeks ago. He accused me of spamming. The reason he accused me, was all due to the fact that I am following more than 11,000 members, and he said that I can’t possibly join conversations with all of them.

Well, that’s true. But, I asked him, is that what Twitter is all about, having conversations with all the members you are following?

I’m still waiting for his answer.

I believe that there are two things that members don’t understand about using Twitter.

It’s really about:

1. The quality of the conversation
2. It’s about trust

You don’t need to have conversations with hundreds of members at the same time. You need to focus on few members and topics you care about. In order to focus on conversations, you should track the conversations on twitter and search for topics worth tweeting about.

Now, just by adding a comment makes the conversation interesting, and it doesn’t have to be a long one. Chris Ming Ryan told me that he always appreciates my RTs. I replied to him and told him that his blog posts are of such a high quality, therefore, I’ll be sending him RTs for a long time. Now, the conversation ended with him telling me about his two problems when it comes to blogging. Frequency and getting the blog in the hands of more readers. Do you see, it all started with one Retweet, and ended up with something completely different.

When you share your thoughts, join conversations, and focus on quality and not quantity, you’ll eventually gain trust. When members start asking you questions, and start adding you to Twitter lists, other members will recognize you for something a lot different than a sales person.

The big NO is direct selling. Never tweet like this (I received both in my timeline about 5 minutes ago):

“Work at Home to Make Money – Online Based Opportunities – Business …”

“You Could Get Started Today Building A Business From Home For Less Than A Penny! Its Free & Powerful!”

The big YES is to start conversations by asking questions or publish statements. Something like (I received this in my timeline just a few minutes ago):

The four most important words in any marriage: “I’ll do the dishes.”

My bet is, this will get both retweets and some interesting feedback.

Another big YES is to add value to conversations. You could add value to the statement above, by saying that there are three words that are a lot more important (but not as funny) and that’s “I love you”.

If you continue with this, members will recognize you, and they will eventually trust you. They’ll look you up, and visit your website, and they’ll want to know more about you. You’ll get traffic from Twitter because you’re adding value.

About one hour ago I received the following direct message, from a guy I have never talked to, from a guy I don’t know anything about. This was clearly an auto-message, and a first impression I wouldn’t recommend:

“Welcome to my Billionaire world! I HIGHLY recommend this (affiliate link)”

He didn’t send me this message in order to start a conversation, to add value to a conversation or to gain trust. My guess is that very few members, if any, will click on his affiliate link. It’s really hard to say that this is an example of Twitter spam or not, but if it’s not spam, then what is it?