One of the most powerful features of Twitter is the search. I have especially been using it for support, by searching for whatever question I have, and it works great.

When you search Twitter you do it in real-time, and you can end up finding tweets that are just a few minutes old. That’s amazing. This way, you can be part of a brand new conversation, even though you have no clue who the people tweeting are.

You know the topic, that’s the important part.

Now, let me show you how to search using the best Twitter client available, HootSuite.

And, I’ll use an affiliate marketing example. Let’s say that you’re promoting TweetAdder, the powerful Twitter software that I’ve been using for several months.

What you want to do, is search Twitter for TweetAdder.

Type the search in the search box in the top right corner.

After you do, you’ll get the search results as a new pop-up box in the centre of your screen.

You will see the latest tweets using your the word(s) you searched for, and you can choose to see the users with a username matching the word(s) you search for.

The next thing you should do is to save the search. Save it as a stream.

When you save the search as a stream, you’ll get every new tweet with your keyword updated in real-time.

When there’s a new tweet in your stream, you’ll get notified with a sound and a number of how many new tweets there are. You’ll see it next to the name of your stream.

Think about it, every time someone are having a conversation on Twitter regarding “your product” you’ll be notified and you can be part of the conversation.

I’m searching Twitter all the time, are you?