How to create a list of useful Twitterers using TweepML

I've just come across another seemingly useful Twitter tool, TweepML. This one lets you create and share groups of Twitter users.

As with many Twitter tools, I should first acknowledge John Carnell at BullyingUK for bringing it to my attention. He has built two lists of charities and nonprofits that use Twitter:

http://tweepml.org/Charities-and-Non-Profits-that-Twitter-TechnicaVita/

http://tweepml.org/Charities-and-Non-Profits-that-Twitter-2-TechnicaVita/

You'll see from those lists that TweepML makes it very easy for the visitor to choose which of the list to follow, and then to do so very quickly simply by signing into their Twitter account using the button at the bottom of the list.

Such lists could be very useful in a number of ways:

* they are a useful way of listing all your organisation's Twitterers. If you've got several Twitter accounts, why not pull them all together in one TweepML list to ensure visitors know about all of them?

* if you have partners or collaborators, especially those that often retweet your messages, why not list them? The more people that follow your partners, the more chance you have of getting your tweets spread far and wide.

* you could set up a list as a thank-you, perhaps to individuals or organisations who have donated to you or supported your organisation in some way.

* TweepML offers statistics on what your lists have achieved. You can see how many followers it has generated for the people on your lists. You can see what impact you had.

I've set up several lists today:

* 29th IFC (delegates and commentators on or at the 29th International Fundraising Congress, Oct 2009)

 

* Charity and nonprofit social media thinkers

* Charity PR

* Funding (sources of and news on UK fundraising)

* Fundraising companies

* Fundraising ideas

* Fundraising news

* Fundraising/charity sector umbrella bodies and regulators

* North American foundations that use Twitter

Click on the button and find out whom I've listed. Note how the list page includes a facility to let readers suggest other additions to your list.

The idea has already paid off. Another fundraiser has set up a list and I'm at the top of it.

It has already been pointed out that the list works like a permanent #followfriday, one of the Twitter themes in which users recommend other users.

Have you set up a TweepML list yet? Can you see a use for it in your fundraising work?

www.tweepml.com