Twitter Tracking for Affiliates

I was catching up on some Tweets (Twitter posts) from Robert Scoble and saw an interesting one about a functionality to track keywords used in Tweets by others.

It turns out this feature for Tracking Twitter has been around for months, but I hadn’t checked out the Twitter blog, so I was in the dark.

Anyhow, it works over IM and text messaging and sends notifications when a Tweet is posted for keywords you set up.

Similar to my use of Google Alerts, I am using it to monitor mentions of various names, companies, and industry specific keywords.

So it’s something affiliate marketers can use to keep up on news about merchants and networks, general industry happenings, etc.

Plus, it’s a networking tool that enables you to find folks you didn’t previously know who are talking about topics that matter to you.

Come follow me on Twitter at http://twitter.com/affiliatetip.