Just a thank you note. I've recently waded through oceans of cryptic stuff about using Twitter to grow traffic and your article is the first (and I mean the FIRST) one to make logical sense and to present a comprehensible plan of action. Most of what I've read make Twitter sound like some sort of arcane secret society that mere mortals will never likely get the hang of. The other problem with getting a handle on all of this is that too many writers throw a few half-baked bones out to newbies and save their real firepower for cyber-insiders. Thanks for writing as if we're just new at this, not stupid.

Well, I'm off to follow your lead, wish me luck and thanks, again. Cheers, lad – Frumpzilla

I saw a comment you left on John Chow's post about Hummingbird asking about the ability to follow by keyword. While Hummingbird does not offer this feature, we've just released a product called Bird Feeder that supports this any many other advanced features, and at a much lower price. Bird Feeder is free to try, unlike Hummingbird, so check it out, and feel free to blog your thoughts. (link on my name)