The code monkeys at Magnify have been hard at work building bodacious new features, including new and awesome Twitter tools. Get the full run down.

Wondering why you should use Twitter and Magnify together? Don't trust me - read the testimonial of a user below. Also, see a really amazing Magnify channel built around Twitter.

First, the new toys:

1) Auto-Tweet - gives site administrators the ability to auto-tweet an alert when new content is posted. You also get to choose the frequency of tweets (every time a video is posted, once a day, etc.) It’s easy to set up and is a great ways to let users of your channel know when new content has been posted. (Site admin --> "Content" tab --> Manage Twitter Announcements)

2) Tweet-Caster - I love this thing! A custom-built twitter search module that searches twitter in real time for chosen keywords and displays results in a configurable module. (Also includes an obscenity filter that will automatically exclude tweets containing specific keywords set by the administrator.) It is like having a real time search engine on your channel – very cool. (Site admin --> "Design" tab --> Adjust Home Page Layout --> Tools --> Tweetcaster).

 So why use Twitter and Magnify together? We asked Dawn Garla, Magnify power user and creator of whostwittinnow.magnify.net

Here’s what she had to say:

"Tell us about your experience with Twitter so far on the platform. How do you like the new tools?"

DG: "Seeing the Tweet-Caster updating fairly fast is GREAT! After I constructed the site, I put it to use for myself as a test run. I tried to find people and businesses with an interest with body, health, and fitness to follow and follow me. To my pleasant surprise it worked great.

I found the videos extremely knowledgeable and provide myself with a deeper understanding of how Twitter works. As far as locating followers, how is over 300 and growing in a few days? I found great blogs, great fitness clubs, personal trainers, and many Twitters with an interest in fitness.

My membership has increased on quest4muscle and who's twittin now, as well. All and all it has been a great start for a new site and a new Twitter user thanks to Magnify!"

"Tell us a little about Whose Twiitin’ Now and how it got started"

DG: "Being new to Twitter myself, I found the way that you look for people to follow or the way you have people follow you on Twitter was slow and limited. I thought to myself...If I could build a channel or site with a lot of custom pages and only include one Tweetcast per page, it would be fairly fast and provide you with a ton of interests to choose from on the front page...that would be nifty! With the current magnify platform, what better way to provide information to new Twitter users, like myself, than with videos."


Thanks Dawn for the building a great channel. If anyone has questions on integrating Twitter to your Magnify channel, shoot me an email at Billy (at) Magnify.net.