Is TwitCatch the Twitter Application You’ve Been Looking For?

Getting your boss to understand the value of social media is a difficult task.  No matter how valuable you think the relationships you have built are, if the money is not coming in, someone’s not going to be too happy.

Prospecting new business on social media networks is not easy.  If you are too forward and people sense a salesperson, your messages are more likely to be ignored. Now that TwitCatch is gaining some ground, searching for new business on Twitter may have just gotten easier.

TwitCatch allows you to search for a keyword in a specific area.  For example, if you are an owner of a shoe store in Akron, Ohio, all you have to do is search for shoes and type in Akron, OH and you’ll soon see results for all tweets containing shoes in Akron, OH.

You can select the people you want to receive your message and click send.  It’s that easy!  TwitCatch even allows you to check the performance of prior campaigns.

Sound to good to be true?  There is a catch (no pun intended).

TwitCatch does not utilize Twitter’s OAuth feature, which means you have to enter your Twitter username and password.  This is the same type of setup as the infamous “Get 1,000 Followers Today!” websites.

The first time you enter your information an automatic tweet like this, is sent from your account:

TwitCatch may be a short term answer to your social media prospecting dilemma, but don’t expect it to stay around long.  Once enough spammers catch wind of the application, Twitter will be more reluctant to approve it.

Is TwitCatch what you’ve been looking for?  Maybe.  But is tarnishing your social media reputation, and risking your valuable relationships worth a few extra dollars?  That’s for you to decide.