How to Find Twitter Connections on LinkedIn

Find Twitter connections on the LinkedIn network with Twitter's useful "Find Friends" feature.

If you want to connect with more people on Twitter, then you might want to find contacts from your other online social and business networking sites. There's a strong chance that friends and work or business contacts from other networks will also want to keep in touch with you via Twitter. You can find Twitter connections on the LinkedIn business network by logging in to your Twitter account and using the "Find Friends" feature.

Instructions

1. Launch your computer's Web browser, and sign in to your Twitter account.

2. Click the "Who To Follow" link in the top menu.

3. Select the "Find Friends" tab on the "Who To Follow" page.

4. Click the "LinkedIn" button under "More Services."

5. Enter your LinkedIn username and password into the log-in fields. This allows Twitter to access your LinkedIn account and also signs you in to LinkedIn. Click the "Sign In" button. Wait for LinkedIn to load your "Connections" page.

6. Browse through all your LinkedIn contacts on the "Connections" page. Contacts with Twitter accounts include a "Follow" button beside the contact's name. Click the "Follow" button to follow the contact on Twitter.

Tips & Warnings

• In Step 6, click the "Save As Twitter List" link at the top of the page to save all your LinkedIn contacts with Twitter accounts as a separate Twitter List.

References

• Search Engine Land; Twitter Helps You Find More Friends Via LinkedIn & Facebook; Barry Schwartz; Jun.e 2010

Resources

• Twitter Help Center