AuctioneerTech launches AuctioneerTweet, gets scooped

Posted on 30 March 2009 | by Aaron Traffas, CAI, ATS, CES
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As an effort to build and grow the community of auctioneers using Twitter, we launched a new website yesterday called AuctioneerTweet at – where else – www.auctioneertweet.com.

The concept is simple. Any auctioneer with a Twitter account can join and have his or her tweets included in the AuctioneerTweet timeline. A member list on the right side shows the member’s name, follower count and a direct link to the auctioneer’s website. Members are listed by full name and NAA designations, if any, are prominantly featured with each user.

The catch is that members must be auctioneers. Company Twitter accounts don’t count. Social networking is about connecting people with people, not people with companies.

While we’re excited about the launch, we’re a little embarrassed. We planned on making the announcement about the launch today, but while we were putting the finishing touches on the new, home-grown WordPress plugin that powers the site, a story popped up on the Examiner noting the launch of AuctioneerTweet by our friend AuctionWally. Thanks, Wally, for scooping us on our own site!

Look for AuctionWally in a future episode of the Auction Podcast. You can also follow him on Twitter, follow us on Twitter or proceed to the AuctioneerTweet website.

If you’re an auctioneer and you’d like to be listed on the AuctioneerTweet site, send a direct message to @traffas on Twitter with your full name and NAA designations, if you have any.

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Aaron Traffas, CAI, ATS, CES

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Aaron Traffas, CAI, AMM, CES, is an auctioneer from Sharon, Kansas. For the last 22 years he's worked for Purple Wave. Aaron served as president of the Kansas Auctioneers Association in 2017 and on the National Auctioneers Association Education Institute Board of Trustees from 2009 through 2013. He is a past instructor at CAI and co-wrote the original ATS and AMM designation courses from NAA. An active contract bid caller, he has advanced to the finals in multiple state auctioneer contests. During the summer, Aaron operates a farm in south central Kansas. Aaron is an active singer and songwriter and the Aaron Traffas Band's latest music can be found at aarontraffasband.com as well as Spotify, Apple Music and Amazon.

3 Responses to "AuctioneerTech launches AuctioneerTweet, gets scooped"

  • By John Schultz 30 March 2009 - 6:55 pm

    Aaron, Congratulations on the site. I really like the idea! I'm looking forward to seeing the aggregated tweets. I've already added several of the auctioneers that I didn't know where on Twitter, and I've noticed an uptick in my followers the past 24 hrs.

    Great Job!!

  • By Aaron Traffas 31 March 2009 - 8:24 am

    Thanks, John. I agree that having a consolidated list of all auctioneers on Twitter is as valuable as being able to see the tweets themselves.

  • By Aaron Traffas 31 March 2009 - 3:24 pm

    Thanks, John. I agree that having a consolidated list of all auctioneers on Twitter is as valuable as being able to see the tweets themselves.