Twitter is a very useful social network and micro-blogging service. But it has many uses other than micro-blogging. One of the many things you can do with Twitter is track your gas mileage. As a Real Estate appraiser, I am on the road every day. As a small business owner and independent contractor, it is very important that I track my mileage.
Here are three free ways to track your gas mileage using twitter. All you need is a twitter account.
1) MyMileMarker
Signing up is easy to do and best of all it is free.
Step 1: Enter your email address, pick a password, and enter your twitter username.
Step 2: Go to www.twitter.com/mymm and follow MyMileMarker.
Step 3: Send MyMileMarker a direct message on twitter. Send your odometer reading (miles), how many gallons you filled up your car with (gallons), and the price per gallon (price).
Your tweet would look like this:
That’s all there is to it. Once you start using mymilemarker, you can view charts of your distance traveled over time and compare it to your fuel economy. They also have a mobile site you can view on your mobile phone. The mobile site can be accessed at http://mymilemarker.com/m. When you log in, you can enter your odometer reading, the number of gallons, and the price per gallon.
2) FuelFrog
Signing up with FuelFrog is easy.
Step 1: Enter your email address and pick a username and a password.
Step 2: Once you create an account, click on settings to enter your twitter username and vehicle.
Step 3: Log into Twitter and follow FuelFrog
Step 4: Send @fuelfrog a tweet with your odometer reading (miles), the price per gallon (price), and how many gallons you filled up your car with (gallons). FuelFrog wants the information in the order miles, price, gallons. You can remember this with the acronym MPG (as in miles per gallon.
Once you start using FuelFrog you can view trends for the amount you spend on gas and see how gas prices change in your city over time.
3) Moblu.ca
Step 1: Find your car.
Step 2: Pick a usnername and password.
Step 3: Enter your twitter username.
Step 4: Record a full up.
You can use Twitter to enter a fill up
First follow @Moblu on twitter.
Then send Moblu a direct message on twitter with your odometer reading, the price per gallon, and the number of gallons.
Your tweet would look like this:
You can use their mobile website to enter a fill up. Their mobile website can be found at: http://m.moblu.ca/.
You can use their website to enter a fill up
You can view your fill-up history and how your fuel effiency trends over time. You can also go to their garage and browse and compare members cars.
Keeping track of your fuel economy is an important step towards getting more miles per gallon. I can see a difference in my fuel economy depending on where my appraisals are located and if I am mostly driving in the city or on the interstate. Tracking your gas mileage is also a good way to help you see how much you are spending on gas each month.
Posted by Bryan McDonald (Follow him on Twitter)
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What a clever use of Twitter! That’s a far better way to use it than to send out inane messages such as “New blog post soon!”
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