What Twitter Tools and Services Are You Using?

[Zachary R. Skinner]

{edit: I've now included a list of twitter tools that other warriors have posted here, that way you don't have to manually search this thread. I've also included links to each tool}

Hey everyone,

I was just curious what twitter tools those of you on Twitter are actually using?

There are so many darn twitter tools these days that its hard to keep track of.

Anyway here's a list of the tools I'm currently using and recommend:

socialoomph.com (formerly tweetlater) MUST HAVE TOOL FOR IM'ERS
twitter karma - helps you get rid of unwanted followers
twellow.com - helps you find other cool twitter users to follow
ping.fm - very cool tool for managing all of your social networks
twtpoll.com - free tool for making polls
twitbacks.com - free tool for creating a twitter background

Here's a list of twitter tools and services other warriors are using:

Twiveaway - Allows you to build your list by running your own giveaway contest
Tweetdeck - all in one twitter desktop application
Twuffer - for scheduled tweets
Twitter Counter - creates a follower count icon for your blog
Twitter Tools Plugin - creates a complete integration between your WordPress blog and your Twitter account
Lab Tweets - A software program created by a fellow warrior that does lots of cool things(
Hummingbird - All in one marketing tool
Hootsuite - For engagement and interaction
Tweet Adder - Get more targeted twitter followers and automates posts
Local Tweeps - The zipcode level twitter directory
Tweep Search - Lets you keyword target peoples bios
TweetMixx - More links, less clutter
Twhirl - a desktop client for social software such as Twitter, Friendfeed, identi.ca, or seesmic
Twuugle - great for targeted Niche Research and all the results are from twitter.
Big Tweet - Share links with your followers without leaving the current web page
TwAitter - Automation, rss integretion, timeline management and other cool features
Seesmic - A desktop client to manage your lifestream from Facebook & multiple Twitter accounts.



What other tools would you recommend?

[ovidiu]

TweetDeck
It allows simultaneous updates to Twitter and Facebook at the same time.
Plus it allows multiple Twitter accounts.

[SurajSodha]

hey Zachary

TweetDeck (Beta) is pretty cool to manage a handful of Twitter accounts on one interface...it's free too.

you can find it at tweetdeck[dot]com

[Devon Brown]

I keep it simple. Tweetdeck for the client and Twuffer to set up scheduled tweets.

[Andrew O]

I used to make it really complicated with all kinds of fancy Twitter tools, but lately with the improvements that twitter made to their main site (like saved searches and interface upgrated) I am able to primarily use just Twitter.com.

Great thread idea though, I am interested in seeing what others use.

[Zachary R. Skinner]

Alright everyone, here is one of my secrets:

If you belong to several different social networking sites (and you should) you can use ping.fm to post to all of your networks from one central location.

However, you can not automate posts with ping.fm meaning that you still have to login each time you want to update your social networks.

But with socialoomph.com you can automate posts to ping.fm which in turn automates posts to all of your social networks....very cool

Unfortunately, socialoomph costs $30 a month to use but if you are using Twitter professionally, it's well, well worth the cost.

[Mohammad Afaq]

I use tweet deck and twitter counter.

Both of those I can't live without.

[Zachary R. Skinner]

Originally Posted by mohammad111

I use tweet deck and twitter counter.

Both of those I can't live without.

What is twitter counter?

Is that the thing that creates a twitter follower count for your blog?

[cashforlifetv]

I use Tweetdeck to communicate with people and Twitter Tools plugin for Wordpress to synch my articles and my account. Works like a charm to have 1700+ followers!

[Zachary R. Skinner]

Originally Posted by cashforlifetv

I use Tweetdeck to communicate with people and Twitter Tools plugin for Wordpress to synch my articles and my account. Works like a charm to have 1700+ followers!

How does the plugin sync your articles with your account? I'm not sure I follow...

[Akky]

I use my own LabTweets

[Marty S]

Hummingbird for following and Hootsuite for interaction.

[blogginvixen]

I recently started using HootSuite this week. My Twitter following is not large by any means, but I really like HootSuite because it helps me weed through all of the blatant advertisement from some of the individuals who I'm following.

I've got separate groups for my followers so that I can be updated about certain tweets from each group of followers.

[robvegas626]

I will try some of these tools. I've just been using TweetDeck to post simultaneous messages to my Twitter/Facebook account. Works well, but i'm always looking to take it to the next level.

[Slaughter]

Hey

I use a Auto Tweeting Script coded by me. It makes an average of 600 tweets per day automatically.

[Stefan Vee]

It surprises me no-one mentions Tweet Adder.
Cool application IMO!

[Zachary R. Skinner]

Originally Posted by Stefan Vee

It surprises me no-one mentions Tweet Adder.
Cool application IMO!

How does tweet adder differ from other programs?

[Graham Maddison]

Originally Posted by Zachary R. Skinner

How does tweet adder differ from other programs?

Tweet Adder can manage several accounts on auto pilot.

Follow
unfollow
send tweets
send @Dm's
delete DM's with urls
Replies to @DM's

And more

Graham

[sumbu]

I use future tweets and tweet later to schedule my tweets, twitter karma to bulk follow / unfollow, twellow, justtweetit, wefollow, localtweeps for the directories. And every now and then I check out tweetvalue, not that it means anything.

So many free ones, I steer clear if they come with a price tag - even if it is $5 a month.

[Paul Coleman]

You can keyword target people's bios with:

TweepSearch :: Twitter Profile and Bio Search

Hope this helps,

Paul

[Stefan Vee]

Originally Posted by Zachary R. Skinner

How does tweet adder differ from other programs?

Thanks Graham for your input.
Zachary, you can download a free trial on their homepage. You'll see instantly that Tweet Adder has a very logical interface (one of the best you'll find).
Take the time to watch that video tutorial as well.

[Zachary R. Skinner]

Originally Posted by Graham Maddison

Tweet Adder can manage several accounts on auto pilot.

Follow
unfollow
send tweets
send @Dm's
delete DM's with urls
Replies to @DM's

And more

Graham

That sounds just like Socialoomph.com but I will check it out to make sure its not better!

[dsmpublishing]

I use tweetlater or socialomph as it is now known though i must confess i pass most of it on to my husband to do for me.

i used to use twitter karma but once you hit 10,000 followers it goes really slow so i use other unfollow tools instead and nutuality is my favourite at present.

i dont use tweetdeck because i have eyesight probs and it makes me crazy and gives me a migraine but i wish i could as it seems to be really cool.

kind regards


sam
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[achivement84]

TweetMixx , it help showing off the links from your friends, you can also view all the tweets (including those without links), just as you would on Twitter.com. And you can update your status from TweetMixx. As a straight-up Twitter client, it’s not a bad one, as it’s fast, and the plain-English link idea is a pretty nice one.

Regards..

[Hackbridge]

Thanks for this thread. I use Twadder; Socialoomph; Tweetdeck; Have Twhurl but don't really use it; Twellow; Tweet counter (My following has been going crazy so I really should check); Twitter Karma (turning off images helps if you have 100s of followers) and I think that's about it.

Would love to have things more automated but it's okay right now.

Brian

[Sean A McAlister]

Twitter Search with Twuugle.com | The #1 #TwitterSearch on the Net

is great for targeted Niche Research and all the results are from twitter.
Unlike other's Twuugle is free from all the noise and enables you to hone
in on specifics.

I am liking it!

Sean

[Chris Faraday]

"Big Tweet" is a newer one folks are pleased with

[Zachary R. Skinner]

Originally Posted by Sean A McAlister

Twitter Search with Twuugle.com | The #1 #TwitterSearch on the Net

is great for targeted Niche Research and all the results are from twitter.
Unlike other's Twuugle is free from all the noise and enables you to hone
in on specifics.

I am liking it!

Sean

Wow, this looks totally badass!

Can't wait to start playing around with it!

[Zachary R. Skinner]

I've now taken ALL of the twitter tools that everyone posted here, created a list, and placed the list into my original post

Enjoy!

[la dominatrix]

I had a link to give things away such as reports with only a follow on your twitter account and I have lsot hte link. So it is like getting an opt in list but on twitter
Catherine

[Hackbridge]

Originally Posted by K Goel

Hey

I use a Auto Tweeting Script coded by me. It makes an average of 600 tweets per day automatically.

Is it possible you can show us a video of it in action? Does it have any other functions apart from blasting out tweets?

Kind regards

Brian

[Zachary R. Skinner]

Originally Posted by la dominatrix

I had a link to give things away such as reports with only a follow on your twitter account and I have lsot hte link. So it is like getting an opt in list but on twitter
Catherine

Are you perhaps talking about Twiveaway by brad callen?

I've been wanting to use that tool but haven't had the chance yet!

[A Bary]

Why I don't see anyone mentioning Seesmic?

I liked it much more than tweetdeck

[JNFerree]

Originally Posted by Devon Brown

I keep it simple. Tweetdeck for the client and Twuffer to set up scheduled tweets.

Devon,

Twuffer was new to me. Took it for a spin, not too bad (but) the frequency is only hourly (unless I missed something)?

TwAitter on the other hand, allows you to schedule a Tweet by the minute and clone and pause and stop scheduled tweets, which I find more akin to how my content needs to be shared.

You might wanna check it out.

Neil

[Zachary R. Skinner]

Originally Posted by goldmind123

Why I don't see anyone mentioning Seesmic?

I liked it much more than tweetdeck

I just downloaded this tool and installed it on my desktop. Looks like a really great way to integrate my twitter and facebook accounts and allow me to engage people from one convenient location.

Thanks for the suggestion!

[safereturn]

I wrote a twitter app that allows people to promote your last tweet, coupled with redirects for Clickbank or other plus gives them a free script if they tweet your stuff. Sounds complicated but it's actually very effective. I am pushing over 7200 followers in just a few weeks now. TOS friendly and a free site to do all this to boot.

[ntrikate]

I use twollo and huitter and twitterfeed. huitter helps you manage your follow ratios (gets rid of followers who dont follow you back)

[CelticFiddler]

I guess I need to learn more about Twitter. I have an account, but I haven't seen the value in it. Using software tools to blast out tweets seems spammy to me -- makes Twitter a write-only medium that nobody actually reads. I have found that trying to follow Twitter is a lot like being trapped in an elevator with a bunch of serious ADD cases. I can only conclude that I'm missing something important. Anybody care to enlighten me?

[daehbew]

I'm recommending tweet adder. I know they've been having a few kinks lately.. but if you can get past that, I think it's the best software for it's price right now.. unless you can afford tweetattacks but that's a bit more pricey..

You can get 1 registration down to about 44 bucks when you use this coupon code TWDISC

I used to have an issue where I couldn't auto-tweet.. well, at least it wouldn't work on my computer with windows 7.. but it seemed to work just fine when I installed in on my computer with Vista.. (something to think about)

If you want free, then go with socialoomph..

[daehbew]

Originally Posted by CelticFiddler

I guess I need to learn more about Twitter. I have an account, but I haven't seen the value in it. Using software tools to blast out tweets seems spammy to me -- makes Twitter a write-only medium that nobody actually reads. I have found that trying to follow Twitter is a lot like being trapped in an elevator with a bunch of serious ADD cases. I can only conclude that I'm missing something important. Anybody care to enlighten me?

Yeah, you're right.. I don't really pay too much attention to my twitter. But as far as viewing twitter as a marketing tool.. think of it like this.. If you had as many followers as Jim Carey, and you tweeted a message every once in a while; essentially twitter has just become your radio broadcasting station and you're the advertiser.

[danlew]

For now, I am using Tweet Deck and Twitterfeed as my main Twitter tools. They're pretty good and useful for me everyday.

[treka]

Tweet Adder is the only one I use at the moment

[AS2012]

What about tweet attacks? I love it. Anyone else.