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Since Twitter’s 2006 launch, it has climbed up the social media ladder to now be the second largest social media presence online. Millions “log in” to Twitter every day sharing events, website links or connecting with other users. Twitter still continues to increase in popularity driven by the media and a number of celebrities who have jumped on board. The opportunity to make money on twitter is ever growing and only made easier by Google’s recent public recognition of tweets and their place in the search results. Now with even the search engines moving towards more social based methods of communication, Twitter is proving to be a great place for those who want the maximum influence online.
As online business owners, it is important for us to use any opportunity to gather information about various traffic sources as well as automating our systems as much as possible. As a result of this demand for more Twitter information and automation, there have been a number of tools created to automate and improve the use of Twitter. Many of these have become essential to businesses’ success on twitter. So today I thought I would share the tools that have made the most impact on my business and on the businesses of those who I know.
Here are 5 that have changed the way businesses use Twitter.
1) FlashTweet
FlashTweet
FlashTweet is a fairly new tool, but it has a lot of power behind it. This tool allows you to give your brand the maximum exposure on Twitter in the shortest amount of time. It boasts features such as Auto-follow and Un-follow functionality, scheduling tweets weeks in advance. It gives your business the ability to mass-follow other Twitter members within markets related to your website.
Twitter Grader
A tool created by Hubspot; Twitter Grader provides key information concerning your Twitter activity and the activity of those who you follow. This tool gives you the ability to make well-thought out decisions about the level of engagement your followers have so that you can decide to un-follow certain people if necessary.
Hummingbird 2.0
Hummingbird 2.0 is a fantastic tool which runs on your desktop. Schedule tweets, view past tweets, track your twitter activity/growth and so much more. Hummingbird is a powerful marketing tool with a large array of features.
4) Twollow
Twollow
This tool holds a large database of Twitter users all separated into specific categories. Twitter users can use this tool to find related Twitter users with similar interests to follow.
5) Twitaholic
Twitaholic
Twitaholic provides detailed stats on the top Twitter users ranked from #1 onwards. For new users to Twitter, or any user wishing to advance their Twitter following, this tool gives you the ability to follow the world’s most popular Tweeters. You have the ability to follow their moves and watch what makes them successful so that you can use them as a model for your own business.
Wrap Up
These are 5 extremely popular tools that will aid you in your development as a Twitter user/business. Use them wisely, and they will save you valuable time in all your Twitter campaigns so that you can effectively expand your online presence.
About Author :
Sam Bakker has been in the internet marketing industry for the past 7 years, he coaches businesses about how they can increase the amount of money they make online. If you would like to learn more about benefiting from you can visit Sam’s website about how to make money online
About Lee Ka Hoong
Hi guys,
Thanks for sharing all the tools that I can use on twitter. Because I never knew that it was so many available. Now that I know. I can chose the one that’s best for me.
Kind regards,
Sam
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Wow. This is awesome. This is not only for businesses but the platform to enhance our performance in using Twitter. I love using Twitter Grader. Neat, clean and easy.
Thanks for the list, pal. And keep up! =D
Hi, Thanks glad you like the list :). I would have to say i’m a big fan of Twitter Grader as well. It was such a smart idea for hubspot to create such a sensible tool.
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Thanks for informing about the nice twitter tool, I am going to check the twitter tools. I am now using tweetdeck for maintaining twitter activities.
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Lee great collection.
Nice to see the impact of twitter on others.
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Thanks Sam, looks like a couple nice ones in there. I just recently re-joined the Twitter ranks, so some may come in handy. :)
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Glad you liked the list, hopefully you can use some of the tools to grow that following of yours. I would have to say I am very impressed with Hummingbird 2.0. The tool is great. I just let it run and it does it’s thing.
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Nice list. We are starting to get more involved in Twitter. Probably the most important tool for us is TweetDeck.
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Hi Colleen, Thanks for your comment. I have heard of tweetdeck but not tryed it myself yet. I will have to give it a go and see how it stacks up :).
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Thanks for sharing these tools. They look great, I will check these out :)
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I was not aware of FlashTweet, seems to have all important features. Right now m using TweetDeck and Hootsuite. Will surely give FlashTweet a try.
Thanks for sharing.
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Hi Whiztechy,
Yes Flashtweet is a fairly new tool. I actually discovered it when the creator of it was talking on a local forum I use about the tool. It’s certainly worth a try.
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Twitter really change the world =)
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Twitter and Facebook are 2 very popular tools to get more traffic for your website. Others than this 2, there are a lot of similar social media.
Very nice article to sharing and I think it help a lot of newbie.
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