Many Twitter users, once they become more familiar with Twitter, seek ways to enhance their experience by using Twitter tools to organize all their Twitter information. Fortunately, developers have been busy, and have provided a wide variety of tools that have allowed Twitter users to pick and choose the best tools to meet their needs and allow them to be more productive.
A few popular links for viewing Twitter tools are:
100 Twitter Tools to Help You Achieve Your Goals
Twitter tools (used to organize tweets, searches, replies, direct messages, etc.)
Here is a brief recap of some of the more popular Twitter optimization tools. These tools undergo frequent review to determine if changes are needed. New releases and enhancements are rolled out on a frequent basis to benefit the user community. Hootsuite launched their new 2.0 release recently. Tweetdeck has a big upgrade - v0.27 nearly ready as of this writing.
Hootsuite -
- Recently upgraded to version 2.0 with many more features (similar to Tweetdeck)
Some features are:
- Has a ‘Send Later’ feature for posting tweets at specific times (great way to schedule multiple tweets or delay tweets until a later time)
- A newly added multiple columns feature to organize your Twitter stream into friends, news, search terms, keyword tracking
- Ping.fm integration that enables you to send your status updates to all your preferred social media sites at the same time
Click Hootsuite 2.0 to learn details about the latest features.
Tweetdeck -
- Customize your Twitter experience with columns, groups, saved searches and automatic updates helping you to stay updated with the people and topics you care about.
Some features are:
- View photo thumbnails directly from TweetDeck
- Record, share and watch video clips within TweetDeck
- Avoid Twitter spam with TweetDeck’s spam button (new)
Click Tweetdeck to learn details about the latest features
twhirl -
- Is a social software desktop client based on the Adobe AIR platform. twhirl requires the most recent version of AIR (beta 3) to be installed on the client computer
Click twhirl’s documentation for detailed information and features.
Features comparison lists
Hootsuite 2.0 –
Features list
| Schedule Tweets |
| Multiple Accounts |
| Team Workflow |
| Multi-Column View |
| Tabbed Layout |
| Embed Columns |
| Feed Your RSS |
| Ping.fm Integration |
| Quick Search |
| View User Info |
| Report Spam |
| Track Statistics |
| Notifications and Alerts |
| Clickable Hashtags |
| View Threaded Conversations |
| Collapsible Tweet Panel |
Tweetdeck -
Features list
| Tweet directly from TweetDeck and share photos or web links |
| Manage conversations with @replies and direct messages |
| Create Groups to easily follow friends, colleagues or other interest groups |
| Keep a finger on the pulse with Twitscoop and local trends (New) |
| Follow topics in real-time with saved searches |
| Update Facebook and view your friends’ status updates |
| Preview short URLs from the comfort of TweetDeck |
| Manage multiple Twitter accounts easily (New) |
| Keep your TweetDeck safe with sync and back-up (New) |
| View photo thumbnails directly from TweetDeck |
| Record, share and watch video clips within TweetDeck |
| Avoid Twitter spam with TweetDeck’s spam button (New) |
| Many other Twitter favorites including Stocktwits |
twhirl -
Features list
| Remembering login credentials on user’s computer |
| All-in-one timeline with tweets, replies and direct messages |
| Configurable auto-updates for the timeline |
| Displaying user’s latest 20 status updates and direct messages sent |
| Sending status updates |
| Sending replies to other users (with quick buttons on others’ statuses) |
| Sending direct messages to other users |
| Deleting own status updates and direct messages |
| Input area can be hidden (configurable auto-hiding) |
| Multi-account support |
| Keyboard shortcuts |
| Sys tray / dock icon support |
| Audible and visual notifications |
| Viewing and (un)setting favorites |
| (un)following users |
| Auto-updating the program |
| Changeable color schemes |
URL shorteners (used to shrink URL to avoid 140 char max)
Two of the most popular tools to shrink the length of an URL address are 'Tinyurl' and 'bit.ly'. These tools provide a way to maximize usage of the 140 character limit in the Twitter status update area.
Tinyurl
Used to enter a long URL to make tiny: - or - use Custom alias (optional) to personalize a link.
Example: http://tinyurl.com/dwestjr-ex1
Some features are:
- redirection to any page in your site
- hide your affiliate URLs
Click Tinyurl features for more details.
bit.ly
Shorten, share, and track your links.
- Has History feature with date added, clicks, information with title of link, name of shortened URL
Click bit.ly for more details.
- Daulton West, Jr. , aka ”DWestJr” on Twitter
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