Staying Active On Twitter: Twitter Apps And Tools
August 7, 2009 by J.Koivukoski
Filed under Social Marketing
Apart from mobile, Instant Messenger and the Twitter website itself, there are many other ways to update your Twitter status, including downloadable programs that run on your computer making it easy to post quick updates and keep your Twitter account fresh.
When you use these programs you are able to update your Twitter account easily, without being required to load the Twitter website and log into your account, so for those of you who want to stay active in the Twitter community but are strapped for time, these tiny applications may serve as a handy resource.
In addition, whether you are on a PC or a Mac, you have several options available.
Here are a few of the popular ones currently being offered:
Twitterrific
(Exclusively for Mac users at this time).
Twitterrific is a very small application that runs on your computer allowing you to update your Twitter account instantly by accessing it via your menu bar.
It will also notify you every time someone tweets (if you wish), and lets you add your own updates instantly via the text bar.
http://iconfactory.com/software/twitterrific
Twitteroo
If you are using a PC, you will love the ease of use that Twitteroo offers. Just like Twitterrific, it will let you know when people have added new tweets and allows you to add your own instantly from your desktop.
Twitteroo also comes with instant URL cloaking and shortening which can come in handy if you plan to include lengthy URL’s in your tweets, or wish to hide the links that you do post.
You can also customize the font size of tweets, or be notified by sound each time a new update is posted.
twhirl for Twitter
http://www.twhirl.org
twhirl is a desktop twitter client, based on the Adobe AIR platform.
Some of twhirl’s features:
* runs on both Windows (2000/XP/Vista) and Mac OSX
* connects to multiple Twitter and Friendfeed accounts
* notifications on new tweets
* shorten long URLs (using snurl, twurl or is.gd)
* cross-post updates to Pownce and Jaiku
* post images to TwitPic
* search tweets using TweetScan
Other Twitter Clients:
Cool Twitter Apps & Tools
TwitterVision: http://www.TwitterVision.com
Shows you where Twitters are from all over the globe. Also features a Facebook application.
TwitterMap: http://www.TwitterMap.com/maps
TwitterLocal: http://www.TwitterLocal.net
Lets you generate a RSS or XML feed to filter Tweets by specific locations by entering in a city, or postal code and selecting the range in which to scout.
Follow Twitter from Microsoft Outlook:
http://www.techhit.com/OutTwit
You can easily follow your Twitter friends and updates directly from your Outlook email program.
Twitter Gram:
A service to send voice and audio message over the Twitter network. Available at: http://www.twittergram.com
Pocket Tweets:
http://www.PocketTweets.com
A web based application designed for use exclusively with the Apple iPhone.
Tweet Connections
If you want to encourage people to follow you on Twitter, an easy way to showcase your current Tweets is by adding Twitter to your Facebook account, your website or your blog.
Luckily, there are helpful little applications that make this possible.
For posting current Tweet updates to your WordPress blog, you might want to check out the handy little app by Twitter Feed. You can customize it to display only your tweet updates, so that visitors to your blog are encouraged to follow you on Twitter.
Check it out at:
http://www.TwitterFeed.com
Twitter Badges
If you are a proud member of the Twitter community, you can choose to display a Twitter badge on your profiles from other social communities.
To access the graphic, log into your Twitter account and click on the link that appears right above your stats that reads “Put your updates on your site!”.
You can choose to display either a Javascript or a CSS badge. Just follow the instructions on the site to add the badge to your website or blog instantly.
Currently, you can post badges on your MySpace, Facebook, TypePad, Blogger and pretty well any other social network community profile page.
There is also another way to add Tweets to your Facebook account, and that is by way of the Twitter Facebook application, available at: http://apps.facebook.com/twitter/
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