If you haven’t heard by now, Twitter is really cool. If you’re a small business owner, you must have a Twitter presence so you can join the conversation, attract new business and cultivate existing business. Although there are hundreds of Twitter tools and applications available today, here are the top 10 Twitter tools every small business owner should be using for marketing and PR. Once you check out all the below Twitter tools, check out Twitter Power
Hootsuite: This service is a great way to send out tweets and schedule tweets to be posted at a later date. It’s very useful since it lets you easily organize and schedule tweets for many different Twitter accounts you may be using.
HelloTxt: With one click, this service lets you update Twitter and other social networking sites. It’s a great tool to help you post updates if you are using lots of different social networking sites for business marketing purposes.
LiveTwitting: This service helps you be a part of a conference live on Twitter.
LinkBunch: A great tool that lets you put together a lot of different links into one tweet. It also works with emails as well.
Twits Like Me: With this service you can find people on Twitter that share your interests. A nice marketing tool if you want to engage with people that have interests in a particular topic.
TopTweet: This tool gives updates from Twitter’s top profiles, which is a good way to get involved with key social media influencers.
Flaptor Twitter Search: A good Twitter search engine that also provides an RSS feed for your queries. Twitterment is another Twitter search engine that is powered by Google.
Tweetburner is a great metrics and measurement tool for Twitter. Tweetburner offers click statistics for links posted from your profiles.
Tweetmeme: This tool displays important topics on Twitter and also mentions the people who are discussing those topics. This way you can engage with the people who are most discussing what is important to you and your business.
Twittai: This is a Java-based Twitter application that is compatible with more than 200 different mobile phones. Very important since virtually every business person has a mobile phone today (with a good majority of these people conducting business over their mobile phone).
Here are a few additional resources where you can find even more Twitter applications for business (and personal use):
Special Note: Log on to the #smbiz chat, hosted on Twitter on Tuesday, May 12 from 8-9 pm EDT to learn more about using Twitter tools for your small business. Network with other business owners and share your favorite tools and applications. Click here to learn how to participate in the #smbiz chat.
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Twitter: Free Social Networking For Business
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What is Twitter and How Can I Use Twitter?
Twitter is a micro-blogging Web site where you can send short messages to others anywhere in the world. If you visit http://twitter.com you can watch the demonstration to learn more on how to effectively use Twitter. You can get a great deal out of using Twitter whether it’s for personal or business reasons. Here on this blog we often discuss how to use Twitter in a small business environment.