The Bulls Roar » Seesmic http://www.thezenbull.com/blog More Meat, less potatoes & way more Cowbell! Tue, 20 Jul 2010 01:08:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Twitillate Your World http://www.thezenbull.com/blog/index.php/twitillate-your-world/ http://www.thezenbull.com/blog/index.php/twitillate-your-world/#comments Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:15:47 +0000 AnnieInfinite http://www.thezenbull.com/blog/?p=81 Copyright © 2010 AnnieInfinite. Visit the original article at http://www.thezenbull.com/blog/index.php/twitillate-your-world/.
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There are loads of different ways to use Twitter to enhance your social media marketing, I must admit I like the ones that make my life easier either by simplifying it in some way or by providing a time effective solution to my busy day.

This list of Twitter apps and sites and some of my hints on how I use them,  will provide you with some ideas on how to do the same for your busy social media calendars:

Twitter Widgets and Downloads Page: A list right on Twitter itself of Twitter apps and widgets you can use to streamline your Twittering, and use to update other profiles like Facebook and Friendfeed.

Tweetbubble: This app allows you to record a short message via video and place it right on your Twitter profile where it will play anytime a user check out your profile.

TwitWall: Blogging app for Twitter, allows you to create articles and blog post including images and video and is auto linked to your Twitter profile.

Taweet: An event lister linked to your Twitter profile to publicise your events.

Twiturly: Find out what links are tops on Twitter in real time.

Tweetiator: this site notifies you when your links are shared on Twitter and by whom – very useful!

JustTweetIt: a directory of Twitter users – great to find users in your niche etc..

Twellow: the Twitter Business Directory – get listed!

Tweetmeme: Search and retweet the hottest stories on Twitter. Get the plugin for your blog and allow your posts to rate on Tweetmeme.

TwtPoll: easy to use poll app for Twitter, ask question, take surveys.

Seesmic: my Fav Twitter desktop app for tweeting multiple accounts, seeing my twitter lists, and more

Tweetdeck: another Twitter desktop app which is also a fav of many Tweeters

Tweetmic: an iPhone client that allows you to record a HD audio and tweetcast it directly to Twitter

FreeTwitterDesigner: Create a professional looking Twitter background for free, certainly not the only one, but very easy to use and pastes your new design straight to Twitter for you.

Selective Twitter to Facebook: Now this one is not a link, but it is one of the handiest things I can tell you about linking your Facebook and Twitter accounts. Many people use the Twitter widget for this however this results in what I term as an unsightly mess as all your Tweet end up willy nilly on your Facebook  profile which can be quite annoying on other peoples walls and if you are a prolific Tweeter can also result in your overstepping the boundaries of Facebook protocol and getting yourself blocked, or banned.

How to make only selected Tweets appear in your Facebook wall: in Facebook either on your Profile or preferably your Fan Page go to Notes (if you are on your FB Fan Page first go into Edit page and look for the Notes app in your list) once there you will hopefully find a link that says “Import Blog” now open your Twitter profile page and look for “Favorites” click on it and this will take you to your favorites page (hopefully you have favorites some items along the way).

Now hover your mouse over the RSS link on the lower right hand area of your Twitter Favorites page a link should appear on the bottom toolbar, copy this link (I had to use pen and paper :) , now go back to Facebook and paste that link into the URL of your Import Blog page. If you have done this correctly another page will appear which asks you if this is the feed you wish to import. Click on “Import Blog”

Now when you want a selected Tweet to appear automagically on your FB Wall all you need to do is Favorite it and it stops the cluttering of your wall and those of your friends with loads of useless information!

Now that is handy!

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Twitter is… well a revolution and to use Twitter effectively – like a pro – a few extra tools are needed to make your Twitter experience easier, more like marketing (because it is trackable), searchable, quicker and simple. These are a few of my favourite Twitter tools and why:

  • Seesmic – if you don’t know about Seesmic you are missing out on one of the easiest ways to stay on Twitter even while you are working. Seesmic is a desktop application that sits on your computer updating the latest Tweets from your friends, so your Twittering can continue even while you work. Just click back and forth, add a tweet when you feel the urge and keep up with your friends the easiest way I know. Now with integrated Twitter Lists.
  • SocialOomph – Now this little baby will make your day, do you want to tweet 24 hours a day to make sure you let the whole world know you are there? Well you might get a little tired without a tool like TweetLater – it allows you to schedule your tweets, it even saves favourite tweets so you don’t have to type them again – just click on a saved tweet and hit send! TweetLater can do so much more, like follow people who follow you, unfollow those who unfollow you, or allow you to ‘vet’ your new followers before following, basically it allows you to automate a lot of the time consuming stuff you find yourself doing with Twitter freeing up your time for more important things – like tweeting. This is one you can’t do without! ** Today they announced that you can now do it all with Facebook too!
  • Twhirl – now this desktop application is a little like TweetDeck except it allows you to Tweet from more than one Twitter profile at a time, much smaller than TweetDeck but still very useful for those who have more than one account. I use it when I am Twittering for clients accounts.
  • Twitter Search – invaluable if you are looking for people using your keywords on Twitter, or for people tweeting on a particular topic.
  • Twitpic – Easy photo and image sharing on Twitter, upload your pic and tweet it right into your Twitter stream for all to see.
  • Tweetizen – easy groups for twitterers, that says it all – a place where you can create or join groups around your favourite topic.
  • The Twitterhood – great little Twitter directory begun by my friend @linnetwoods a lovely lady who lives on a boat currently moared in Spain, she runs the regular Twitterquiz and has created this directory for Twitterers. If you think it is not worthwhile, please not this lady has over 20,000 followers! (To get into the Directory just DM her and ask for some ’space’ on the Twitterhood.)
  • Twellow – great directory for Twitter – a must for any business! List yourself under your keywords (up to 10) for all the world to see, Great SEO by the way.
  • TwitterCounter – Need stats, TwitterCounter is where you will want to be, As it says it is the Ultimate Twitter Stats counter. Just pop in your Twitter username and you get numbers, graphs and more (hint: try putting in someone elses username to see if they are worth following.
  • Klout.com Another really good Tracker for your clout on Twitter, yells you whether you are an influencer, what your score is and how many people are likely to ‘listen’ to your recommendations.
  • ePenis – now this one is just to make you laugh – more stats -  essentially it measures your influence on Twitter, just type in your username to see your penis grow (Guys love this one – I wonder why???)

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