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  • How much revenue do you think Twitter has driven for (a) your business and (b) businesses that you advise (if applicable) in the last 12 months.

  • C.C. Chapman the Expert replies: 50,000 USD

  • Warren Whitlock the Expert replies: not shared

  • Maria Elena Duron the Expert replies:

  • Chris Selland the Expert replies: little to none directly - very few of our customers are on Twitter. However it has had some positive - if hard to quantify - positive effect. For instance, I've connected with and in some cases met some influential reporters, analysts and consultants on Twitter. I've also obtained some great peer advice on marketing programs and vendors - i.e. what's worked for other people, and what hasn't.

  • Michele PW the Expert replies: a) USD 5,000

    b) N A

  • Shannon Nelson the Expert replies: At this point it is relationship building for us and helping others come to know us better.

  • Shaun Dakin the Expert replies: Twitter has allowed me to be one step ahead of the media for my issue (robo calls). I use Twitter Search to find out who is receiving robo calls and use Twitter to communicate with my followers and others about what is going on.

    It has directly led to several front page stories in major media outlets such as: Huffington Post, Talking Points Memo, the Politico, The Atlantic, and the Washington Post.

  • Kim Beasley the Expert replies: Increased from $2500 per to $5000 per month within 3-4 months of using Twitter for business purposes.

  • Shahar Boyayan the Expert replies: has generated several speaking engagements. Great source of traffic. Over 80k

  • Robert Dempsey the Expert replies: USD 40000

  • Dan Hollings the Expert replies: a) $8,000 in last 3 months personally

    b) No current client stats for past 12 months

    c) Estimate for coming 12 months $250,000 - major plans underway.

    Dan Hollings

    520-299-5626

    520-241-2594 iPhone

  • Jun Loayza the Expert replies: 1. $1000

  • Tessa Hood the Expert replies: None as yet

  • Katja Presnal the Expert replies: Tens of thousands of dollars.

  • Andy Finkle the Expert replies: My blog is my personal brand, and I use Twitter to drive traffic to it. In the past 6 months of using Twitter to promote it, afpr is now in the top 1% of all Social Media blogs.

  • Steven Bristol the Expert replies: ~ $50K - $100K. Twitter is only one part of our viral marketing and it's hard to quantify.

  • Lewis Green the Expert replies: Confidential

  • Anne P. MItchell the Expert replies: Many thousands of dollars in 2008.

  • Chris Sherrod the Expert replies: No idea.

  • Becky Carroll the Expert replies: a) USD 5,000

    b) USD 40,000

  • David Rohrer the Expert replies: NA

  • Jimmy Hendricks the Expert replies: not measurable yet

  • Shailesh Ghimire the Expert replies: Alas not quantified at this point.

  • Axiom Marketing Team the Expert replies: At this point, it is not quantifiable. We primarily use Twitter to drive people to our blog, connect with reporters and social media gurus, and create campaigns for our clients. We would primarily see Twitter as a way to strengthen relationships that might lead to profit later on.

  • Tamera H. Bennett the Expert replies: Since becoming active on Twitter two weeks ago I have found a 35% increase in traffic to my blog. I cannot attribute any increase in revenues at this time.

  • Shel Horowitz the Expert replies: I'm still pretty new on Twitter and have not yet tried to create revenue directly. Focusing first on building relationships. I do intend to gain revenue directly, but probably not for another month.

  • Jason Womack the Expert replies: USD 10,000

  • Gail Sideman the Expert replies: I can't put numbers on the attention Twitter has generated so far. It has attracted attention to websites and blogs for my clients and me through an avenue that was not widely read even a year ago.

    I can say that I've had the wonderful opportunity to meet some of my followers those whom I follow, in person. While traveling to the Orlando area this past week, I found that I was staying near a couple of people with whom I communicated via Twitter. Meeting and

  • Joseph Franklyn McElroy the Expert replies:

  • Willie Crawford the Expert replies: (a) USD $50,000 and (b) $75,000

  • C.H. Low the Expert replies: We're just about to launch our product orbius.

    So far, we have been using it to establish our relationship with influencers and establishing our voice with our own thought leadership.

    Not withstanding that we are a startup with only limited budget, I believe, your credibility with your contribution to the conversations is the social capital that gets you heard when you want to say something to promote your company and product.

  • Julio Ojeda-Zapata the Expert replies: I do neither; I'm a journalist and author.

  • Terri Zwierzynski the Expert replies: n a

  • Katy Tafoya the Expert replies: a) $4000 USD and b) $4000 USD

  • Dr. Letitia Wright the Expert replies: Personally I have never calculated a revenue amount however, in the free stuff- I have gotten at $5,978.00 worth of free items from people on twitter.

    Jamie Kennedy sent me his movie, and pics and dog tages, Dave Lakhani invited me to his Seminar which costs thousands. and Guy Kawasaki gave me a presenter, and there is a lot of other stuff too.

  • Scott Allen the Expert replies: a) $10K, b) N A

  • Keith Grinsted the Expert replies: Fairly new to this so cannot assign a value but certainly had at least 4 referrals in the past month

    Expect great things from Twitter in coming 12 months

  • Phyllis Zimbler Miller the Expert replies: I can't answer this question because I haven't yet used Twitter to promote any projects that have a revenue stream. This is about to change though thanks to my new website queensofbookmarketing, which should be working in the next few hours (after I get a needed answer from my web programmer or from 1shoppingcart).

  • Christine Major the Expert replies: It is very hard to attach hard ROI to Twitter at this time, but I do know that for our company, the connections we have made have been invaluable for new business leads.

    For our clients that we work with on Twitter, I can't put a dollar figure on it, but for some it has turned around some unhappy customers into fans which is a major component of Twitter - engaging with customers and listening to them with they have complaints AND compliments.

  • Melody Campbell the Expert replies: USD $1000

  • Ian Lurie the Expert replies: For me, 75,000 minimum.

  • Jim Connolly the Expert replies: I have directly generated around £15,000 in profits for my own business and around twice that for my clients (all in the last 3 months).

  • Mark Lee the Expert replies: a) NIL

    b) NIL

  • Mari Smith the Expert replies: a) USD 50,000

    b) USD 175,000

  • Cat Stormont the Expert replies: no comment

  • JoAnn Hines the Expert replies: N A

  • Cameron Gross the Expert replies: For me personally = zero.

    For my customer, Best Buy - Impossible to gauge. If you're on Twitter to make money or show ROI, I believe failure is imminent.

  • Gahlord Dewald the Expert replies: (a)USD 15000 (b) USD 30000

    However, new business is only one part of the use for Twitter. It would be like asking how much business does the telephone generate. How much was support costs reduced? How many PR crises were nipped in the bud? How much general reputation management was accomplished? How many new business markets were identified? How many niches needs were clarified?

  • Latoicha Givens the Expert replies: I started using Twitter in May. I have just received 2 clients in the past month. I would say $10,000.00

  • Fred Glick the Expert replies: I just started a couple of months ago and my business is more long term (Buy sell real estate and mortgages)

  • Please list out, in VERY concise and simple terms, your top tips for success on Twitter. (As many as you feel strongly about). Please be specific and make it practical.

  • C.C. Chapman the Expert replies: Be you! Don't try to be someone your not.

    Actively take part in the conversation but don't make your stream nothing but @ messages. That gets annoying to everyone.

    Give some value. This might be entertainment, advice or great links. No one wants to read only about what you had for lunch.

  • Warren Whitlock the Expert replies: Look for ways to help customers, vendors, competitors and everyone that you come in contact. The more you help others, the more you will get out of Twitter.

    Take what I say and what any expert recommends as a "rule" with a grain of salt. This is a new way of communicating, evolving quickly and we are just now at the begining of a revolution where authenticity becomes more and more important.

    Twitter and the new social media technologies help us to me

  • ourselves. There are a few tricks that still work, but more and more, we all can see who is authentic.

    Remember, eveything that you tweet, post, talk about online is pernamant, stored on a server somenwhere. The future is great for those that are transparent in their business

  • Maria Elena Duron the Expert replies: 1. Have a strategy. Twitter is great for building relationships fast and for broadcasting -but it can be a time waster, have a clear plan.

    2. Avoid following everyone. Make sure it fits your strategy before you follow someone.

    3. It's okay to stop following someone.

    4. Stay away from Qwitter - you really don't need to know who stops following you nor lament about it.

  • Chris Selland the Expert replies: Connect with people - make it two way. You give what you get - contribute to the conversation when you can, and others will then be more willing to give to you. DON'T blatantly self-promote (or company-promote) - be responsive but don't hard-sell.

  • Michele PW the Expert replies: You need to promote other people MORE then you promote yourself. If all you do is hawk your products or services, people will be completely turned off. Twitter, and the whole social networking scene, is about creating relationships and giving. Through the giving you will receive.

    You need to have conversations with people, this is about forming relationships and connecting with people.

    Ask questions! if you ask questions and engage other people you'll be more

  • successful. (Nancy Marmolejo does a brilliant job of this)

  • Shannon Nelson the Expert replies: Be sincere and genuine. Don't heavily self promote, but be an active part of your Twitter community. Interact, help others when you can and ask for help when you need it. Be sure to respond to those talking to you; and keep your business Twitter profile separate from your personal Twitter profile.

  • Shaun Dakin the Expert replies: 1) Retweet Tweets and give full attribution. It is nice and people like you for it.

    2) Say something worth listening to.

    3) Link to the appropriate story when commenting on an issue.

    4) Be nice.

  • Kim Beasley the Expert replies: 1. Use 3rd party apps like TweetDeck for more control of tweeting.

    2. Have blog RSS feed tweet latest blog post via TwitterFeed

    3. Post Twitter username whenever leaving comments or posting information to a website.

  • Shahar Boyayan the Expert replies: Be transparent, don't try to sell, interact, listen, twit often not once every two weeks, participate in conversations.

  • Robert Dempsey the Expert replies: Be relevant. Provide value for your audience. Make it a conversation, not just one-sided babble.

  • Dan Hollings the Expert replies: Geeez Tips... I'm the Twitter God of Serious Twitter Tips for Business

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  • Jun Loayza the Expert replies: 1. User Twhirl, Twitter for you cell phone, Twitter Track, and Tweetbeep to constantly be connected to Twitter and know what's going on

    2. Use search.twitter to find people with similar interests as you

    3. Use @ to initiate conversations and get people to follow you

    4. DO NOT just start randomly adding people; your ratio must be at least 1:1

  • Tessa Hood the Expert replies: yes, obviously, never give out phone numbers and addresses. Keep it in line with your business in order to be followed and recognised. Have fun with it too. Never be obscene. Never swear. Be consistent and relevant to what you want to achieve.

  • Katja Presnal the Expert replies: Always be honest and genuine, people will know if you are just trying to be someone you are not. Don't make Twitter an advertising site for you - make it about community and networking.

  • Andy Finkle the Expert replies: Your Twitter handle should contain a "human" name, not just your brand name. There is no bigger turnoff for many getting "followed" by a "brand"

    Do not use autoresponders.

    Do not just tout, nor defend your brand. Interact with others on Twitter. LISTEN

  • Steven Bristol the Expert replies: * Be yourself.

    * Be honest.

    * Don't be afraid to @ people.

    * Don't sell, communicate. Never sell.

    * It's only spam if they don't want it.

    * Be bold.

    * Follow keywords that are important to your product.

  • Lewis Green the Expert replies: 1. Structure your time so that you only visit Twitter during the hours the Twitterers you want to converse with are online.

    2. Share links to content, other than your own. It's okay to share a link to content you created, but your reputation will suffer if you talk only about yourself.

    3. Respond to those who ask a question or send you a message.

  • Anne P. MItchell the Expert replies: Anne's Top 5 Tips for Using Twitter for Business

    5. Be selective in whom you choose to follow. If you follow too many people, you won't be able to keep up with everyone - so carefully choose people from whom you can learn.

    4. Think carefully about the image you want to project on Twitter. If you are using it for business, limit the "I just cleaned the cat box" style Tweets.

    3. Always try to Tweet something of value to your followers.

    2. Be

  • considerate of your followers' time. When you send out a Tweet, think about whether it is something that all (or at least most) of your followers will find interesting, useful, or helpful.

    And, Anne's #1 tip for Twitter success:

    1. *Always* greet each and every one of your new followers personally. If they are going to take the time to find and follow you, you owe it to them to take time out to greet them and learn a little bit about them.

  • Chris Sherrod the Expert replies: Participate. Interact. Don't take it to seriously, get real work done and look at Twitter once or twice a day.

  • Becky Carroll the Expert replies: - Don't talk only about yourself or your own company! Boring!!

    - Unless you are using it for customer service, limit yourself to set time periods to Tweet; it can become very addictive. I check and respond about 3 x's per day.

    - Don't use Twitter for business if your customers aren't on Twitter!

    - If using for business, tastefully intersperse some personal Tweets with business Tweets. It makes your company look more human (one of the prime advantages of using

  •  social media).

  • David Rohrer the Expert replies: NA

  • Jimmy Hendricks the Expert replies: Post relevant and interesting information. Don't post your daily activities of getting coffee and going to the store.

  • Shailesh Ghimire the Expert replies: Authenticity

    Transparency

    Privacy

    Honesty

    Don't be an Amway salesman you're at a cocktail party for crying out loud!

  • Axiom Marketing Team the Expert replies: -Don't follow everyone; it just creates more noise

    -Reply to people - make it interactive and conversational

    -Don't use it as a soapbox to talk about political views

    -Don't spam people with ads

    -Don't link to your website in every post, talk about things other than yourself

    -It is okay to mix personal and professional

    -Help your followers out, give them valuable information

    -Never tweet what you had for lunch (it perpetuates the stereotype that Twitter

  • Tamera H. Bennett the Expert replies: Be honest. Be yourself. Join in the conversation. Play nice with others.

  • Shel Horowitz the Expert replies: Don't waste your tweets! I unfollow people who spend all their time welcoming followers or spamming their latest get-rich scheme.

    Make your tweets a mix of items that humanize you, helpful hints, great resources, and self-promotion.

    Establish connections based on real relationships over time.

  • Jason Womack the Expert replies: use all 140 characters

    include a picture from time to time

    link to other blogs

  • Gail Sideman the Expert replies: -- Network, don't sell. People join social networks to get to know others and develop relationships for their own reasons. Don't join Twitter than try to blast sales pitches.

    -- Don't share personal information on the main chat area. If you want to share an email address or phone, use DM (direct message).

    -- Post something personal about yourself, but if you're trying to attract business, go beyond what's on your snack menu at least once each day.

  • Joseph Franklyn McElroy the Expert replies: Activate device support judiciously or become overwhelmed with SMS

  • Willie Crawford the Expert replies: Actually take the time to know about many of your followers by clicking on their profile links and checking out their websites.

  • C.H. Low the Expert replies: As a business tool, Separate out the personal tweets from your professional tweets.

    A sliver of one on the other is fine but your audience is likely to be different for your personal and professional posts. Only by keeping them separate will your noise to signal ratio be low for your targeted audience.

  • Julio Ojeda-Zapata the Expert replies: Be a human, not a robot.

    Customers are friends.

    Listen, don't just blather.

    Find the right Twitter fit.

    Learn. It does take time.

  • Terri Zwierzynski the Expert replies: 1. Talk to others they way you'd want to be talked to.

    2. Respect the opinions of others.

    3. Be authentic. Don't make up stuff just to get followers!

    4. Be tactful, but not to the point of censoring yourself.

    5. Follow the people who follow you...it's a respect thing.

    6. Twitter when you have time...don't let it consume your business life.

    7. Share great information that people can benefit from.

    8. Retweeting is a great way to share with others while

  • complimenting the original Twitterer.

    9. Share something of yourself online. People will be attracted to exactly who you are!

    10. Don't obsess over people who unfollow you. Move on!

  • Katy Tafoya the Expert replies: 10 Ways Twitter Can Help Your Business

    1. Allows you to communicate directly with your clients and customers as well as others in your field or niche.

    2. Offers up brand recognition every time someone sends you a public message.

    3. Attracts new clients through conversation and community.

    4. Allows you to manage your own reputation and helps you keep track of your name brand and what people are saying about you.

    5. Through Twitter you have the chance to expand

  • your network beyond your current circle of friends and acquaintances (the very definition of “networking”). You can meet new customers, new friends, or even mentors.

    6. You can automatically set your Twitter account up to send out a message every time you’ve got a new blog post (using TwitterFeed) or you can manually promote your new content.

    7. By posing a question to your followers, you can get answers to almost any question, whether it be about cooking, manufacturing, the Internet, or

  • software. It’s almost better than Google, because you get answers in real time based on personal experiences and recommendations.

    8. On top of simply posing questions, you can use Twitter to conduct research or interviews for your products, books, or articles.

    9. Notify customers when you’ve having a contest, sale, promotion, or event, or anything you want them to know about.

    10. Helps your SEO and search-engine rankings since most tweets are written in shorthand, using keywords.

  • Dr. Letitia Wright the Expert replies: 1) converse with people, do not just post some link to your site. Its not a billboard or megaphone.

    2) dont be so focused on how big your follower list is. If you do not talk to most of the people, then chances are, they are not really listening to you anyways.

    3) Feel free to be controversial, stir things up

    4) dont worry about who unfollows you, really, who cares why they left?

  • Scott Allen the Expert replies: 1. Create value for your readers. Sure, random thoughts are part of the Twitter culture, and can even help people feel more emotionally connected to you and your brand. But ultimately, you need to providing them with nuggets of wisdom, practical how-tos and or links to useful resources.

    2. There IS such a thing as over-participation, especially in a B2B context. Spend too much time on Twitter, and people wonder when the heck you're "actually working".

    3. Don't

  • Keith Grinsted the Expert replies: Try to post regular updates

    Reply to those that reply to you

    Mix personal with business posts - people want to get to know you as a person

    Use links to blogs etc

    Don't use abbreviations readers will not understand

  • Phyllis Zimbler Miller the Expert replies: Please, please, please understand that you are supposed to put your real name in the first NAME box in the settings info and then your Twitter username in the box that says USERNAME. Especially if you are using a brand username, you want people to know who you are when they see your name mentioned elsewhere OR, as I tweeted one author yesterday, so people know the name of the author of the book being promoted with a brand username.

    In addition, in

  • terms of trust, it is hard to trust someone who hides behind a brand name without also providing his her real name.  And I suspect many people are leery of following someone who doesn't reveal his her real name.

    (Clarification -- I think a brand name can be very good as a username as long as transparency is maintained with the real name in the profile.)

    These are my number one, number two and number three tips. All other tips are not nearly as important as this one tip.

  • Christine Major the Expert replies: Never blindly follow people for the sake of trying to gather followers. You must grow your following organically. It takes time.

    Never immediately follow someone back without first checking our their credentials. If they don't have a bio or picture, that is an immediate "no" from me.

    Listen and engage. Nobody likes someone that only talks about themselves. To be successful on Twitter, you need to engage with your followers at all times, not just when you

  • have news or a new product to share.

    When you do gain a new follower, acknowledge them by sending them a shout out on Twitter or DM them. It's just polite.

  • Melody Campbell the Expert replies: Don't just tweet about yourself.

    Look for needs to meet for those that you follow - and not just ones you can meet. Help your followers and friends connect with each other.

    Look for ways to support by retweeting posts and links of those you friend and follow

    Personally I am not going for numbers I am going for better connections. The numbers will take care of themselves.

  • Ian Lurie the Expert replies: Don't babble. Never give out contact information. Post useful links. Don't just self-promote.

  • Jim Connolly the Expert replies: Twitter is all about people - NOT technology! If you want to quickly generate thousands of highly motivated, targeted followers - focus on providing useful information NOT sales pitches!

  • Mark Lee the Expert replies: Use tweetlater to set Tweets in advance

    Avoid constant updates about your daily routine

    Balance business and personal tweets - ensure main focus is business related

    Remember that other people will access and read tweets in a different way to you so make no assumptions

    Avoid multiple posts within a few minutes of each other. They will drown out your more worthwhile posts

    My opinion as to top tips are right for me. They may not be right for you or your followers

  • Mari Smith the Expert replies: * Find your own authentic voice and stay with that.

    * Reveal nuggets about your personal life as you feel comfortable.

    * Follow peeps back.

    * Respond to as many @ tweets and DMs as you possibly can - this is how you build rapport, relationships, visibility, likability and trust.

    * Maintain your same personalized authentic style even when promoting.

    * Help to advance others' visibility by tweeting about them.

    * Demonstrate how much you care by your actions, not

  • just words.

    * Use people's first names - when it's natural to do so - in tweets.

  • Cat Stormont the Expert replies: If you can't say it in 140 characters then write a blog post. DON'T carry over to more than one tweet.

    Follow people but don't just be a listener. Twitter is a community so respond to people's tweets and be active.

  • JoAnn Hines the Expert replies: Always thank your new followers.

    Tweet less than 50% about yourself, your products, or your services.

  • Cameron Gross the Expert replies: Be yourself. Be human. Have something interesting to say. Follow people with similar interests. Post often. Share discoveries.

  • Latoicha Givens the Expert replies: Actively engage in conversation on Twitter

    Tweet everyday

    Respond to questions or queries regarding a subject matter you are familiar with.

    Be kind and make friends.

    Most importantly, be yourself!

  • Fred Glick the Expert replies: NETWORKING. Get people to follow you by following them. Alos, give them a good reason to follow you. Be the expert in something people care about!

  • Which great Twitter tools would you highly recommend, and why? (as many as you like)

  • C.C. Chapman the Expert replies: TweetDeck is my all time favorite. The fact that it shows me everything on one screen and I can customize it with custom panes for search terms or groups of users makes it crucial to me.

  • Warren Whitlock the Expert replies: try any you come accross. Most are easy to access, free and have value for some users. Twitter and Twitter tools change daily. If you haven't tried a new one this week, you are missing out on a way to be more productive in your business.

  • Chris Selland the Expert replies: I love TweetDeck - great tool for power users. Have started using Twibble on my mobile phone and like it - TinyTwitter is also good. TwitterFox is a nice add-on for Firefox I use at home sometime.

  • Michele PW the Expert replies: tweetlater, to schedule tweets for later

    twitterfeed -- you can put your blog and other things that have rss feeds into your twitter, which is really good, again you don't have to be the only one twittering

    qwitter -- this one tells you who stop following you and which tweet caused them to stop, this can show you if you're not connecting with people or if you're doing something else wrong

    twhirl or tweetdeck -- to manage your tweets

  • Shannon Nelson the Expert replies: Twitterfeed - to give your blogs more exposure to your Twitter followers.

    Qwitter - To give you an indication of how your tweets affect others and causes them to unfollow you.

  • Shaun Dakin the Expert replies: Tweetlater - you can automate following people who follow you.  Awesome stuff.

    Twitter Search - Know NOW what people are saying about you, your company and your brand.

  • Kim Beasley the Expert replies: See kimbeasley 2008 09 05 my-fav-twitter-applications

  • Shahar Boyayan the Expert replies: tweeterdeck, it allows you to be on top of your game, and use in your desktop, you can follow and organize the conversation going on. tweeterfeed works like Google Alerts

  • Robert Dempsey the Expert replies: Twhirl - a great Twitter client that runs on every operating system

    search.twitter - real time twitter conversation trends and search

    WordPress Twitter Plugin - publish your blog posts to Twitter for additional exposure

    Twitterlocal - find tweeters near you (and see what they are up to)

    FriendFeed - view conversations in a GMail style format (along with everything else in your friend's feeds)

  • Dan Hollings the Expert replies: 1) TwitterSplit - Allows you to tweet external links yet stay on TOP of your twitter followers.

    2) iTwitter for iGoogle - budurl itwitter - A complete Twitter workbench of tools and resources for anyone serious about Twitter (iGoogle version).

    3) iTwitter for NetVibes - budurl netvibes - A complete Twitter workbench of tools and resources for anyone serious about Twitter (NetVibes version).

    4) Additional tools and tips at: TwittinSecrets

  • Jun Loayza the Expert replies: Twitterific - Twitter for the iPhone

    Twhirl - Twitter application for your desktop

    tweetbeep - Twitter alert (similar to Google alerts)

  • Tessa Hood the Expert replies: too new a user to say

  • Katja Presnal the Expert replies: Twitter application in your phone to keep you connected.

  • Andy Finkle the Expert replies: Twitterberry (Twitter for Blackberry users)

  • Steven Bristol the Expert replies: Twitterfic, iPhone, lessfriends, htp: tweetless, tweetbots

  • Lewis Green the Expert replies: I don't have any I would recommend.

  • Anne P. MItchell the Expert replies: Twhirl

  • Chris Sherrod the Expert replies: Tweetlater - automated my following people and saves me a ton of time

    tweetdeck beta - allows creation of groups of people on twitter, great for following friends, business associates, etc.

    TwitterTools WordPress plugin at alexking projects wordpress - creates tweets when I blog, save me time

  • Becky Carroll the Expert replies: Twhirl - easy to use interface for updating Twitter on the computer.

    Twitterberry - allows the Twitter addiction to continue onto your Blackberry phone.

    Tweetscan - simple search of keyword mentions on Twitter.

    Tweetbeep - alerts sent to email when certain keywords are tweeted.

  • David Rohrer the Expert replies: NA

  • Jimmy Hendricks the Expert replies: Twhirl for your desktop, Twitterberry for your blackberry, and Tweetbeep to get updates and see what people are saying about your company.

  • Shailesh Ghimire the Expert replies: Tweet Deck

    Qwitter

    TwitterLocal

  • Axiom Marketing Team the Expert replies: TweetBurner - shortens long urls to make more manageable in Tweets, tracks how many click through

    Twellow - Yellow pages of Twitter

    Twhirl - Desktop app to update all accounts simultaneously

  • Tamera H. Bennett the Expert replies: Twitterfeed -- automatic Tweet of blog updates

  • Jason Womack the Expert replies: TwitPic to share pictures

  • Gail Sideman the Expert replies: Tweeterlater, Twello...so far!

  • Joseph Franklyn McElroy the Expert replies: Airme for Iphone - easily update twitter with photo links

  • Willie Crawford the Expert replies: TwitPic allows you to post picture in your tweets. TweetLater allows you to preschedule tweets, and to automatically follow. welcome those who follow you.

  • C.H. Low the Expert replies: search.twitter - find other people with topics that is of interest to you.

    twitter.grader - Confirm that the people you want to follow are viewed as influencers and thought leaders by others.

  • Julio Ojeda-Zapata the Expert replies: Twhirl, the best Twitter desktop application on any platform (Windows or Macintosh)

  • Terri Zwierzynski the Expert replies: Tweetlater -- instantly welcome new followers, 24 7

    Easytweets -- integrate RSS feeds (from blog, etc.) plus pre-schedule tweets

    Tweetdeck -- organize Twitter-stream activities

  • Katy Tafoya the Expert replies: twhirl - good application to use twitter

    twitterberry - allows me to send and receive tweets via my blackberry

    twitter local - lets me find local twitter friends

    tweet my blog - tweets my current blog posts and feeds my blog with my most recent tweets

  • Dr. Letitia Wright the Expert replies: Tweetdeck, to help follow DM 's and replys

    Summize to find converstaions you might want to be a part of.

  • Scott Allen the Expert replies: HelloTxt - allows you to post status updates to Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc., all at once. I don't use it for all my Twitter activity, which is largely conversational, but just for my "status updates".

    Twhirl - pretty decent Twitter client. Not perfect, but I haven't found any better yet (and I've tried a bunch).

    Quotably - attempts to make threaded conversations out of Twitter. Needs work, but very promising.

  • Keith Grinsted the Expert replies: Fairly new to this but the tool I have found useful thus far is Ping which enables me to update not only Twitter but my blog, facebook etc from one entry - and the Google widget reminds me to update every time I visit my igoogle page.

  • Phyllis Zimbler Miller the Expert replies: I use Twitterfeed to pull all three of my blogs into my Twitter account, and I use Twhirl to keep one eye out for DMs and replies throughout the day or for anything interesting that I'd like to respond to. I just started using Tweetbeep to alert me to certain discussion topics, and I'm finding this an excellent tool.

  • Christine Major the Expert replies: There are so many Twitter tools out there, but I keep my usage fairly simple. Tweetscan to manage my Twitter feed, I use Twitterific on my iPhone to connect while on the road and search.Twitter to search for topics being discussed.

  • Melody Campbell the Expert replies: Tweetlater - schedule tweets

    Twitterfeed - tweets your rss feed

    Twirl - desktop feed reader for twitter

    Tweet Deck - desktop feed reader for twitter

    Tweetburner - share and track links in twitter

  • Ian Lurie the Expert replies: Tweetdeck - it saved my sanity.

    Qwitter - so you can see who you pissed off

  • Jim Connolly the Expert replies: Twhirl - useful for keeping track of updates automatically.

  • Mark Lee the Expert replies: Tweetlater - which was the reason I started to Twitter. I use this to write most of my tweets in advance. It also enables me to set my blog posts to feed through to twitter.

    Twitterific - which I use to read tweets on my iphone. I sometimes tweet through this app too.

    I use Twitter to feed my Ecademy and Facebook status updates thus saving time and keeping all such updates consistent. Shame there's no facility to do the same with LinkedIn (yet)

  • Mari Smith the Expert replies: EasyTweets - excellent for pre-scheduling tweets without being obvious they are scheduled!

    TweetBeeps - must-have tool for marketers; just like Google Alerts for tweets.

    Twellow - searches bios, great for finding peeps to follow.

  • Cat Stormont the Expert replies: Twirl desktop app for easy tweeting and feed updates

    Twitteriffic iphone itouch app for twitter on the move

  • JoAnn Hines the Expert replies: Twhirl- easy to use

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  • Latoicha Givens the Expert replies: I really do not use any Twitter tools, but I hear Tweetdeck and Tweetlator are awesome.

  • Fred Glick the Expert replies: Love Tweetlater for sending the thank yous for following

  • Who would you recommend business people simply MUST follow on Twitter, and why? (as many as you like)

  • C.C. Chapman the Expert replies: @newmediajim is a cameraman for NBC and an all around great guy. You get to go on vacation just following where he is in the world.

    @davidarmano is a constant stream of challenging thoughts and random bits of fun.

    @dykc is one that not enough follow. He only tweets when he has a reason to and it is always something that will force you to really think and marinate as he likes to say.