Something That Twitter Stirred Up!

From politicians to sporting athletics to super stars, Twitter seems to be stirring up interest and addiction all at once. I’m sure that the co-founders of Twitter pictured to the left, could not have imaged how quickly Twitter would moved from a “cute” communication tool to a “must have”.

Biz Stone (L) and Jack Dorsey (R) Twitter co-founders

According to CNNPolitics.com, many politician have started using Twitter as a way to quickly communicate with their follower about the state of affairs on Capitol Hill. Real-time updates are quickly becoming the norm for many to communicate their status or opinions about various topics. Whether it’s the state of the economy, the latest trends or even the newest gadgets, Twitter is being ingrained into the process of communicating with others.

With this in mind, have you as a business owner incorporated Twitter into your business plan? With the various Twitter third-party tools available, there are many ways that you can incorporate this tool into your business. Below is a very short list out of hundreds of third-party Twitter tools:

• TweetLater.com: a productivity Twitter tool for busy people that allows you to do a variety of tasks all in one place. You can setup tweets to post later, auto follow, auto thank your new followers, post to multiple social networks using the integrated Ping.fm interface and so many more options. (Online tool)
• Twellow.com: a directory of those who use Twitter that allows you to either list yourself in various categories or you can find others according to your needs. (Online tool)
• Twitwall.com: allows you to embed your favorite videos and widgets, upload your photos, mp3 music or podcasts. All you have to do is login using your Twitter access and you have instance access to micro-blog on Twitwall. No need to setup an account. (Online tool)
• TweetDeck.com: an Adobe Air desktop application that allows you to access Twitter information i.e twitter feeds, and breaking it down into more manageable bite sized pieces using their application. (Windows & MAC compatible)
• Digsby.com: an instant messaging (IM) program that allows you to manage all your IM, email, and social network accounts using one program. For IM, it connects with and merges all your contacts for AIM, MSN, Facebook Chat, Yahoo, ICQ, GTalk, and Jabber. For social networks, it provides a feed of events for each social network and the ability to set status with support for Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace. (Currently windows compatible only)

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