There is no doubt that twitter is picking up more steam each and every day. I know that for me it has become a very integral part of my online business. Not just for driving traffic, but also for finding interesting tidbit’s on the web, and also connecting with people that I previously would have never even known about. It literally has changed the way that I use the internet.
I have found that i don’t visit forums as much, as the bits and piece’s shared on twitter happen quicker and almost to some extents more appropriately when on forums. I also find myself searching less, as most of my inspiration is derived from topics on twitter, which often are not to far from a link to more information. Even though by default twitter seems to have improved the way that i use the internet, there are still more tools that can be such a useful add on to an already great service.
The first step is the range of statistical sites that are available, there is almost a site to tell you any statistic that you can imagine for twitter. Things like
There is also a good range of website to help you extend how you use twitter.
- Tweet Later – Helping you to automate how you use twitter.
- TweetBurner – Shorten your URL to save characters in your tweet.
- Who Should I follow – Some help trying to find people you may like to follow.
You can also find a range of different applications to make using twitter easier.
This is really just a small sample of the apps and websites that are available to help you using twitter. The most important part especially if you are going to make a lot of use of Twitter, you need to make sure that you are using a range of tools that are going to make your experience quicker and easier. The first step in this is to take a look at Tweet Later above, it will help with getting some of the more mundane parts of twitter automated. And will be a great help if you get to a stage of multiple accounts.