3 Tools That Will Revolutionize the Way You Tweet

Twitter is hardly an oasis of perfection, hence the burgeoning bounty of tools designed to improve your Twitter experience. It’s hard to write this without sounding a bit dramatic, but the following tools may change the way you tweet… forever… meaning at least for a few months before some genius one-ups the effectiveness of these tools:

• Refynr acts as a filter for your twitterstream so you can target tweets that only contain the keywords you’re interested in reading about, such as ‘social media’ or ‘google plus’ or ‘catnip’. You get the idea. This helps you break through the noise and save time finding the tweets that matter to you the most. What next?
• Tweriod delivers that optimal times for you to tweet, that is times that increase the likelihood of reaching your followers. You can have upto 5,000 followers data analysed for free that will let you know that best times to tweet on Mondays and weekends. Fork out a few bucks to analyze 10,ooo or 15,000 followers with results that deliver an analysis for seven days of the week.
• BufferApp lets you schedule tweets in advance, spread out over time. Sounds a bit like Hootsuite? Look a bit closer. You can use BufferApp to easily top up or bank your tweets to create a steady supply of tweets 24/7.

What have your experiences been with these tools so far? What other tools will enhance the effectiveness / efficiency of how you tweet?

10 Awesome July Tweets From People I Follow

Close your eyes and imagine a world where you can instantly view the most informative / inspiring tweets from a Twitter account in your field of interest—social media—on a monthly basis. Okay, now open your eyes and imagine no more…!!!

Thank you to the tweeps I follow for gracing me with some of the best tweets on this thing we call Twitter. You’re my greatest source of information about social media and you mean way more to me than the vast majority of my Facebook friends! Here are your most awesome tweets:

1.Getting to 10 million users: Google+, Facebook, Twitter [graph] http://is.gd/b3EhFU @GuyKawasaki You only need to take a 2-second look at this graph to understand how quickly Google Plus is moving up the ranks.

2. Uncover Best Online Practices For Segments of Small Business Sector Read more: http://bit.ly/oAUouU @loritaylor. Who doesn’t love the word ‘best’ combined with ‘practices’. Best practices = drool. Small businesses and non-profits can participate in a survey that highlights how other businesses in their sector have made online marketing work.

3. Can Google+ Beat Twitter and Facebook as a Tool For Journalists?: http://tnw.co/qjGwK5 @SocialMedia411.

4. How to Not Annoy Your Twitter Followers http://tribr.it/8cbcw via @pushingsocial. Stan writes about how BufferApp is an effective tool for spacing out your tweets throughout the day.

5. What are social media mega-trends http://bit.ly/kttsEU @markwschaefer. I have watched the full 46 minutes of this video. Due diligence baby. Thought leaders—Jay Baer, Glen Gilmore, Jennifer Kane and Mark Schaefer—speak about significant social media trends.

6.  Refynr + @BufferApp = Flawless social media productivity. http://j.mp/pLBgA5 @refynr. Refynr is a tool that filters out the noise in your twittersteam to quickly access tweets that matter to you the most. This service compliments what BufferApp offers.

7. Maximize Social Media Traffic to Your Blog http://feedly.com/k/oJa3La @garrett_moon. There are some great takeaways here for avid bloggers.

8. Why the Intern Shouldn’t Run Your Social Media Campaign: Your intern has more Twitter followers than you do. Tha… http://bit.ly/pTc7z3 @BrennerMichael. Job boards are flooded with requests for unpaid internships in social media, but are you asking / expecting too much and what effect can this have on your brand. This article doesn’t discount the value of social media interns, but makes a case for why the intern should not have the sole responsibility / burden of executing a social media campaign.

9. Popularity and Reciprocity are the Enemies of Connectivity http://j.mp/n2hy4Z (why Twitter may have jumped the shark) @JayBaer. The link leads to a video, starring Jay Baer. What you get is a unique look at why Google Plus will be successful.

10. The next five social media trends and their impact on marketing http://t.co/HOSp5Pp New post on influence, filtering, content generation, + @edwardboches. In the process of identifying trends, this article points at some websites to explore—tools to prepare you for the next step forward in the evolution of social media marketing.

Thank you for introducing me to hundreds of different valuable blog posts / articles.

What are some kick $@% tweets from those you follow? I love hearing from my readers! I’m hoping and wishing…

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10 Awesome Tweets From My Followers in March

Wish you could have someone sift through brilliant tweets related to social media on Twitter without having to lift your finger? Look no further my friend. My fingers just got a good work out.

Congrats to my followers and thank you for your great tweets. Keep them coming!

1. When a Groupon Promotion Went Wrong http://t.co/jHQYpIM Learn how to broker your Groupon deal as a merchant! @juanxi

2. Don’t be a conversation killer, keep chatting! http://ow.ly/4igEt #SocialMedia @trevorellestad

3. With no TV, hundreds of people in Japan gathered in Apple stores to watch news on USTREAM & use Twitter, Facebook, email. http://j.mp/icRHio @shawngriffiths

4. Official Webtrends Company Blog – Why Most Brands Are Inadvertently Wasting Money on #Facebook http://t.co/mrgA5wi @Herve_Marketing

5. 10 Tips to Grow Your Twitter Following http://bit.ly/dPGTMR @oneDivineSPIRIT

6. Facebook Launches Updated Comment Platform to Socialize Blogs http://t.co/8Tk045L @AllegrasTweets

7. Good article on the new TV & social media trend known as Social TV that’s popular w/youth. Execs take notice! http://reut.rs/fbpE6e @RodHarlan

8. New blog post: 10 Blogging Apps for the iPad http://bit.ly/dZZJbV #Apple #iPad @BlazingMinds

9. For me it’s an interactive news network=> Twitter isn’t very social: study | Econsultancy http://ht.ly/4o1yi #sobcon #engage365 @heidithorne

10. #Facebook movie credits? Meet your new media company – http://ow.ly/4a7O1 @sderksen

Thank you for introducing me to hundreds of different valuable links / articles.

Visit 10 Awesome Tweets from My Followers in January and 10 Awesome Tweets from My Followers in February to read more Twitter jems.

What are some brilliant tweets have your followers tweeted this month? I absolutely love hearing from my readers. Please leave a message and I promise I will get back to you.

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If apps gave you super powers, what super hero would you be?

I’ve just purchased a shiny new Samsung Galaxy cell phone. What kind of relationship do you have with your phone? It’s already become my little buddy, a side-kick of sort.

Aah, now enters the world of apps. If I were an action hero, the apps would give me my super powers. What super hero could you be?

Super Music Guru. Gone are the days of not being able to recognize music you are listening to or not knowing details about the band, Shazam!

Captain Picture Search. You can search using a keypad and a search engine. Your alter ego, Captain Picture Search isn’t a slave to the confines of type. Google Goggles lets you search by pictures. It strives to identify objects that you’ve snapped a picture of and return related search results from identifying the text on a wine label to giving you information about a landmark.

Doctor Remember Everything. Ever think of a good idea, or seen or heard something interesting that you wish you could remember at a later date? You can capture it all and retrieve those memories quickly by using Evernote.

What about you, my dear reader? What are your favourite mobile apps?