Twitter is good for business and the right tools can save you time

Although some people still use Twitter to talk about what they had for lunch or the latest gossip, Twitter is also a strong business tool when used with a plan.

One problem facing everyone is finding the time to add effective tweets to their marketing plan. There are now hundreds of Twitter applications to enhance your tweets and give you the edge.

Some of these can be very useful and save you time. With so many available, we have found this list to be easy and effective:

Timer - Set an alarm for things you have to do

TwitterFox: A Firefox web browser plugin which allows you to view Tweets within your web browser (in a popup menu).

TweetLater: A service that allows you to schedule tweets. (hence the name)

Ping.fm: If you have accounts with many services, such as LinkedIn and Facebook, this site allows you to post an update and then designate if that update should go to all or selected social media sites with one click.

hellotxt - Similar to Ping.fm. You can add multiple accounts, ie: more than one Twitter or Facebook account.

Twittermail - Update twitter via email

Twittershare - Share pictures, music, video and other files on Twitter.

Looking for quality people to follow?

We Follow - Follow people through popular tags

Twellow - Find people by area of expertise

Twitterment - Search Twitter users and topic

Twitterholic - Find out who the top twitter users are

Toptweet - Find out the top twitter users on one place.

Twitrank - A list of the top 150 Twitterers

Use Twitter with your Blog or Facebook:

Twitter for Facebook - If you are on Facebook, this application forwards your Twitter updates directly to Facebook as status updates.

Add Tweets - Make Twitter Update Widgets for site or blog using javascript

Twitterfeed - Post your blog to Twitter and Facebook through your RSS feed

Twitter for Wordpress - displays latest tweets on your blog

Set your tweets apart

Twignature -Create your own custom twitter button with your name

Twitter Keys - Brighten your tweets with little pictures (remember your time.....)

Twitpic - Let you share photos on Twitter

Autopostr - Update your Twitter when you post a Flickr picture

Twixr - Allows you to share pictures on Twitter via your mobile phone

and how about your ebay account and your amazon wish list:

Twibler - Update Twitter with your current ebay listings

Buy Later - Receive tweets when an item comes back in stock at Amazon

Although each of these tools can save time, you can also lose time by playing with any one of them too much. Save time by using your time efficiently.

We invite your comments how these tools work for you. Comment here or click the Facebook icon to share on Facebook.

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