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Apr 3, 06:11 pm: Twitter Resource Roundup
Twitter is a good tool and you can certainly just dive right into it. But here are some resources to make getting to know Twitter, and the people and topics on it, a little easier.
Tutorials and Intros:
- Twitter in Plain English: The fine folks at Common Craft do an excellent job of describing twitter in this short video.
- Twitter Tutorial for Newbies: It’s short and has screenshots. Always a good combo.
- Twitter Me This: Get the free recording of the NTEN webinar.
Posting Tools:
- TwitterMail: send messages to Twitter via email
- Twhirl cross platform desktop applicaiton making it easier to post to twitter
- Twibble cross platform desktop application making it easier to post to twitter
- Twitterific desktop application for mac
- TwitterBerry: posting from your, you guessed it!, blackberry
Search and Stats:
- Tweetburner: shorten the URL and get stats on it so that you can tell what people are clicking.
- TwitterLocal: put in your location, select a radius and find (and subscribe via RSS) to the tweets that are in your area.
- twemes: follow messages marked with hashtags (words or phrases after the # sign)
- Twitter Karma: Allows you to sort through your friends and followers and see a variety of info about them
- Quotably: allows you to follow conversations by user
- Tweet Scan: Allows you to search twitter. This can be a great help when you are looking for people to follow.
- TweetStats: Shows you your twitter behavior, or the behavior of any twitter user. Nice to see, in your own stats, who you send tweets to the most.
To find an exhaustive list check out Twitter Fan Wiki.
And thanks to edobejar, silverbell, LittleLaura, ahynes1, ruby, danieljohnsonjr, astrout, and CarrieBethH for their twitter tool thoughts.
Updated: with the additional tools of a lotta smart and helpful twitterers.
ThomasT
A key element to a successful start on twitter is finding good people to follow. For NP folk, the Nonprofit Twitter Pack (http://urltea.com/3340) is a great place to start. And finding other Twitter Packs (http://twitterpacks.pbwiki.com/) that might interest you is also helpful.