Cool and Useful Twitter Tools To Start Using Today

If you are one of the many folks out there using Twitter these days, whether it be for personal or business reasons, you know that managing all your outgoing and incoming content can get overwhelming at times.  Not to mention if you are doing any kind of tracking on your tweets its always great to find the latest resources out there that can help you see who is sharing your posts and which individuals are interested in a similar topic as you.

To make connecting and managing life in the Twittersphere even easier here a few tools you may want to start taking advantage of.


Tweet Everywhere
These Twitter tools help you to not only post tweets but also to other social networking and social media sites like Facebook, LinkedIn, etc...
• Ping.fm
• Hellotxt



Contact Management
These Twitter tools help to manage your contacts, those who you follow and those who follow you. You can also search for new followers, analyze those following you, find out who they are following and more.
• Twerpscan
• TwitterCounter

Twitter Directories and Search

These Twitter tools are directories where you can search for new followers or find who is following you via certain parameters and keywords. They are a really helpful set of tools to increase followers relevant to your niche.
• Twitter Search
• Twellow
• WeFollow
• Twitterholic



Tweet Schedulers and Productivity and Auto Tweets
With these Twitter tools you can schedule tweets for later as well as tweet blog entries. Don't  over-do it though or you could appear to be a "bot",  a spammer, rather than a person. Use wisely my friends.
• PostLater
• Twitterfeed
• Twitresponse

Twitter Statistics, Graphs, Analysis and Evaluators

These twitter tools allow you to evaluate your twitter profile, run analysis on your twitter reach and popularity, with all sorts of stats and graphs.
• Twitter Grader
• Tweet Value
• Tweetstats




Toolbars and Firefox Add-ons

Twitter tools to make tweeting from within your browser easy.
• HootBar
• Twitizer
• Echofon

Let me know if you have any great Twitter tools that got missed in this list that you would like to share.

Marketing and Tech Events for July 2011

For those of you looking to put some new events on your radar here are a few taking place throughout the US and EMEA throughout July.

US Events

OMS – Online Marketing Summit

July 11th-13th, Jersey City, NJ

OMS Jersey City returns with a flexible, three-day "Super Regional" format:

•Day 1: Online Marketing Boot Camp. Choose from 12 intensive workshops covering the digital marketing essentials, advanced "how to" tactics, social media and more. 

•Day 2: Conference Day. Attend sessions across 3 tracks covering online marketing best practices and case studies in search, social, email, integrated marketing and more - all presented by industry thought leaders. 

•Day 3: Post-Conference: Social Media Workshops. Go beyond introductory courses and receive intensive intermediate and advanced social media training at these partner workshops.


Clean Slate

July 19th, New York, NY.

Join major industry pundits and experts at this highly interactive forum as they discuss and explore the opportunities, risks and pitfalls the new Tablet Economy has to offer. Delve into some of the key questions and issues you are facing today:

• How are consumers using the tablet today — how will they use it tomorrow?

• What will the Tablet Economy look like in 5 years?

• Getting ready for the new advertising paradigm

• Innovative monetization strategies for the content industry

To see who will be speaking at this event click here, Clean Slate Thought Leaders.


Cloud Control Conference and Exhibition

July 19th-21st, Boston, MA.

The Cloud Control Conference and Exhibition proposes a new opportunity to professionals in the crowded cloud space. The conference will be collocated with the popular Green Data Center Conference in order to give attendees the hands down most comprehensive conference experience available. Delegates will have the opportunity to attend sessions at either event, expanding the web of information to include data center management, innovation and the rise or virtualization.

For more look at the agenda for this conference go to: http://cloudcontrolconference.com/program/agenda-at-a-glance.html



EMEA Events

International Conference on Digital Information Processing and Communications

July 7th-9th, Ostrava, Czech Republic

The event will be held over three days, with presentations delivered by researchers from the international community, including presentations from keynote speakers and state-of-the-art lectures. After the conference, there will be a free sightseeing tour to Poland and Slovakia.

For keynote speaker and schedule information visit:  http://www.sdiwc.net/public/cz/public/Keynote_Speakers.php


Strategic Marketing Forum:

New Trends & Insights in Creating & Sustaining Competitive Advantage

July 14th-15th, Novotel Singapore Clarke Quay

This two-day forum is designed to provide an ideal platform to learn about how today’s consumers think and behave, how they react to the various media profiles and campaigns, where they search for information on products and services, what values organisations should develop and highlight to best meet their customers’ expectations, etc.

This forum is not just about marketing mix, brand extension, communication strategies or channel marketing. It also strives to look towards the future and provide insights for a successful relationship with the customers and clients. You will also gain practical knowledge on social media, emerging trends and marketing ROI, as well as from real case-studies.

Complete forum details and program outline can be found by clicking here.


AAAI Conference on Weblogs and Social Media

July 17th-21st, Barcelona, Spain

ICWSM, the fifth international conference on weblogs and social media, put on by the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, brings together researchers from computer science, linguistics, communication and the social sciences.

For a list of keynote speakers visit:  http://www.icwsm.org/2011/speaker.php

Web Deals - Stimulating The Economy And Relationships

Everyday, I get emails from both Groupon and Living Social with special offers that are available for a limited time. These offers vary from discounts on cruises, flights, events, movies, food and even excercise classes. A majority of these businesses that are offering these services are typically offering a deal that gets you at least half off the original cost. Like most people, I'm drawn to deals and bargains.


Recently, I've started to take advantage of these deals. I used to just be annoyed when I was in my car listening to Pandora and an advertisement would come on about local deals, but now I actually pay attention. Why? Because it gets me "brownie points!" Think about it, if you are now able to give your significant other a gift for a very reasonable cost, sometimes up to 80% off of what it use to be, why wouldn't you? $26 for a half hour massage and facial? Sign me up!

The reality is that these businesses were most likely influenced by the struggling economy as a way to entice people to get back out there and have fun. So I say, let's take advantage of these offers while they're around. I'm all about stimulating the economy because I know everyone will benefit from that. But let's enjoy it while we're doing it!