add the twittley plugin to your website

The Basics

the twittley button is a simple way to have your users retweet your posts for all their users to see without even leaving your site.  The post will also appear on the twittley site with updated stats.

What They Say

Harness the power of social networks and viral marketing with the Twittley button. Millions of users use Twitter as a social network so it only makes sense to get your link out to those users.

Pros

• simple set up with code, integrated with some bookmark plugins too
• variety of colors to choose from

Cons

• need more variety in style and size of button

What Fred the Toolman Tweets?

twittley button is an essential tool to add to any website. Am already following this one.

Visit twittley to find great communities: http://twittley.com/

discover and share with Twitter friends

The Basics

twittley is a perfect way to find info, share it and promote your article or ones you find on the web. A social site that helps you find great content and offers several ways to promote it online. Weighted index by “karma” with search, rss, commenting, url shortening and community type features.

What They Say

The more you participate on Twittley & Twitter – the more Karma points you earn. The “weight” of your vote is calculated using this system.

Pros

• no account setup with great community tools
• excellent search and quantity of content

Cons

• are there any?

What Fred the Toolman Tweets?

twittley is an essential search, discover and share community. The toolman will follow this community.

Visit twittley to find great communities: http://twittley.com/

the official retweet plugin for WordPress

The Basics

retweet plugin for wordpress is a quick and simple plugin that adds a retweet button, large or small to the top or bottom of posts and pages. This allows visitors to automatically retweet posts to Twitter with a formated message that you create.

What They Say

The button has a brain of its own and will automatically grab the URL of the page it is placed on without you having to change a thing.

Pros

• very quick to install and set up
• does exactly what it says it does

Cons

• could use a few more skins

What Fred the Toolman Tweets?

retweet plugin is a must for every blogger’s site. Will add a retweet button to my sites and try to retweet others.

Visit retweet plugin to see for yourself: http://www.retweet.com/plugin

news for people, by the people

The Basics

retweet is the Digg of Twitter with lists of popular retweets indexed by category and date. They scan the Twitter database and give you an ability to submit links right on site. With the help of  a WordPress Plugin you can also promote your blog articles.

What They Say

We pride ourselves in providing “News for the People, by the People“, meaning we do not decide what news finds it’s way to the home page of our site.

Pros

• nice design and function
• easy to retweet on site or from your blog
• good selection of news and tweets

Cons

• categories need expansion

What Fred the Toolman Tweets?

retweet is an excellent site to promote  articles or discover trends. Will retweet often to grow and share.

Vist retweet to see for yourself: http://www.retweet.com/

The Basics

Twitter Counter is kinda like the Alexa meets Feedburner to track twitter stats and growth. A counter button to place on your blog and various feedback and suggested follower buttons complete the picture to find out if you are on the rise. It’s a cross between a compiler and a directory.

What They Say

“If more people are going to follow us via Twitter instead of via RSS then we have to build Feedburner for Twitter!”

Pros

• very detailed stats and growth charts
• good follower suggestions
• excellent pro options
• site buttons have a good reach and build blog credibility

Cons

• automatic tweet can be unwanted

What Fred the Toolman Tweets?

Twitter Counter is the only stats counter you need. Will retweet this for all websites.

Follow the Experts

Sounds pretty obvious but guess what many people don’t. There are many ways to find the experts. Going to directories or looking on Twitter could be like discovering a needle in a haystack. Many people say they are an expert but this could be leading you astray. Try going to the best authority blogs and websites on the web and finding the ones with a Twitter Profile. Follow them.

If you really want to cut to the chase, just ask your current followers directly “who is the expert in this field?” and you will get a flurry of responses. Once you’ve found your experts you can interact with them or read the information they provide as often as you would like.

Twitter Tools for Answers

There are many tools to get answers and information. A couple  good applications include TwAnswers or AskOnTwitter. Simply go to the website and type in your question. Quick and simple current answers will come to you as if by magic, okay, actually they come through real time internet connectivity, but it feels like magic.

Use #Hashtags

That’s right, #hashtags. That’s what they are there for – to create a keyword or find one of many existing topics and follow the activity. This will keep you up to date on everything to do with your keyword or group of keywords. If you are using a Twitter client that lets you follow keywords you can have an active stream running that will keep you informed on anything related to your topic.

There you have it. Some simple answers to gather info on Twitter. Why complicate it more. There are lots of advanced techniques but simplicity really usually does get the right results. If you want to gather information and get answers on Twitter just stick to these basics.

The Basics

Twtpoll provides you with a simple solution to create and distribute surveys and polls on any social media site. A large variety of question types include multiple choice, rating, ranking, matrix, comments, image choice and more. Gather feedback from your followers to gain valuable insight. Once gathered you can create nice presentations and charts with the information.

What They Say

We build fun and useful apps to enhance your experience on twitter. They are developed the way Twitter was meant to be: simple!

Pros

• great selection of question types
• excellent presentation of data
• easy to use and set up

Cons

• Couldn’t find one

What Fred the Toolman Tweets?

Twtpoll is one of the preeminent survey tolls for social media. Will re-tweet this as often as feedback is required.

Discover popular trends through retweets

The Basics

Retweetist let’s you look at the most popular trends and discover what topics people are talking about or who seems to get retweeted the most.

What They Say

Discovering trends, popular topics and popular people by tracking Retweets across Twitter

Pros

• fast results
• nice ranking with tweets per k

Cons

• one more tool to go to

What Fred the Toolman Tweets?

Retweetist is yet another trend and research tool. Will put this one in my large list of followers.

Tracking the links you share on Twitter

The Basics

Tweetburner is an URL shortener that lets you track the links you share on Twitter. You must set up an account to use it, though it does have a bookmarklet to drag to your address bar.

What They Say

Enter the URL you’d like to shorten, share and track

Pros

• bookmarklet and url shortening work great

Cons

• Why set up an account?
• So many simple URL shortners already including built in to clients

What Fred the Toolman Tweets?

Tweetburner is a functional solution for url shortening and tracking your link. Will add to list of followers to see what happens.

Monitter tweets with search function.

The Basics

Monitter is a Twitter monitor that let’s you monitor keywords and trends to watch what people are saying. It comes with a location radius setting to look for local info.

What They Say

What is it? Simple. It’s a twitter monitor, it lets you “monitter” the twitter world for a set of keywords and watch what people are saying. Cool huh?

Pros

• excellent tool to discover local or global trends
• quick and easy interface
• nice way to find local followers or content

Cons

• one of many monitoring tools

What Fred the Toolman Tweets?

Monitter is a very functional trend monitor. Will re-tweet this often to find local trends.