Twonate, giving is good, twitter is fun!

The Basics

Twonate lets you donate to charities you think are worthwhile. They make it easy for you to donate, encourage new donations and even start your own cause.

What They Say

By tweeting donations, word about your charity or cause is spread across the twitter network. Once a donation is tweeted, that person’s followers may also be inclined to do the same. Then of course more people will be made aware of your charity or cause drawing even more donations.

Pros

• helps remind others to donate too
• great list of charities on the FAQ’s

Cons

• will people be comfortable

What Fred the Toolman Tweets?

Twonate is a simple way to donate and promote a cause. Retweet when needed.

Visit Twonate to support your favorite cause:  http://twonate.com/

Twitcause, by the experience project

The Basics

Twitcause is simple. Follow, retweet and show support. Each week they support a cause and spread the word. This week it is Haiti for earthquake relief. You can also donate directly through the site sponsored by the experience project.

What They Say

Experience Project is the largest living collection of shared experiences.

Pros

• an amazing way to connect and share experiences
• has a large reach of big hearted individuals

Cons

• one more community to keep track of

What Fred the Toolman Tweets?

Twitcause is a great site to support and find any cause. Will certainly add this to my favorites.

Visit Twitcause to support your charity:  http://www.experienceproject.com/twitcause

visit tazaar

What do you want to sell today?

The Basics

Tazaar your place to sell on Twitter. What, where, when and how much? You can also look for what you want to buy. It works by adding a simple tag #wtb or #wts for buying or selling, then follow it with the #ITEM and price with details.

What They Say

Tazaar is a bazaar on Twitter. Hence the name, get it? Tazaar is a simple way to sell or buy things via Twitter. Find and post stuff you have or want. And get in touch with other users.

Pros

• Quick system
• good search function using hashtags

Cons

• another search tool
• not localized

What Fred the Toolman Tweets?

Tazaar is a clean and efficient resource. Will re-tweet when I need to buy or sell.

visit TwiMarket

Find work, items or help on Twitter.

The Basics

Twimarket lets you post a message (offer or request) to various accounts – cars, gadget, house, job or other to find items, work or help. You can also view the existing list of requests.

What They Say

It’s simple! You can post your message (offer or request) here in the homepage by signing into your Twitter account…Once you are authenticated you can send your message from our site (home page) or your account by replying to any of the accounts you find in the sidebar of our site.

Pros

• search specific offers in real time

Cons

• one of many tools to find jobs and offers

What Fred the Toolman Tweets?

Twimarket is a good resource. Will re-tweet sometimes, if the need arises.

visit Tweetmart

Buy and sell your items on Twitter.

The Basics

Tweetmart is classified ads for Twitter. If you want to search for a specific item that is actively for sale on Twitter or want to sell your own items then Tweetmart can help expedite the process.

What They Say

Tweetmart was started by Will Kern and Bill Kocik in January 2009. It evolved out of a previous project that Will and Bill (it still sounds funny to write that) had created. We both are avid users of Twitter and felt there needed to be a drop dead simple way to integrate a classifieds site with Twitter.

Pros

• direct way to find items or customer

Cons

• not many results

What Fred the Toolman Tweets?

Tweetmart is a good idea. Will revisit when it grows.

http://tweetmart.com/

Visit twtjobs

Create your Twitter Resume or post a job opening

The Basics

twtjobs is a perfect complement to Twitter Jobcast search. It allows you to create a basic Twitter resume with a headline, content, skills, industry, education and experience or post a job opening with further employment details like position type and deadline.

What They Say

Simple and unique Twitter applications by twtapps. If your resume had to be 140 chars long, what would you tell a potential employer? or Please summarize this job post in 140 chars!

Pros

• quick and simple
• great for screening and quick searching
• good for hiring, contracts, freelancers and job seekers

Cons

• can you say what you want in just 140 (good practice)?

What Fred the Toolman Tweets?

twtjobs is a nice option for job seekers and employers. Will re-tweet when I’m looking for skills.

http://twtjobs.com/

Visit Twitter Jobcast

Find out who’s hiring in your city!

The Basics

Twitter Jobcast is designed to facilitate searching or posting for a job. To take it one step further there is city or regional searching with specific country search for Australia, Canada, India, UK and the US.

What They Say

To help others that found themselves recently unemployed. With twitter being one of the fastest growing trends on the Internet, it seemed only natural to connect employers and job seekers using this medium.

Pros

• micro targeted
• current – live jobs and opportunities
• good for hiring, contracts, freelancers and job seekers
• very simple
• easy and multiple search options

Cons

• limited control of abusers and spammers
• filtering can only be done by targeting search

What Fred the Toolman Tweets?

Twitter Jobcast is a fantastic job hunt tool. Will re-tweet when I’m looking for skills.

http://www.twitterjobcast.com/index.php