The Basics

Hootlet, a file sharing tool from the professional Twitter Client Hootsuite is a handy little tool that you add to your web browser to quickly share and send web content with your twitter users.

Just drag the owl to your toolbar or save it to your favorites for a quick and easy install.

What They Say

The Hootlet is your secret weapon for sharing internet content over Twitter. Want to share a link? No need to even click away from the page.

Pros

• quick and painless install
• easy to share information without opening your twitter client

Cons

• if you aren’t using hootsuite…no dice.

What Fred the Toolman Tweets?

Hootlet is my tool of choice for sharing content, the only one I use.

Visit Hootsuite to set up your account (don’t forget to add the hootlet widget) : http://hootsuite.com/

The Basics

freezly helps you find coupons and giveaways that have been posted on Twitter for the day, saving you valuable time and money.

What They Say

We’ve developed an automated system to identify giveaways, filter out soliciting content, and display the giveaways in a fashionable manner.

Pros

• complete list of freebies, coupons, giveaways and deals
• nicely displayed
• simple to use

Cons

• could use a local feature
• integration with freecycle and other social sites

What Fred the Toolman Tweets?

freezly can help you find real bargains and freebies. Will add it to my list of followers.

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

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/

Share posts on Twitter

The Basics

TweetThisText lets you highlight some text on a web page, click a button and send the text as a quote. Quick way to tweet something.

What They Say

We’re on twitter most of the time. We noticed that we’d really like to be able to quote text from webpages without having to shorten a link and say something like “It’s in the second para fr the bottom third sentence in.”

Pros

• very simple to use – good for people that twitter a lot
• saves time – reduces the clicks and rewriting

Cons

• single purpose – nice to see integration into a client

What Fred the Toolman Tweets?

TweetThisText is a good time saving tool. Will retweet my quotes with it.

Wordpress to Twitter Plugin

The Basics

WordTwit lets you automatically post to Twitter every time you publish a post on WordPress, keeping your users informed and saving you the time needed to post manually. Keeps your users up to date with everything on your blog.

What They Say

What we do, we aim to do perfectly. We strive to develop the future of the web, not ride the coattails of others who are.

Pros

• simple install with quick setup
• saves time and effort producing manual broadcasts

Cons

• could have a few more optional choices for sending and links

What Fred the Toolman Tweets?

WordTwit is a wordpress plugin that will be an automatic default. Will retweet this with every post I make.

A floating window to insert symbols in your Tweets.

The Basics

Twitter Keys helps you add symbols to your tweets. Good for shortening your messages and adding a little bit of life. The tool is a simple window that lets you drag them right into your message – no hassle, quick access.

What They Say

provide you with a floating window with all these funny symbols you can use in Twitter

Pros

• very easy to install and use
• saves time and characters on your tweets

Cons

• one more tool to compromise your browser
• some people might over use the symbols

What Fred the Toolman Tweets?

Twitter Keys is a good way to make tweets short and simple. Will reply to this one to help make messages fun.

A Social Media Dictionary.

The Basics

Twittords – Add words you use in Twitter, IM clients, and SMS! With it’s own lingo, the social media universe has so many words that you just haven’t heard. Now you can look them up, vote on them and add your own. Originally just for Twitter, other social media is included now.

What They Say

Originally we started this for twitter words, there were so many new ones. The Twitterverse has it’s own lingo, find and add your best here.

Pros

• large list of words
• can get a daily word sent to your account
• easy alphabetical lookup
• not just for Twitter

Cons

• if you don’t know what you are looking for – how do you find it

What Fred the Toolman Tweets?

Twittords is a complete Twitter Dictionary. Will re-tweet when I need a definition.