Tools

I know, I know. You’ve got to go through your email, clean up the living room before company arrives and then there’s the matter of that stack of receipts you should really sort for taxes… but I promise it won’t take too long to clean up your twitter feed by using any of the following tools.

To really get the most out of your fall cleaning, remove people that are no longer on twitter and unfollow those who only talk about how much they love to shop or recount every moment of their day (“I am going to pick up lunch now, then I’m hitting the gym. Be back in an hour.”).

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We’ve written before about how to tweet your Google+ posts to Twitter, and now we’ve got an even more robust way to sync up your various social media profiles.
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Influencers. The buzz-word since Twitter’s inception. Those elusive people who seem to know what’s trending before it hits the trending topics, and those who sway the opinions and interests of thousands.

If you’ve ever wanted to figure out just how many of these powerful Twitter users you’re actually reaching, you’ll want to pay attention. There’s a new tool from HubSpot which will show you which influencers retweeted a link you sent out, effectively allowing you to discover (and maybe even reward) your content’s biggest fans.
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Many people are using Paper.li these days to do business. The way it works is that you can turn Twitter, Facebook and RSS feeds into an online newspaper that gives your readers  focused news and information that you choose.
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As a social media consultant, I got into companies to either show them how to use various social media such as Twitter or Facebook or I do it for them. Often times, one person is solely responsible for tweeting or managing the company’s Facebook fan page. But what happens when you’ve got a bunch of people that are contributing?

It can be a real challenge, not to only find something that works, but that people find easy enough to use. Co-Tweet, a  web-based social media engagement, management and analytics tool, is great for two reasons: it is web-based, so you don’t have to download anything and take up precious room on your already overworked hard drive and the Standard Edition is  free!
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Twitter hashtags are a convenient way to group tweets around a binding topic but they can quickly become overwhelmed by noise and spam.

One solution to this problem is to move on to different but related hashtag, but how do you know where to go?

Enter Hashtagify.

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Have you ever been reading tweets when you suddenly see someone post 5 or 10 things in a row and then you don’t see their stuff again for another day or two – and again, it’s all lumped together? That’s because they don’t know how to schedule their tweets.
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Much ado is often made about creating art via Facebook, but I’m here to tell you that it’s just as thrilling over here on Twitter.  Whether you want to create something on your own or with others, Twitter is one of the best tools to let you curate to your heart’s content.
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One of the biggest complaints I get when I’m teaching people how to use Twitter is that they have trouble following everything that’s going on. There is so much information coming at them, it’s overwhelming and they can’t keep it all straight. Even for seasoned pros, the more peeps you’re following, the longer and more cluttered your feeds can be. How do you streamline everything?
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Yesterday, HootSuite rolled out its new “Publisher” feature that would, supposedly, make it easier to schedule and manage your tweets from multiple Twitter accounts and with multiple team members. However, as we pointed out yesterday, it also broke scheduled tweets and is causing a headache for many social media managers.

If you’ve had problems with HootSuite’s scheduling lately, or you just want to tuck away some alternatives for a rainy day, here are 5 other ways you can schedule your tweets.
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