So what can you do to evaluate your tweets? See who is following you (and more importantly unfollowing you)? Make tweets easier? Time your tweets? And more….?These tasks seem daunting – YET – there are many applications out there to easily track & trend your tweet success! Monitoring, measuring and maximizing your tweet life will pay off.

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The Tweet Life: 10+ Twitter Tools You Need

  1. DASHBOARD: Most of us know about Tweetdeck and Hootsuite applications – a must have if you are on Twitter! Depending on your preferences, either platform is beneficial. These ‘social media dashboards’ allow you to list, query, add columns and integrate multiple accounts (and add other social utilities).
  2. AMPLIFY: Find how far your tweet amplifies using Tweetreach. Search for a url, Twitter name, phrase or hashtag – to show how many users you reached, for the last 50 tweets on your topic.
  3. TIMING: Time your tweets (you can even participate when you are offline). Simply use applications likeTwittimer, which allow for scheduled tweets, anytime.
  4. MEASURE:  Grade your tweet profile with TweetGrader. With this tool you to check the power of your twitter profile compared to millions of other users that have been graded.
  5. COMMUNITY: Create a twitter club, using tools like Twubs to follow the conversation. This application allows you to search on a hashtag for what is trending, and who is involved.
  6. MONITOR: Evaluate who is UNfollowing you with WhoUnfollowedMe or FriendorFollow. You can investigate who unfollowed you recently as well as other Twitter users that are not following you back. Or use Qwitter to receive an email message when someone unfollows you!
  7. TREND: Search tweets in real time using TweetGrid. Using up to 10 topics at a time, you can create a grid of the trending topics you search.
  8. GROW: Add to your follower base by using WeFollow or JustTweetIt. Simply use a keyword to find Twitter users following the same topics, and list yourself too.
  9. LOCALIZE: Find local tweeps with the tool NearbyTweets. Search who is nearby, and tweeting about the same topics as you.
  10. PURGE: Get rid of Twitter users you are following, that aren’t active, using Twitoria. Check how long it has been since other users last tweeted.
[Social Media Today]