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Saturday, 2 October 2010

18 Twitter Tools for Scheduling Future Tweets and improving your Social Networking

Twitter is a pretty important social media service for anyone trying to have an online presence. Once you have build a follower base sending them regular tweets really can make a difference ex. for attracting traffic to your blog or your online business. Problem is – it takes time to keep taking all the time at the twitter party and since you have no idea when your followers are listening some tooling help can be needed. By taking time to prepare what you are going to tweet over the day and then schedule the tweets throughout the day you will be sure that as many as possible will see a tweet or two of yours. Is this OK or is it fundamentally wrong to “act as you are there?”. I think it is OK really if you still remember to tweet normally as well with your close twitter contacts and maintain your relationships. Scheduling is for marketing purpose and for reaching the masses… do you agree? This article lists most of the services available for scheduling tweets for future publish. Many of the services have other useful features and you may find that one or more in combination can significantly improve how you use twitter.

HootSuite

HootSuite is a fully featured and free web based twitter client. I personally use it because it has loads of features. First of all it works with the ow.ly (now ht.ly) link shortener which allows you to keep track of how effective your tweeted links are (essential if you’re a blogger). hootsuite also allow you to use a send later feature making it possible to record tweets that are sent through out the day (and if using ping.fm it will go to your entire network). hootsuite is a full twitter interface providing the tools you need. It also integrates with tools like wordpress allowing you to post from hootsuite to wordpress.

tweet adder

I have been using this tool for several months now. It is not free ($55 one time payment for a single twitter profile and $74 for five profiles and so on…) but you get a lot of useful features for that – probably the best money can buy (in terms of twitter marketing and automation). You can try it out as a trail first so don’t hesitate trying it! First of all You can manage more than one twitter profile which is important for some people. Then you can set up a multitude of tweets in the software, and allow the software to spread them out through out the day to keep you actively involved on twitter while you enjoy yourself with your free time. You can build a list of tweets (one per line) in a file and load it. You can also Automate Direct Messages, auto Follow Twitter Users, Auto Unfollow Twitter Users, keeps track of people you have un-followed so that you do not re-follow them, and much more. Take a look at the full feature list and try watching some of their videos. This tool can really help you build your twitter popularity!

I did a dedicated review of Tweet Adder here – I have found it to be EXCELLENT for getting more followers!: Tweet Adder – Put Twitter on Autopilot and Rapidly Grow Your Network of Followers

postlater

With PostLater you can schedule your tweets and much more. PostLater support a range of other publishing platforms and can be a good choice is you want to schedule stuff for multiple channels.

Socialoomph

SocialOomph.com is a web-service that provides a rather large set of both free and paid functions to manage your social network. You can automate sending message to new followers on twitter and a lot more including scheduling tweets.

FutureTweets

FutureTweets.com is a free service that lets you schedule your Twitter messages. Send it at a specific time in the future or send a reoccuring Tweet daily, weekly, monthly or yearly!

Twuffer

Twuffer allows the Twitter user to compose a list of future tweets, and schedule their release.

DynamicTweets

DynamicTweets allows individuals or businesses to enter future tweets and schedule them to be posted at a specified day and time.

Autotweeter

AutoTweeter is a light weight tweet scheduler desktop application. AutoTweeter can send automatic tweets to your twitter account. Autotweeter also have built in URL shortening service using bit.ly.

Twitresponse

Setup unlimited messages to be delivered to your twitter page when you want. Need a message sent 2 hours from now, no problem, setup a TwitResponse.

Twaitter

Ever had an idea for a tweet, but wanted to wait to send it at a specific time? With our enthusiasm (unhealthy addiction) for Twitter combined with our gallant attempt at adding enhancements to the Twitter platform, we know you’ll ‘love’ to Twitter on Twaitter.

FutureMessage

To send a message in the future, first type in your message and select a date. Then, use at least one method of communication: Text, Twitter, or Email. If you enter a date in the past, it will be sent at the next time messages are sent out. Messages are sent from the server twice an hour.

Laterbro

You can schedule recurring Facebook updates or schedule tweets from multiple Twitter accounts!

Tweetsqueue

TweetsQueue lets you build a queue of tweets for your Twitter account. The tweets in the queue will be twittered in a configurable time interval. This is great for collecting tweets while you are on an internet trip or you have a lot of things on your mind but you do not want to blow all the tweets out at once.

Tweet-u-later

You can create your Twitter messages and Twitter updates here at Tweet-U-Later.com and tell us to post them at any future date and time. Schedule your Tweet now or tweet later… as many messages as you want.

Twittontime

Do you tweet? Sure you are. But, do you tweet on time? Write your sharing’s and send them to the future!

Pluggio

Make Twitter Easy. Discover your ContentGrow your Following. Schedule your Tweets. Be the SIGNAL not the NOISE.

Su.pr

With Su.pr by StumbleUpon you can now promote your best content on Twitter and Facebook with one click. Su.pr is an URL shortening service for online publishers, bloggers and regular StumbleUpon users that allows you to simultaneously syndicate your content to multiple social media website. Ability to schedule your posts at optimal times.

Taweet

Taweet (beta) is a social calendar and event promotion application for Twitter. Taweet adds a whole new dimension to your Twitter experience: the future. The casual format of Taweet allows users to answer one simple question, "What’s happening in the future?" …and search the future to see what others are doing.