Keeping track of Twitter can be a full-time job. Fortunately, there are a handful of tools that you can use to automate and organise much of your Twitter-based communication.
1. Twist
Twist allows you to see trends in keywords or product names based on what people are saying in their Twitter streams. Simply type in the keywords relating to trends you want to monitor, and Twist will produce a graph showing the frequency of your keywords over 24 hours, seven days or 30 days. If you want to make a keyword comparison, remember to put a comma between your keywords.
Why this tool is awesome:
It allows you to spot trends in the collective Twitter stream, which you can then harness for your business.
2. Twitturly
Twitt(url)y tracks popular URLs on Twitter. It displays 100 of the most popular URLs shared on Twitter over the last 24 hours.
Why this tool is awesome:
If you are into Twitter trends, this is a great tool to see what people are talking about and how far a link can spread. It also calculates the estimated reach of a tweet.
3. Tweeteffect
TweetEffect plots your gain or loss of followers on a timeline. By analysing your last 200 tweets, TweetEffect highlights tweets that have resulted in you gaining or losing followers in the five minutes after posting. However, remember that your tweets are not the only factor that influences your followers, so don't take it too seriously.
Why this tool is awesome:
You can determine which tweets are popular and how your tweeting behaviour affects your followers.
4. Twitalyzer
Twitalyzer measures your influence based on the number of followers you have; your clout based on the number of times you are referred to by someone else; your signal-to-noise ratio based on your tweets containing hash tags, URLs and references to other profiles using the @ sign; your generosity based on the number of times you retweet others; and your velocity based on the number of updates you publish per week.
Why this tool is awesome:
It allows you to determine what aspect of your Twitter stream is lacking, with each element guiding you towards good Twitter practice. The signal-to-noise ratio points out if you are just throwing statements out into the Twittersphere or if you are providing your followers with useful information.
5.Twitter Grader
Twitter Grader measures the power, reach and authority of your Twitter account Ð in other words, the kind of impact you have when you tweet. This is calculated based on the number of followers you have, the power of your followers, how many updates you post, your follower/following ratio and engagement based on retweets. All these factors are applied to an algorithm that calculates your grade out of 100 and your ranking in the number of people who have previously graded themselves. Remember that this does not compare you to all Twitter users, only those who have used Twitter Grader.
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