There are many Twitter tools available to you as an entrepreneur to promote yourself and your business. From tracking your influence to market research, from mobile phones to alternate interfaces, it is all available and, best of all, many of these tools are free. Here are five free tools you can use to help build your online business:
TwitterMail – Use Email to Post Tweets
TwitterMail is especially useful for people who have phones that can send email, but don’t have an application for Twitter. Basically, TwitterMail allows you to send an email to post to your Twitter account. You can specify when it will be posted. This can also be a very useful tool for posting to Twitter from an HTML form, a PHP script or any other email generated on your server. It is much simpler than learning the Twitter API.
Twitscoop – An Alternative Twitter Interface, with a Unique Cloud
Twitscoop allows you to send tweets, receive tweets and manage friend requests without ever having to leave the page. Unlike Twitter, where you are constantly loading and reloading, Twitscoop saves you time by never needing to reload. In other words, it’s a faster alternative Twitter interface. In addition, Twitscoop also features a unique Twitter cloud that can help you keep track of all the most talked-about topics in the Twittersphere.
Retweet Rank – How Many Retweets Are You Getting?
When you send out a tweet, how many people in turn tweet that out to their friends? How does your “retweet power” measure against other Twitter users? Retweet Rank can tell you. You don’t need an account; all you need to do is go to their website and type in your username.
Twitter Grader – How Influential Are You?
Want to know how you stack up against other Twitter users overall? Twitter Grader can show you. In addition to stacking you up against other Twitter users, it will also offer brief suggestions for improving your Twitter account.
Qwitter – Know Who Unfollowed You
Ever wondered who clicked the Unfollow button? Ever wonder how many unfollows you are getting? Just because your follower count is going up doesn’t mean people aren’t unfollowing; you could also be getting more new followers. Qwitter will send you a daily email showing you exactly who unfollowed you. This can be enormously useful both from a personal perspective (knowing if someone influential is losing interest), as well as from a statistical perspective (finding out your average follower retention rate).
These are a few free yet useful tools available to online entrepreneurs. It won’t cost you anything to give them a try and can save you hours in the future.