by Andy Brudtkuhl on June 19, 2009
For the last month I’ve been using Seesmic as a Twitter client because it was the best solution for a multi account power user.
This week’s TweetDeck update has me using TweetDeck again. Why? They added multi account support and server syncing. Server syncing allows you to use TweetDeck on multiple platforms – including an upcoming iPhone app – and maintain settings, groups, saved searches, etc across each instance using TweetDeck’s new server sync feature – the one thing I thought was missing from Twitter clients.
What Twitter client are you using and why? Let us know in the comments or on FriendFeed!
by Andy Brudtkuhl on June 5, 2009
by Andy Brudtkuhl on May 14, 2009
What The Hashtag is a service from the Microblink team that helps track and analyze hashtags on Twitter. Hashtags are denoted by the “#” symbol in front of a word and have become a way for people to track and follow Twitter discussions. The WTH service was born out of the need to have a centralized wiki for people to find out more information about the hashtag.
While improving the layout and design of the site, the team added some great new features. First, they’ve added additional statistics.
We’ve been tracking the number of times a hashtag is being used for awhile, as well tracking the top contributors, but now we also call out the number of uses made by each contributor, and the total number of tweets and unique contributors for a week’s worth of usage.
You can also run transcripts of hashtag usage – which allows you to export all of the tweets from a specific hashtag for any date range. This eliminates the tedious task of scrolling through Twitter search to catch up on missed tweets.
One of my favorite new features they have added is the ability to watch and participate in a hashtag conversation directly on their site. Now you can join the conversation while watching it in real time…
Click the participate link and a box will pop open allowing you to craft your message. You will be greeted by a message box with the familiar character counter and your hashtag already inserted. Just include your username and password and we submit everything to Twitter directly through their API.
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by Andy Brudtkuhl on May 6, 2009
- Diigo – Research, Bookmarks, Community, Syndication, Archive
- Twitter – Community, Syndication, Research, Content Discovery
- FriendFeed – Content Discovery, Community, Syndication, Filters
- Meebo – Instant Messaging
- Feedly – Content Discovery
- Google Reader – Research, Biz Intelligence, Information, News
- Gmail – Email, Research, Archive, Filters
- Google Calendar – Track and Plan Stuff
- Bit.ly – URL Shortener, Analytics
What web services do you use every day? Let us know in the comments!
by Andy Brudtkuhl on May 4, 2009
Tweets Win is a new web service that helps you run a contest on Twitter. Contests on Twitter have become very popular lately as a marketing tool to increase followers and ultimately raise awareness for your user, company, or product. As an example, SmartyPig holds a trivia contest once a month for its followers to win a $100 gift card. The trivia is often about SmartyPig and many times requires a visit to their website for information. As you can see this is a powerful way to organically increase awareness on Twitter and drive traffic to their website – all while building a powerful social community.
Enter Tweets Win – which gives you an interface to an otherwise manual process. Before Tweets Win – holding Twitter contests was a manual process that you had to track and manage. With Tweets Win, you can post a contest, gather statistics, and have the winner automatically chosen.
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