Twitter apps - Pubcon2010

Twitter Apps and Trends

Brian Breslin - @brianbreslinhttp://infinimedia.comhttp://brianbreslin.com

Hi I’m Brian

Lets talk about the landscape

How to use Twitter like a pro

(if there is such a thing?)

Define your objectives

• Listen to your customer• Engage them• Connect and grow your audience

Can anything do all three?

Umm not really

But we can find the best tool for each.

Best tools for listeningon the web

• assistly.com• Cotweet.com• rowfeeder.com• Twitter.com• Hootsuite.com

Best tools for listeningto pubcon!

• http://www.pubcontweets.com/• http://twetchup.com/

Best tools for listeningon the go

• Twitter for iphone or ipad• Twitterific or tweetdeck for ipad• Ubertwitter on blackberry • twidroyd.com/ or twitter on

android• Boxcar for iphone/ipad (KEY!)

Best tools for engaging

• Hootsuite• Sharefeed - Schedule tweets

– http://kiss.ly/sfsignup 

• CoTweet• Assistly.com / Getsatisfaction• Disqus

Best tools for growing

• Socialtoo.com (auto follow, unfollow bulk, block auto-DMs)

• tweethopper.com (simple bots)• Manageflitter.com (unfollow your

non-followers)• MrTweet

Beware of shady “get followers fast” tools

So what should you do?

Thank you

• http://brianbreslin.com• http://twitter.com/brianbreslin