MicrobloggingtoolsforBusinessTwitterisNOTaflashinthepan.Thefast,openformofcommunicationisvaluableinanynumberofways.GoodapplicationsusingTwitter–orindependentmicrobloggingplatforms–arebeingusedincreativewayswithinbusinessesorwithinbusinesssupplychains.TheSanFranciscoBusinessTimesreportsinasubscriptiononlyarticlethatmorethan100startupswereworkingonmicrobloggingappsforbusinessasoflateNovember2009–andTwitterhasannounceditwilllaunchagroup-basedproductinthenearfuturealso.Thesetoolsbegintoencroachonthecollaborationsoftwareandwikisoftwareareas(productslikeBasecamporCentralDesktop–thoughCentralDesktopnowincludesamicrobloggingcapabilityinitswebservice).SpecialthanksheretoKristinBurnhamofCIO.comformostofthese(thoughsomearewellknown).Here’safewtoolsalreadyontheground.

Salesforce.com’sChatter http://www.salesforce.com/chatter/

Socialtext http://www.socialtext.com/

Status.net http://status.net/

Yammer https://www.yammer.com/ TechCrunchawardwinnerin2008,includescommtoolsbutalsolotsofgovernancecontrolstomanagecompliancewithbizpolicies.Fee-based.

Socialcast http://www.socialcast.com/

CO-OP http://coopapp.com Freetoolforbusinesstogetteammembersonboardwithrealtimeposts;sharedagendas;currentstatus,etc.

Cyn.in http://www.cynapse.com/cynin Enterprisetoolcompilesblog,microblogging,wikis,andothersharingfunctions.Freeandpaidversions.

Yoolinkpro http://www.yoolinkpro.com/en/what_is_it Webserviceprovidesenterprisesocialnetworkwithmicroblog,documentsharingandorganizing,discussions.iPhoneapp;RSSexports.

obayoo http://obayoo.com/ Freetoolallowcreateofsecurenetworkforcompanyororganizationmemberstoconnectinrealtime;sharefilesofallsorts.

Present.ly http://presentlyapp.com Anotherfreetoolthatconnectsteammembersandallowfilesharing;posttomobilealso.

ESME http://www.esme.us/esme/ Anopensource‘experiment’withveryheavyhittersinvolvedindevelopment;saidtobethebasisofTwitterre-architecturebyZDNet’sOliverMarks.Thisonenottoobiz-like,butimportantattheroots.

Laconica http://status.net/?source=laconica Freeopensourcemicromessagingplatformfordownloadoruseasawebservice.Worksasmessagecenterwithinyourdomain.

WordPress.comP2 http://bit.ly/7YNJaCand

http://p2theme.com/

AthemeforaWPblogthatincludessomemicrobloggingcapability.Notarobustplatform,buttotallyintegratedforsmallbusinessapplications.

Cubetree http://www.cubetree.com Averyfull-featuredmicrobloggingplatform.Integratesexternalsocialfeedsandcanconfigurethemforyourgroup’spurpose.Wiki,blog,filesharing,groups,pollsandmobiledeviceintegration.

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