If you are a Twitter user, having the right Twitter tools will make you way more effective and efficient. And without the right Twitter tools you will waste a lot of time. Here are a few of our favorites to add to your bag of SEO bag of tricks:
CrowdFire
You can Copy Followers, Identify Inactive Followers (according to how long they have been inactive–one of the best tools. Why bother following someone who has abandoned their Twitter account?). It has a Keyword Follow, which is very useful for following specific colleagues, top influencers, etc. It has a Blacklist, so that they won’t show up as suggestions to follow, a Friend Check, and automated welcome messages.
The Keyword and Blacklist feature are excellent!
To do: Go to CrowdfireApp.com, and log in with Twitter or Instagram.
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Bit.ly
Is Bit.ly just a URL shortening service right? Nope! Yes, a free Bit.ly account will give you access to a dashboard where you can shorten and share links to multiple Twitter accounts. But there is more … You can also see the stats for any Bit.ly links you share through your dashboard and plug your Bit.ly API key into Tweetdeck, Twitterfeed, or Seesmic to get stats for links you share through those applications as well. As an added bonus, you can even create your own custom short domain to match your brand so you can have branding similar to Mashable’son.mash.to and Amazon’s amzn.to custom URLs. Customizing any link is a huge assist in your own branding.
To do: Go to Bit.ly and create a free account. Now, take your long Amazon book page feed and “customize” it. Create an announcement to all your followers to Help an Author Out … HAO … Include the cover of your book … if they have my book … I would be honored if they would post a review on Amazon … here’s the link: bit.ly/TheCrowdfundingGuide
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TweetDeck
TweetDeck boasts a ton of features for you, allowing you to post to other Social Networks, schedule Tweets and set up search terms to monitor all things happening on Twitter. Includes columns, which allow you to track any event very easily.
To do: Go to TweetDeck.com and create a free account.
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Hootsuite
HootSuite is a powerful Social Media dashboard (So is Buffer.com). It allows you to see comprehensive analytics around your Tweets on top of using their own Owl.y URL shortener. Being browser based, it gives you the option of accessing the same settings from any computer anywhere. There’s a free and a “fee” option. For most, the free works just fine.
To do: got to Hootsuite.com and create a free account.
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Judith Briles is a book publishing expert and coach. She empowers authors and is the Founder of Author U, a membership organization created for the serious author who wants to be seriously successful. She’s been writing 
about and conducting workshops on publishing since the 80s. Judith is the author of 34 books including Author YOU: Creating and Building Your Author and Book Platforms (ForeWord IndieFab Book of the Year), Snappy Sassy Salty: Wise Words for Authors and Writers and a speaker at publishing conferences. Book #34 was published this summer: The CrowdFunding Guide for Authors & Writers. Get your copy.
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Author U is a non-profit membership organization dedicated to the author who wants to be seriously successful. Monthly education programs delivered face-to-face and online, The Author Resource ezine, BookCamps and the annual Author U Extravaganza are tools designed for authors pre, during and post publishing of their books. Join AuthorU.org today.
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