Another cool Twitter tool saves you time…

Twitter, by far, is the talk of the tech community.  Just about every tech podcast that I listen too talks a lot about Twitter and how it is now becoming mainstream.  I mean, it is hard to even watch the news or talk shows now because they are always plugging their Twitter account!  I joined Twitter over a year ago – back when it was not that popular.  Sometimes I miss those days…!  All joking aside, I am glad to see people getting into the whole Twitter thing.  It just goes to show that sometimes the simplest ideas can be big hits.

One of the problems with Twitter is that it can be very time consuming.  Even though it is only 140-character messages, following tweets, replying to new followers, etc. takes time.  And since this blog by @jeremylattimore is focused around business efficiency, I thought it would be helpful to offer a brief review of a product that increases your productivity in Twitter.  Since discovering TweetLater a few months ago, I have been keeping it a secret, but this is so good I decided to share!

TweetLater (http://tweetlater.com) is another great third-party Twitter tool that makes tweeting easier on the time schedule.  There are a ton of great features in TweetLater (some of which I will highlight below), but the main function of it is to be able to punch out a ton of tweets and schedule them to hit Twitter at some time in the future.  For example, often times I want to promote a new website or project I am working on.  I know that there are certain times during the day that my followers tend to be present on Twitter – times when I know I can catch their attention.  But instead of having to log in to Twitter at those specific times, I can let TweetLater do the work for me!  I go into my account, write five or six tweets, each different and hopefully audience-grabbing, and then tell TweetLater to send them out at certain times.  The first one I might schedule to go out at 9:00 AM.  Then the next one at 11:00 AM.  Then the next one at 3:30 PM, so forth and so on.  I can literally set-up all of my work-related tweets early in the morning and then not worry about it the rest of the day!  Of course I still send out other tweets during the day, but the ones I know had to go out are already que’d up.

TweetLater also does many other things.  You can setup follower functions, such as sending auto direct message replies, track keywords, setup un-follow  rules, etc.  And with new enhancements coming all the time, I always look forward to how I can utilize TweetLater next.

Finally, what can be better than free?!?!?  TweetLater is just that – all this functionality for free.  Of course there is a paid version as well, which I have not tried yet, but looks to add even more than I have mentioned here.  I encourage you to check it out.  Also, follow the TweetLater website on Twitter at: @tweetlater

Website: http://tweetlater.com

Function: Third-party Twitter tool for scheduling tweets

Cost: Free (also has a paid version)

Grade: A-

- Robert Stanke

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