Is Twitter’s Popularity Hurting Your Business?

failwhaleAccording to an article on CNN  today, Twitter’s incredible 1300% growth in the last month has caused tweeting bottlenecks, traffic jams and grumbling among the site’s early adopters.  But can Twitter’s rapid growth actually be harmful to your business or should you look at this onslaught of new, fresh faces as more opportunities to connect with like-minded people?

On one side, with massive growth comes the more difficult task of getting your tweets heard among the public.  Much like the early years of blogging, where a few blogs spread to the point where nearly everyone and his dog has one, Twitter is quickly becoming yet another marketing, collaboration and conversation tool in our never-ending quest to reach out from behind the screen. 

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20 Must-Have Twitter Tools for Online Business

twitter toolsLately I’ve written a few very popular articles on Darren Rowse’s TwiTip featuring not just one – but TWO Top 10 lists of popular Twitter applications and plugins.  Many of them are tailored specifically to Twitter “power users” but some of them are simply handy to have and others are just plain fun.

For example, do you have a particularly annoying follower that you don’t want to block, but don’t want to see fill up your screen with tweets either?  Then you’ll want to check out TweetSnooze.  Using Twitter and want to be reminded to do something in 10 minutes?  Twitter Timer can help.  You’ll also find a handful of solid applications you can use to schedule, track and follow-up with your tweets easily. 

Add any or all of these tools to your Twitter arsenal and see how much more productive you become!

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