5 Fabulous Twitter Tools for Social Media Success
For many companies, Twitter remains an unknown phenomenon. Many remain sceptical of its value and still haven’t joined. Those that have signed up still have questions: How often should you tweet? When should you tweet? What should you tweet?
Whilst many of these questions remain unanswered, studies have started to reveal some figures which can lead you in the right direction. Some recent data from KissMetrics revealed the stats below:
- Around 6% of all retweets on Twitter occur at 5pm ET
- There are better click-through rates if you tweet 1-4 times per hour
- The best days to Tweet are midweek or on weekends
- The best time of day to Tweet is either at noon or 6pm ET
Data like this is fed from the many twitter tools which are on the market, and illustrates the importance of analysing everything you do to ensure you are doing everything you can to get the maximum return on investment.
With that in mind, we’ve selected the 5 top Twitter tools which can help you target your Twitter activity for maximum success:
1. Bit.ly – Save space and shorten your Tweets. This is the best URL shortening tool and is extremely handy as you can set up your own account and get basic analytics on click-through traffic.
2. Twuffer – This tool allows you to pre-schedule your Tweets so that you can be more productive with your time. Sign in with your Twitter account and create a list of future Tweets.
3. Timely.is – Timely.is is very easy to use even for beginners, and can help you decide on the best times to Tweet based on your last 199 Tweets.
4. TweetDeck – Manage multiple accounts, not only on Twitter but across other networking sites. Access your account from your computer desktop, your iPhone or your Android phone.
5. Tweet Effect – Tweet Effect shows you your last 100 Tweets and reveals which of your Tweets lost you followers and which of your Tweets gained you new followers.