Another crucial element of managing any Twitter account is updating with Tweets on a daily busy. Staying active with your Twitter account is easier said than done though, especially for time-constrained small business owners (believe me, I know). If you are too busy to personally update your Twitter account with tweets every day, you can use SocialOomph, one of the best Twitter applications available for small business owners anywhere. TweetLater SocialOomph is, by far, my favorite Twitter application because of its incredible usefulness in helping to manage, automate, and even delegate your most important daily tasks and required activities with Twitter.

TweetLater SocialOomph offers up a free version that has an impressive list of features including:

1. Automate and Schedule Your Tweets - Set It and Forget It! – updating your Twitter stream with new tweets is critical but business owners with limited time can use this feature to publish tweets automatically, each and every day.
2. Track Your Keywords on Twitter – another critical feature of Tweetlater SocialOomph that allows you to set up alerts and track keywords on Twitter. Automatically find out what people are saying about your business or your competitors with TweetLater’s SocialOomph’s monitoring feature. You can set it up to periodically receive a keyword “digest” of those keywords to be sent to your email address for those keywords that you want to follow.
3. Automatically Follow Those Who Follow You – Twitter etiquette dictates that you should follow those who follow you and you can do this automatically and save a ton of time while you build your followers list. You can also automatically unfollow those who unfollow you as well (very cool feature.)

The professional version of TweetLater SocialOomph (which I use) has an amazing features list. Here are just a few of the professional version features:

1. Delegate the Management of your Twitter Account – a must have feature for busy small business owners that allows you to delegate your Twitter feed updating to an assistant or trusted employee. The delegation feature will keep the master account information, including Profile and Password, secret while providing easy access for your employee or assistant. This is also a great feature for companies who want to let several employees manage a Twitter account, without having to know the password.
2. Manage Multiple Twitter Accounts – for individuals that own multiple businesses that want to establish multiple accounts the so-called TweetCOCKPIT easily allows you to manage all your Twitter accounts from one single, integrated console.
3. Bulk Upload & Tweet Scheduling – If you’d like to upload and schedule your tweets at one time you can do that with the Bulk Upload and scheduling feature. Prepare your tweets offline, save them in a simple text file, and upload them all at once in bulk. Saves a ton of time not having to manually enter lots of tweets all at the same time.

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Hummingbird (from TwitAddict and Mesabi Labs) is a Twitter automation tool that allows you to manage and grow your Twitter ‘following’ (as its called) in a very efficient way. Actively growing and managing your Twitter account is a critical part of getting the most out of Twitter for your business. Seeding and growing your list of followers with active Twitter participants within your industry niche is essential for success. Hummingbird is one of the best Twitter third party applications available to do just that. As a desktop application, Hummingbird can automate much of the heavy lifting required in building and managing your Twitter following.

Here are just a few of the things that Hummingbird offers:

1. Gives you the ability to reach thousands of highly targeted followers and prospective customers, hands free
2. Powerful automated following engine that can help you quickly build your Twitter following and authority in your specific niche
3. Automatically pauses when you’ve hit Twitter’s follow limits, keeping you notified & safe from following too many people at one time (which can get your account suspended by Twitter)
4. Automates the follow and unfollow process for you – saving you a ton of time.

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The most important element of Twittering for your business is to update with tweets regularly, the single most important aspect of maximizing your Twitter account for your business, but it can be a monumental task for small business owners. Most people setup their Twitter accounts and then just let them die on the vine. Whatever you do, don’t let this happen.

When utilized in the right way, Twitter is a remarkable opportunity for small business owners, offering one of the most uniquely effective ways to build your sphere of influence in your industry niche, to listen to what your customers and competitors are saying in real-time, and ultimately, providing you with an unfettered opportunity to grow your business in a whole new way.

Like so many small business owners, tweeting (as it’s called) on a daily basis might seem like a daunting task. Luckily, there are a few outstanding 3rd party Twitter applications that can help you manage, maintain and get the most out of your Twitter account without you having to watch your Twitter feed updates 24 hours a day.

I’m going to talk about two of my very favorite third party Twitter applications in this regard:

* Hummingbird
* SocialOomph (TweetLater was recently renamed SocialOomph)

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Earlier this month, Brian confessed that he has succumbed to a newfound Twitter addiction. He’s not alone. Twitter is facilitating all sorts of communication from all sorts of people. But it can be fascinating and distracting all at once.

So, how can you maximize your use of Twitter to benefit both yourself and your followers?

Here are three easy ways to empower your Twittering for networking, marketing and fun:
1. Utilize the “Track” feature

If you’ve set up Twitter to work on your phone or IM client, you can use this feature. Simply type “track” and then the word or phrase you’re interested in and you’ll receive any Tweet that mentions that word or phrase. For example, if you want to track Tweets that mention the Cleveland Indians, type track Cleveland Indians. If you want to stop tracking the term, type untrack Cleveland Indians. This is a great way to meet people and connect with other professionals in your industry.
2. Add Value

Some people have called Twitter a micro-blogging platform. This is a good way to look at it. So many users get caught up in answering Twitter’s question: “What are you doing?” But unless you’re doing something out of the ordinary, most people will find the answer to that question boring. When you’re writing on Twitter, approach it the same way you would approach your blog or copy – only publish posts that add value to your followers, and you’ll see natural networking and marketing benefits.
3. Engage in Fascinating Conversation

Following along the last point, Twitter is best when you’re engaging your followers rather than updating them with the mundane details of your life. Think about this as a digital networking event, party or cocktail hour. Talk to people on Twitter the way you would if you were in a group. Save private conversations for Direct Messages.

I hope you found those Twitter tips helpful and that your social networking sees a boost as a result. Happy Tweeting!

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