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This is a guest blog post by Leo Widrich, co-founder of Buffer , a Twitter publishing application. He writes Twitter Tips every week on his blog. Twitter is upping its game considerably. A recent $800m investment followed by several acquisitions of various apps were the first signs.
The different lists of active vs. inactive tweeters, people not following back, etc. are REALLY helpful. I can see this being a great tool for my clients as well. @emichaud - February 2011
Having a social media presence can be an invaluable resource for providing insights into consumer needs, sentiment, and opinions towards a business, service or brand. Social media is by no means a replacement for traditional market research, but it can be used in a broader sense. That broader sense is becoming a widely adopted trend referred to as Crowdsourcing. Crowdsourcing is the act of outsourcing tasks to an undefined, large group of people or community (a "crowd"), through an open call.
I believe this is the best, most complete and accurate list of valuable Twitter applications available on the internet right now. To be fair, I absolutely have merged and plagiarized other older and outdated lists that I found (the larger ones are credited below). However, I spent a good deal of time to clean out the dead applications, delete the apps that were overly quirky or being developed, focus more on the apps that increase productivity, and add in many of the new great apps that have come out over the past six months - particularly in the productivity / business apps section where my primary interest lies. I have also tagged the tools that cost money / have a premium option ($) as well as if they have a valuable free option (F/$).
March 18th, 2009 Social Guy Twitter has become an incredible tool not just for communication, but for improving your life.
Does your business rely on local customers? Are you looking for ways to make your business more visible in your neighborhood ? You know that the Internet puts your business within a few keystrokes of people anywhere around the world.