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Is it just me or is Twitter just crazy? The daily growth is phenomenal. Some marketers would tell you that you can make millions by utilizing Twitter. I am still up in the air. I do see a little traffic trickle in every time I post something about my site, but I am not going to tell you that I am making millions because of it. I will admit, I just started using Twitter last month, and at the time of this post, I only have about 800 followers. I am seeing a nice return (there is no cost involved in getting traffic from Twitter, so any money made is going to be considered pure profit!)

So, the more that I tweet, and the more people that I follow, and the more followers that I get, I am getting more and more excited about Twitter everyday! I have recently become obsessed with finding applications to make Twitter easier, build more followers, and eventually get more traffic to my site. Over the last few days, I have put together a list of applications that I really like. Without further a due, here are my favorites (in no particular order).

1. TweetDeck – TweetDeck can help you organize all of your followers into different groups so that you can deal with all of the tweets that come in.

2. TweetLater – TweetLater allows you to write and program your Tweets to go out at a later date. You can also set up keywords with TweetLater.

3. SocialToo – SocialTooservice tells you who has recently started following you and who is no longer following you. You can pre-write an automatic welcome message for your new followers.

4. TwitterCounter – Check the number of people that are following you, or anybody else. You can plug in two different Twitter users and compare their stats. TwitterCounter also predicts how many followers you will have in the future. You can then post the result in a widget on your blog.

5. FriendorFollow – FriendorFollow will tell you which people you are following that are not following you back.

6. Twollow – Twollow lets you set keywords and this neat little tool will seek out people who posted the same keywords so that you can follow people with similar interests to yourself.

7. TweetStats – TweetStats figures out when you use Twitter the most. If you wish, you can share it with everybody else by tweeting about it!

8. TwiveAway – TwiveAway will help you quadruple your Twitter follower count, and build a loyal following by running your very own Twitter giveaway contest, all on complete auto-pilot!

9. Is.gd – This service will shorten any URL and so free up some characters for your main message if you wish to link out to a website or blog post.

10. TweetThis – This is a great way to tweet about links to anything that takes your fancy on the net. Post a button to your website to encourage people to tweet your articles.

Are you on Twitter? Do you use any of these Twitter Apps? Let me know what you think! I hope that these apps are useful to you. Tweet you later!

If you have any questions, please let me know! I look forward to hearing from you!

Go Hard or Go Home!

Chris Jensen