Twitter Treats

I was listening to a very cool webinar where the attendees are working together to write a handbook for Twitter. I love Twitter — it reminds me of an old fashioned water cooler.

The group came up with some great additions to Twitter that I thought I would share:

1. TweetLater This allows you to automatically follow people (and send them a welcome message) and and pre-schedule your tweets. I think this would especially be handy for those “strategic” tweets that we all mean to do but don’t. This might also a useful way for a virtual assistant to help a client.

2. Summizeis a great way to find out what people are talking about at the moment on twitter. I was (big geek alert) following the conversation on Battlestar Galactica — real time — very cool. — Apparently, you can also use Twitbeep.com to alert you when someone tweets about you or your topic.

I can see how both of these tools can make your twittering much more productive.