Do You Tweet? 9 Tools to Enhance Your Twitter Experience

Despite its critics, Twitter is a useful micro-blogging tool entrepreneurs can utilize in a social networking setting to build relationships, promote their blog and market their business. This post is not to debate the pros and cons of Twitter; whether it’s viewed as professional or otherwise; nor is it to cover proper tweeting etiquette or what is and is not considered spamming your followers. My intent is to provide you with nine tools that will simply enhance your Twitter experience.

Ping.FM

Do you have multiple social network profiles that you want to keep a daily presence without spending all day doing it? Ping.fm saves you the time and effort. Ping.fm will send a single post across 26 social networking platforms at one time. It utilizes the same 140 character limit as Twitter. Sites in addition to Twitter include: Facebook, Plurk, LinkedIn, MySpace, Google Talk, Delicious, and many more.

Tweet Later

Tweet Later works for you while you are away; whether you’re traveling, focusing on a project or simply living life. Tweet Later can be set-up to welcome new followers automatically either publically or by direct message. It will, at your election, automatically follow those that follow you. You can also schedule pre-scripted Tweets to broadcast while you’re away. Scheduled tweet is a great tool to alert followers of a new post on your blog.

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What a Tangled Web We Weave with Web Analytics

Photo by josefstuefer As an entrepreneur in e-commerce, an enormous amount of effort and focus is placed on web presence. Countless hours can be spent on the aesthetics of your website, the cascading pages and catchy graphics. While you can have the snazziest website in your industry, if your visitors spend just seconds before bouncing elsewhere then it is all for not. So how do you know if your efforts are paying off? How can you discern where to make changes? Do you need a magic ball to see behind the scenes? No, a web analytics program will capture the data needed.

Web analytics provides detailed statistics that can assist with the analysis and fine tuning of your website or blog. By gathering data, it paints a clear picture of the visitors that find your site and provides the results from marketing efforts and website design. Here are four key areas to examine.

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5 Tips for Managing Information Overload in Your Inbox

As an entrepreneur in today’s fast paced business world, you find yourself facing it sooner or later – Information Overload.  In order to keep up with the ever evolving business model, new information is always sought and information overload becomes the daily grind. 

So, how do you keep that steady information stream from becoming overwhelming?   Simply put, you must manage the information as it comes in.  It’s like the game Tetris.  In the beginning you’re doing well keeping the decks cleared.  As the pieces fall, you turn and twist them, line them up and clear the row.  Then as the clock ticks, speed begins to build, first one layer builds, then another and another. There are gaping holes that you suddenly can’t fill.   You start to scramble, shoving pieces here and there, no longer thinking about the flow and alignment. Before you know it – GAME OVER. 

Your e-mail inbox can sometimes resemble a Tetris grid.  Important emails are starting to pile up, eventually lost in a long stack as new ones fall on top.  Emails are pushed into folders with no systems in place for follow-up, archiving or review.  You are no longer managing your inbox, it’s managing you.

Here are five tips to put into practice and take back control of your inbox.

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