Sometimes with these trendy new social media sites you can be lost or confused but here are Firebelly we are here to help. The following resources can help your Twitter experience into an even better one! Whether or not you are new to Twitter, you will find these resources very useful and handy. Enjoy!
Articles
“How Twitter helps designers” // A great article that includes a handful of tips to help designers with Twitter.
8 Useful Tips To Become Successful With Twitter // A supurb article that explains 8 ways that you can become more successful with Twitter.
Application // Downloads
Tweet Deck // The best (from what I have heard and seen) desktop Twitter app (that uses Adobe Air) that can track everything associated to your Twitter account (“Tweets”, “@Replies”, “Direct Messaging”, etc.)
Twitter Feed // A service that will automatically tweet any post that you publish on your blog.
TWT Poll // A feedback tool that helps you to create and distribute polls on Twitter, Facebook and other social media sites.
Free PSD Twitter Background Template // An Adobe Photoshop file (.PSD) of a Twitter background to make the most out of your twitter page look and feel.
Icons
400+ Beautiful Twitter Icons for your Website // Literally, hundreds upon hundreds of Twitter icons (“birds”, “follow us”, etc.) to use in your designs.
Statistics
Twitt(url)y // A very unique tool (But very neat) – Each time someone tweets a URL to their followers on Twitter, it takes note of it and applies it as a vote for that URL. The more votes a URL has in the last 24 hours, the higher it ranks on Twitturly’s Top 100.
Twitter Counter // A very powerful system that allows you to see top “tweeters” and view their number of updates, friends, followers, etc. You can even find your own statistics here!
Twitter Holic // A very similar tool to “Twitter Counter” but much more simply. It allows you to see “tweeters” in real time and see individual statistics.
Article by: Zach Reed // Firebelly Designer (Follow me @bluetidepro)
Great starter list! Be sure to check out TweetFX.com. It’s local (and by local, I mean run by me).
Comment by Noah Coffey on July 1, 2009 at 11:22 am
Thanks for the comment Noah! I will check that out ASAP! Glad to see you are liking my first blog post!
Comment by Zach Reed on July 1, 2009 at 1:57 pm
What a great of Twitter resources. I always enjoy the info and interviews you post on this blog. Thank you!
Comment by Tom Troughton on July 1, 2009 at 8:41 pm