It’s no secret that there are certain times to publish content on Twitter that are more strategic than others.
Even more so, it’s not at all uncommon to publish content multiple times throughout the day.
The thing is, not all of us are able to manually tweet several times a day. Luckily, there are services that make it easy.
Twuffer is one such service. Let’s take a look, shall we?
The thing that I really liked about Twuffer more than some of the other scheduling services is that it uses the Twitter API to publish your tweets. This means that you don’t have to sign up for yet another account with another website. Just use your Twitter login.
The dashboard is well-designed. It gives you a break down of the tweets you have scheduled and how many have gone it. It also gives you control of publishing settings so that you can customize aspects of the service – such as the timezone – to fit your strategy.
There are a number of online services that allow you schedule certain tweets each offering their own spin on the idea.
What are some other scheduling services that you’ve found useful?
Andrew Larrimore says
I use Hootsuite and find it has the same features but also allows us to use it for multiple accounts including our Facebook Fan page.
Tom says
I like certain aspects of HootSuit, but I’m one of those guys that doesn’t like seeing content in the context of frame.
I’m not knocking it, though – that’s just me ;).
Stephen Bateman says
Very very helpful. I’m about to start working as a social media developer for a company, and this couldn’t be more helpful. Thanks.
Tom says
Sweet!
Tom says
That’s awesome – what kind of stuff are you gonna be doing?
mike brennan says
we use Hootsuite too. I like being able to send it to twitter & facebook. I used to use Cotweet before that.
Tom says
Haven’t heard of Cotweet before – the UI looks pretty slick. What made you wanna make the switch?
brett barner says
Nice webapp, Tom. I’ve been using hootesuite, but like you, not a fan of the frame UI. I’ll be checking this out or sure. Thanks!
Tom says
Word!
Nick Shoemaker says
I downloaded HootSuite when it first came to iPhone, but ended up not using it.
I’ll have to check this out and see if I like it better. Thanks for the info Tom.
Tom says
Sure thing, man.
Scott Magdalein says
Ha, gotta love the ecosystem of twitter app names. If you would have told me in 2005 that there would be hundreds of single-purpose apps that all started with “tw…” I would have laughed at you.
Then Biz and Evan had an idea…
Tom says
Seriously.
I still wanna make it sound like “two-fer” or “two-for” like in “two-for-one,” but it’s supposed to rhyme with “buffer.” Whatever, though.
Brad Davis Seal says
On the iPhone I like Birdhouse http://birdhouseapp.com It doesn’t read tweets or even schedule them-just capture tweets you want to publish later. Can publish to multiple accounts, compose offline.
Tom says
Cool stuff.
PhillipGibb says
I guess with the right intent and strategy one could sculpture a set of tweets that can be queued.
Building awareness without spamming, and directing toward something. Creating a buzz, hype, whatever.
Tom says
True.
I’ve also found it useful for sending things out (like posts) at certain times during the day when I know I won’t be able to manually publish stuff.