Web Tools: Organization
by Brad Johnston on Apr.13, 2010, under tech
Through the Go2Web20 web site, I chose a web application known as Tweepler. Tweepler describes itself as a new way to organize the people that follow you on Twitter.
For those that aren’t familiar with Twitter, Twitter is a social networking application where you can follow people or businesses and they may follow you back. By following someone, you are enabling yourself to view their “tweets” which are composed of short messages, 140 characters or less. Twitter users can either post their tweets either publically or privately — of which you’ll need authorization to view their posts.
Depending on how many people you know or how interesting you are will impact how many people will start following you. Tweepler helps you manage those people. Once someone starts following you, you can choose to follow them back in order to view their tweets or you can ignore them and archive them out of your way.
Tweepler provides a ten minute video on their web site that does a good job of helping people make the best use of their product.
Again, this is another tool that can be used both professionally or personally as Twitter can be used in the same way. Many businesses use Twitter to reach out to their users and offer information about their products and even coupons. A business could utilize this tool to keep track of competetors and ward off spammers just as a private user could.
