More Twitter backgrounds

Here are a few more sites that allow you to make or customize your Twitter background for free:

• My Tweet Space


• Free Twitter Designer


• Twitter Backgrounds

These tools are easy to use, so don't use a default background!

Twit Truth

Twit Truth is a statistics tool that show a table of stats including the average amount of messages to a user, chance of a reply, replies sent per day, direct replies, etc. The homepage lists the top 500 users on Twitter with these stats. You can submit your own user name (or the user name of anyone else) and see how you (or the other person) rank up.

Twitscoop

Twitscoop is a Twitter tool that tracks trends, there is a real time consolidation of topics that takes place in the form of a tag cloud on the right-hand side, which is constantly updating (unless you pause it).

You can also tweet from the tool, as well as search. Twitscoop's claim to fame is that you don't have to reload your page, updates are automatic.

Twitchuck

Got a new follower that you don't know? Before you follow them back, check them out to see if they are a spammer. Simply go to Twit Chuck, plug in the user's name and you will get a recommendation back telling you whether you should follow that person or not. It takes two seconds and it can save you a lot of work down the line.

Technorati claim post

Sorry, this was the easiest way to claim my blog on Technorati!

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TwitDiff

TwitDiff is a tool that notifies you when one of several events occur. These are when you stop or start following someone (less useful) to when people start or stop following you. Since Twitter already sends you a notification when someone starts following you, I recommend trying it out for the instances when people stop following you.

A more reliable solution to Qwitter, which has had it's share of issues, TwitDiff sends you a notification that indicates all unfollows and is produced at an interval you set (12 hrs to 30 days)

Free Twitter icons

It's a good practice to put a Twitter icons and badges on your blog or website. That doesn't mean it has to be boring! Make it cute and fun (if that makes sense). Here are some of the ones I like:

Hongkiat

Web Designer Depot

Sharebrain

Creative Nerds

Since the purpose of this blog is to give you info in digestible pieces, I am not going to list anymore. Just go to Google and search on Twitter icons, and you will find a ton more.

Sticky Twits

Going to an event and want to drive people to your Twitter page? Why not give them a cute sticker with your Twitter id? You can with Sticky Twits. Customize your sticker the way you want and get them sent out. Sticky Twits is an Australian company but they do deliver internationally.

Tweetizen

Tweetizen is a site that lets you create groups of people or groups by topic that you are interesting in paying close attention. You can customize the name and look and feel of your group to make it fun as well. They have a very easy how-to section.

To start you need to grant access to your Twitter account by filling in your user name and password and then you are all set to segment the people your are following, or the topics you are interested in to your heart's desire!

Twaitter

Twaitter is a pretty robust tool that allows you to schedule your tweets for later, among many other things. The interface is very simple to use. You can schedule tweets out whenever you like and can create recurring ones as well.

It can serve as your Twitter client as well - meaning you can send a tweet from here as well in additional to seeing who you are following (you can unfollow if you like) and who is following you. To use, just login using your Twitter user name and password and away you go!

Tweet My Bumper

An interesting way to gain followers - especially if you live in an area with bad traffic! For $5.00 Tweet My Bumper will create a bumper sticker with your Twitter user name and send it to you to put on your car!

NearbyTweets

Another really easy and fun one! Nearby Tweets allows you find and connect with people in a specific geographical area. Just type in an address, city, or zip code and click "Search Again" or hit enter and you will bee presented with a list of people within 100 miles. You can narrow down the mileage as well. In addition, you can get even more specific, by entering a keyword, you can see which people in that are tweeting about that topic. It's pretty cool. It can also help you to connect with your customers and promote your business by finding tweets in your local area.

Twitter Grader

Using 5 parameters: number of followers you have, the power of this network of followers, the pace of your updates, the completeness of your profile and a few secret ingredients Twitter Grader assigns you (or any user name you enter) a grade from 1-100.

You can use this tool a number of ways:

• First, you can check out how you do and match it up to others.
• You can check out competitors to see what their scores are.
• You can check out new followers to gage what their influence is.
• You can use it to seek out key influencers to work with to raise your visibility for you.

The tool is easy to use, just plug in your username and in a few seconds you will get your score plus a few other goodies. You can also grade yourself on other platforms as well.