One of the nice things about Twitter is the Twitter API. The Twitter developers provide code so that other application developers can easily incorporate Twitter into their applications. And the code is free, how awesome is this. Because of this largess there are hundreds of applications that you can use to access Twitter or data mine Twitter. Here are a few of the available applications.
1. Twitpic-this application allows a user to easily upload pictures to Twitter. This is especially helpful for businesses that are marketing new products, or want to set your Twitter site apart from all others. www.twitpic.com
2. TweetDeck-this is a desktop and and iPhone application (iPhone available June 2009) that allows you to filter and group tweets, both the user's own and other's tweets. This would be an effective application for a small business to look for new marketing opportunities. www.tweetdeck.com
3. EarthTwit-this is a web based application that you can use to update your location and/or share places on Twitter using Google Earth. This is a wonderful application that a business (especially a small business) could use to mobilize delivery people or monitor sales personnel. And another use could be a parent keeping track of a teenager, which doesn't say too much about trust between the parent and child. www.twitearth.com
4. BallsAndTweets.com-this is a Twitter baseball directory, all things baseball. A fantasy baseball team owner's dream site. www.BallsAndTweets.com
5. Twibes-a website you can use to group Twitter users based on their interests and hobbies. This can be used by businesses for target marketing, research, and many other uses. Not to mention this is a really cool name. www.twibes.com
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