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Free Twitter
                                scheduling apps
                                A review of seven free online apps
                                09.09.27




                                                             ©2009
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Apps Rated




                                ©2009
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Our methods were simple: We
               visited each site and scheduled a
               tweet. Then we spent 10 minutes
               looking around the site and rated it
               on 12 criteria. If you want more
               details on our methods see the
               next slide. Otherwise skip it.

                                              ©2009
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Overview
                  Criteria

                      I was looking for a free app    I wanted features like URL
                      to schedule tweets for the      shortening and the ability to
                      agency.                         work with multiple Twitter
                      Critical features for me were   accounts because that
                      the ability to set tweets to    would save a lot of time.
                      recur at hourly intervals so    I also wanted an app that
                      they would post multiple        would post without
                      times in the same day.          indicating that it was a
                                                      scheduled Tweet. Integrated
                                                      spell check and translation
                                                      would be nice to haves.



                                                                           ©2009
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Overview
                  Methodology                 I visited each site, registered
                   I looked at seven online   and scheduled a test tweet. I
                   apps that promoted         then spent about 10
                   themselves as free:        minutes looking around the
                      Tweet-U-Later           site.
                      Twaitter                Based on my quick visit, I
                      Future Tweets           rated each site on the 12
                      Dynamic Tweets          criteria that interested me
                      Social Oomph            most.
                      Twit Robot              I took a screenshot of the
                      Twuffer                  scheduling interface and
                                              one of the resulting tweet as
                                              it appeared on Tweet Deck.



                                                                    ©2009
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Overview
                  Conclusion
                   None of the sites had all 11    Please let me know if I missed
                   features I wanted.              something or if you know of
                   Tweet-U-Later is the most       another free online Twitter
                   useful to me because it had     scheduling app.
                   the most flexible recurring
                   tweet scheduler.
                   Twaitter was a close second.
                   It’s just as easy to use plus
                   offered a lot more useful
                   features. However, I couldn’t
                   schedule multiple posts in
                   the same day and that was
                   mission-critical for me.


                                                                         ©2009
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Rating                                                             ter                       ee
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                                                                             U           er          ic         Ro          eT          lO
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                                                                     Twe
                                                                                 Tw         D y          Tw         F u t
                                                                                                                                S o        Twu
                                 FREE ONLINE TWITTER SCHEDULING
                                              APPS
                                Scheduling intervals include
                                minutes (not just on the hour)       Y       Y          Y          Y           Y          Y          N
                                Schedule tweets to recur
                                                                     Y       Y          N
                                                                                        $          N           Y          N
                                                                                                                          $          N
                                Recur intervals include hours (not
                                just just day/week/mo/yr)            Y       N          N
                                                                                        $          N           N          N          N
                                Auto URL Shortening on scheduled
                                tweets                               Y       Y          Y          Y           Y          Y          Y
                                Allows user to work with multiple
                                Twitter accounts                     N       Y          Y          N           N          Y          N
                                Hosted online
                                                                     Y       Y          Y          Y           Y          Y          Y
                                Tweet appears like normal tweet
                                (no indication that it was           N       N          N          N           Y          Y          N
                                scheduled) scheduled tweets
                                Spellchecks
                                                                     N       Y          Y          N           N          N          N
                                Translates scheduled tweets
                                                                     N       Y          N          N           N          N          N
                                Has extra functionality beyond
                                scheduling tweets                    N       Y          $
                                                                                        N          Y           N          Y          N
                                Unlimited scheduled tweets
                                                                     Y       Y          $
                                                                                        N          Y           Y          Y          Y                  No
                                Intuitive GUI                                                                                                           Yes
                                                                                                                                                    $   No, unless you pay



                                                                                                                                                          ©2009
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Twuffer
                  Pros                             Cons
                    Easiest to use with no          Only possible to publish on
                    explanation of how it works     the hour
                    Simple registration             Not possible to set recurring
                    Automatically shortens URL’s    tweets
                    upon publishing tweet           Can’t handle multiple
                    You can see the queued          accounts
                    tweets and sent tweets          No way of knowing it will
                    Clean interface design          shorten URLs when you first
                                                    use it




                                                                         ©2009
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Twuffer                      Scheduler Interface:


                  Comments
                   No frills scheduler
                   Too stripped down for
                   professional use
                  Rating

                                           How it looked on TweetDeck:




                                                                         ©2009
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Future Tweets
                  Pros                               Cons
                    Simple registration               Can’t set tweets to recur more
                    Allows you to post without        than once a day
                    identifying that you are using    Only supports one user
                    a scheduler                       account at a time
                    Schedule tweets at any time
                    of the day down to the
                    second
                    Easy-to-use interface
                    Possible to have recurring
                    tweets scheduled for daily,
                    weekly, monthly or yearly
                    Add icons to tweets or post
                    upside down
                    English spellcheck

                                                                           ©2009
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Social Oomph              Scheduler Interface:


                  Comments
                    Love the functions
                    hate the user
                    experience.
                  Rating




                                         How it looked on TweetDeck:




                                                                       ©2009
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Twit Robot
                  Pros                                No recurring tweet function
                    Super-simple to register with     unless you run a campaign
                    the site                          Programming glitch makes
                    Great for Twitter campaign        half of the functions of the site
                    management, in theory             unusable.
                    Attractive and easy-to-use        No auto URL shortening
                    interface                         feature
                    Able to add an RSS feed to site   It’s not clear if you can have
                    to publish feed                   more than one tweet in a
                  Cons                                campaign and how to
                   It didn’t work. Seems the          schedule time intervals
                   default time on their
                   scheduler is set for US central
                   time and I couldn’t find a way
                   to change that.

                                                                            ©2009
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Twit Robot              Scheduler Interface:


                  Comments
                   Wish it worked as
                   good as it looks.

                  Rating




                                       How it looked on TweetDeck:




                                                                     ©2009
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Tweet-U-Later
                  Pros                                Cons
                    The only app that lets you         Doesn’t support multiple
                    specify the hour of a recurring    accounts
                    tweet so the only one that lets    Can’t post without indicating
                    you have multiple recurring        that it was a scheduled tweet
                    tweets on the same day.            Doesn't have auto URL
                    Allows private scheduled           shortening feature
                    messages
                    Easy interface




                                                                           ©2009
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Tweet-U-Later                Scheduler Interface:

                  Comments
                   I need the recurring
                   flexibility it offers so
                   willing to overlook
                   minor short comings.

                  Rating
                                            How it looked on TweetDeck:




                                                                          ©2009
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Twaitter
                  Pros                                Cons
                    The app with the most              Can’t schedule tweets to recur
                    functions I was looking for (10    on the same day
                    of 12)                             Can’t post without indicating
                    Lots of innovative                 that it was a scheduled tweet
                    functionality - and they all
                    seem to work
                    Easy to use
                    Calendar view of scheduled
                    tweets by the day, week or
                    month
                    Will be add the ability to add
                    RSS feeds soon




                                                                           ©2009
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Twaitter                    Scheduler Interface:

                  Comments
                   A+, just wish I could
                   have recurring tweets
                   in the same day.

                  Rating




                                           How it looked on TweetDeck:




                                                                         ©2009
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Dynamic Tweets
                  Pros                            Cons
                    Minute-by-minute scheduling    No recurring tweets
                    Easy to work with multiple     Scheduling limit of 20 tweets
                    accounts                       Many paid options are free
                    Spellchecking                  with other apps
                    Auto shortens URLs             Can’t post without indicating
                                                   that it was a scheduled tweet




                                                                       ©2009
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Dynamic Tweets              Scheduler Interface:


                  Comments
                   The site runs swiftly
                   and smoothly
                   To bee as good as
                   other free apps you
                   need to subscribe for
                   USD 99/year
                                           How it looked on TweetDeck:
                  Rating




                                                                         ©2009
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Links




                                    Read the entire review on our Blog

                                     http://blog.theduffyagency.com/

                       Check out Twitter Tuesday. New Twitter tips and reviews every
                                                 Tuesday

                                        The Duffy Agency webSite

                                     http://www.theduffyagency.com/




                                                                              ©2009
Wednesday, September 30, 2009

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  • 1. Free Twitter scheduling apps A review of seven free online apps 09.09.27 ©2009 Wednesday, September 30, 2009
  • 2. Apps Rated ©2009 Wednesday, September 30, 2009
  • 3. Our methods were simple: We visited each site and scheduled a tweet. Then we spent 10 minutes looking around the site and rated it on 12 criteria. If you want more details on our methods see the next slide. Otherwise skip it. ©2009 Wednesday, September 30, 2009
  • 4. Overview Criteria I was looking for a free app I wanted features like URL to schedule tweets for the shortening and the ability to agency. work with multiple Twitter Critical features for me were accounts because that the ability to set tweets to would save a lot of time. recur at hourly intervals so I also wanted an app that they would post multiple would post without times in the same day. indicating that it was a scheduled Tweet. Integrated spell check and translation would be nice to haves. ©2009 Wednesday, September 30, 2009
  • 5. Overview Methodology I visited each site, registered I looked at seven online and scheduled a test tweet. I apps that promoted then spent about 10 themselves as free: minutes looking around the Tweet-U-Later site. Twaitter Based on my quick visit, I Future Tweets rated each site on the 12 Dynamic Tweets criteria that interested me Social Oomph most. Twit Robot I took a screenshot of the Twuffer scheduling interface and one of the resulting tweet as it appeared on Tweet Deck. ©2009 Wednesday, September 30, 2009
  • 6. Overview Conclusion None of the sites had all 11 Please let me know if I missed features I wanted. something or if you know of Tweet-U-Later is the most another free online Twitter useful to me because it had scheduling app. the most flexible recurring tweet scheduler. Twaitter was a close second. It’s just as easy to use plus offered a lot more useful features. However, I couldn’t schedule multiple posts in the same day and that was mission-critical for me. ©2009 Wednesday, September 30, 2009
  • 7. Rating ter ee ts t ee ts ph -La Tw bo w om r U er ic Ro eT lO et- aitt n am itt ur cia ffe Twe Tw D y Tw F u t S o Twu FREE ONLINE TWITTER SCHEDULING APPS Scheduling intervals include minutes (not just on the hour) Y Y Y Y Y Y N Schedule tweets to recur Y Y N $ N Y N $ N Recur intervals include hours (not just just day/week/mo/yr) Y N N $ N N N N Auto URL Shortening on scheduled tweets Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Allows user to work with multiple Twitter accounts N Y Y N N Y N Hosted online Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Tweet appears like normal tweet (no indication that it was N N N N Y Y N scheduled) scheduled tweets Spellchecks N Y Y N N N N Translates scheduled tweets N Y N N N N N Has extra functionality beyond scheduling tweets N Y $ N Y N Y N Unlimited scheduled tweets Y Y $ N Y Y Y Y No Intuitive GUI Yes $ No, unless you pay ©2009 Wednesday, September 30, 2009
  • 8. Twuffer Pros Cons Easiest to use with no Only possible to publish on explanation of how it works the hour Simple registration Not possible to set recurring Automatically shortens URL’s tweets upon publishing tweet Can’t handle multiple You can see the queued accounts tweets and sent tweets No way of knowing it will Clean interface design shorten URLs when you first use it ©2009 Wednesday, September 30, 2009
  • 9. Twuffer Scheduler Interface: Comments No frills scheduler Too stripped down for professional use Rating How it looked on TweetDeck: ©2009 Wednesday, September 30, 2009
  • 10. Future Tweets Pros Cons Simple registration Can’t set tweets to recur more Allows you to post without than once a day identifying that you are using Only supports one user a scheduler account at a time Schedule tweets at any time of the day down to the second Easy-to-use interface Possible to have recurring tweets scheduled for daily, weekly, monthly or yearly Add icons to tweets or post upside down English spellcheck ©2009 Wednesday, September 30, 2009
  • 11. Social Oomph Scheduler Interface: Comments Love the functions hate the user experience. Rating How it looked on TweetDeck: ©2009 Wednesday, September 30, 2009
  • 12. Twit Robot Pros No recurring tweet function Super-simple to register with unless you run a campaign the site Programming glitch makes Great for Twitter campaign half of the functions of the site management, in theory unusable. Attractive and easy-to-use No auto URL shortening interface feature Able to add an RSS feed to site It’s not clear if you can have to publish feed more than one tweet in a Cons campaign and how to It didn’t work. Seems the schedule time intervals default time on their scheduler is set for US central time and I couldn’t find a way to change that. ©2009 Wednesday, September 30, 2009
  • 13. Twit Robot Scheduler Interface: Comments Wish it worked as good as it looks. Rating How it looked on TweetDeck: ©2009 Wednesday, September 30, 2009
  • 14. Tweet-U-Later Pros Cons The only app that lets you Doesn’t support multiple specify the hour of a recurring accounts tweet so the only one that lets Can’t post without indicating you have multiple recurring that it was a scheduled tweet tweets on the same day. Doesn't have auto URL Allows private scheduled shortening feature messages Easy interface ©2009 Wednesday, September 30, 2009
  • 15. Tweet-U-Later Scheduler Interface: Comments I need the recurring flexibility it offers so willing to overlook minor short comings. Rating How it looked on TweetDeck: ©2009 Wednesday, September 30, 2009
  • 16. Twaitter Pros Cons The app with the most Can’t schedule tweets to recur functions I was looking for (10 on the same day of 12) Can’t post without indicating Lots of innovative that it was a scheduled tweet functionality - and they all seem to work Easy to use Calendar view of scheduled tweets by the day, week or month Will be add the ability to add RSS feeds soon ©2009 Wednesday, September 30, 2009
  • 17. Twaitter Scheduler Interface: Comments A+, just wish I could have recurring tweets in the same day. Rating How it looked on TweetDeck: ©2009 Wednesday, September 30, 2009
  • 18. Dynamic Tweets Pros Cons Minute-by-minute scheduling No recurring tweets Easy to work with multiple Scheduling limit of 20 tweets accounts Many paid options are free Spellchecking with other apps Auto shortens URLs Can’t post without indicating that it was a scheduled tweet ©2009 Wednesday, September 30, 2009
  • 19. Dynamic Tweets Scheduler Interface: Comments The site runs swiftly and smoothly To bee as good as other free apps you need to subscribe for USD 99/year How it looked on TweetDeck: Rating ©2009 Wednesday, September 30, 2009
  • 20. Links Read the entire review on our Blog http://blog.theduffyagency.com/ Check out Twitter Tuesday. New Twitter tips and reviews every Tuesday The Duffy Agency webSite http://www.theduffyagency.com/ ©2009 Wednesday, September 30, 2009