TweepSearch

If it's good enough for @MarkShaw it's good enough for us!

TweepSearch is an all powerful tool that allows you to crawl through the millions of Twitter profiles to find keywords in users bios.

So, if you're looking to befriend a fellow TweetDeck lover - search TweetDeck, need an SEO consultant - search for one, looking for a new singer for your band - TweepSearch could help.

This is yet another great application to crop up around Twitter and could make gathering targeted, real followers all the more straightforward.

Twitter Tools: Multi-Account Management

With more and more businesses using Twitter, the micro-blogging site, and more and more of those businesses' employees signing up, it seems appropriate that a flock of multiple-account management systems have hit the Internet.

Here's our run down of the top 10 (in no particular order):

MATT
Web-based Multi Account Twitter Tweeter

SplitTweet
Easy management for multiple Twitter accounts and brand monitoring

Seesmic Desktop
Twitter and Facebook support for multiple accounts

Twhirl
Desktop client for social software such as Twitter, Friendfeed, identi.ca, or seesmic

Nambu
See all your Twitter accounts in one place, with separate timelines and user groups

Tweetie (for mac)
Clean and simple Twitter client for mac - free version has ads. . .

Twibble
Desktop client for Mac, Linux, and Windows built on top of the Adobe AIR platform

Digsby
All round social networking tool that alerts you of events, messages etc. across platforms

CoTweet
"How business does Twitter" - helps companies reach and engage customers using Twitter (as used by Ford, Pepsi, Starbucks et al)

HootSuite
Desktop platform that manage multiple Twitter profiles, pre-schedule tweets, and measure your success from an easy-to-use interface

and now, finally (!) . . . .

TweetDeck
Manage all your Twitter accounts without switching between them and cross-post tweets to different accounts at the touch of a button

I know, that's 11, but we just couldn't help squeeze TweetDeck in there - it's still our favourite!

BudURL: Shrink it, Spread it, Watch it Grow

BudURL is battling in a tough market. There are a whole host of url-shortening sites and companies all offering to do the same job. However, what makes BudURL stand out is the quick and easy creating and tracking of url's and the statistics you can see on your own url dashboard.

You can sign up for a free account which lets you create and track up to 250 url's which should be more than enough to convince you that this is a great service. With the ability of analysing your traffic, tracking referrals, and adding notes and tags to any link - you'll wonder how you coped without it!

Econsultancy's Tips on Social Media

The brains over at Econsultancy have just posted an awesome blog with a round up of over 300 tips on how to (and how not to) use social media. It's full of great advice for casual users, small to medium sized enterprises and twitter big hitters.

It's definitely worth a look at for anyone working or dabbling in social media and those who still aren't quite sure about its worth for personal, commercial, and brand gains.

TweetDeck

TweetDeck is an Adobe Air desktop application for managing your Twitter profile. It makes the endless stream of tweets and re-tweets that little more comprehensible, enjoyable, and informative; simply put, it quiets the noise.

Via the one personal browser you can view just about anything you can think of to do with Twitter (and even Facebook); All Friends updates, @Replies, DM's, you can search, shorten url's and more.

As the brains behind TweetDeck say, "We like to think of it as air traffic control for Twitter."

It's a great way of monitoring your brand, organisation, or campaign. You can actively engage those discussing topics relevant to you and exchange ideas and thoughts affecting you and your followers effortlessly.

Twitter Grader

Twitter Grader was built to help people evaluate and improve their Twitter presence. It's a very user friendly tool from the guys at HubSpot and allows you to track your key stats including Rank, Followers, Following and Updates. As well as this, it gives you a grade out of 100 for your Twitter profile which attempts to quantify and measure its power, reach and authority.

(See how Twitter Rankings are calculated)

Nice extra touches are a Tweet Cloud, a trending graph for user history, and a handy tips and suggestions feature which will highlight any glaring omissions in your page.