One of the great other advantages of this program is that you can schedule (recurring) tweets. Yes, you can fully automate your Twitter activity by getting the system to automatically tweet your updates whenever you want! So you can tweet messages while you’re at the beach, at the movies, at the stadium… and even while you’re sleeping! How good is this? This is truly a great feature and the best part is: Social Oomph lets you try this free for a few days! However, I must warn you… if you try this upgraded feature, you WILL want to upgrade, no matter how much it costs. The good news is: it’s pretty cheap!

With the free version, you can schedule messages to be tweeted once, as many times as you want. Good… but not good enough! With the trial and paid versions, you can schedule messages to be tweeted as many times as you want. You can indeed schedule recurring updates! If you have your messages ready, setting everything up only takes a few minutes, and you can then tweet for life without even connecting to Twitter, connecting to the internet and using a computer! To make money online… automation is key!

Too easy!

This is must-have if you’re an internet marketer or alike. Social media marketing has become very popular in the industry and every day thousands of dollars are made on Twitter with 140 characters or less messages… that people haven’t even tweeted themselves! Even if you aren’t in the industry Social Oomph still is a social media program you must definitely try. As a reminder, it’s free, but the real value is in the upgraded version! A must-have if you want to make money on Twitter! Who wouldn’t want to do that anyway?

With SocialOomph, you can automatically send a direct message to new followers, and it is very simple. You just have to create an account on the website (it’s free) and add your Twitter account in the dashboard (click Accounts and Add Account). Grab your Twitter username and password, fill in the blanks and enter the message you want your new followers to receive (don’t forget to tick the Auto Welcome box at the top of the message). Press Save and… that’s it! You couldn’t think of an easier way to do this. You don’t need to do anything from the Twitter interface (besides checking that the direct messages are actually sent maybe).

Social Oomph even gives you a few tips on how to write a welcome message. You probably already know what you want to tell your new followers, but their advices do make sense. Read them. Then if you ask me if you should do that or not… I can just tell you that only you have the answer to this question. I guess it really depends on your profile. Is this for a personal Twitter account, or for business? What kind of business? And so forth… I hope this helps! Social Oomph also provides other (free and paid) services to improve your social media productivity. Is is definitely worth a look.

I heard a lot about Twitter these last few days, everywhere: at work of course, at home, at uni… The user base has grown quite significantly these last few months, but many accounts aren’t actually used that much, as HubSpot recently revealed it: Announcing the June 2009  State of the Twittersphere Report. If you’re wondering about all the buzz, I strongly suggest you to take a look at this report.

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