Friday, May 20, 2011

Discover a New Way to Schedule Your Tweets with Buffer


Discover a New Way to Schedule Your Tweets with Buffer



As Twitter is becoming more important for individuals as it is for businesses, getting a consistent pattern is more vital than ever. In order to keep an ongoing amount of tweets reaching your followers, we find ourselves spending more time on Twitter than we should.
Let me introduce you to a completely new Twitter app that will help you keep your followers posted with great updates every day. You will be able to do this in a time saving way and yet remain a genuine personality on Twitter.

Overview

In short, Buffer lets you add many tweets at once and then spreads them out over the day for you. This is particularly useful when you read the news. You can put your 5 favorite articles into your Buffer, and the app will tweet them spread out over the course of the day.

What is the simplest way to Buffer tweets?

The easiest way to put tweets into your Buffer is by using one of the browser extensions. Whenever you come across an article you like, click the Buffer icon.
Once clicked, Buffer, by default, suggests you the text and the link of the site you are on. You can edit the tweet some more or simply hit “add to Buffer” right away.
See an example of Kyle’s post below:

I Buffered some tweets, what now?

Once you “added to Buffer,” your tweet is scheduled for you in your Buffer account. It will go out to your Twitter followers during the day. The timing works like this like this.
You can set fixed daily tweeting times. There is no need to schedule each tweet individually, like you would do with other tweet scheduling services. And, of course, you can always change your daily tweeting times.
Here are my daily tweeting times, where each one of my buffered tweets will go out:

Buffer has Analytics, Too

Buffer has also just launched an analytics feature, which will help you to track the impact of your tweets. It shows you the retweets of all your tweets sent via Buffer. The service will have click rate and other handy insights ready real soon.

Is Buffer the right tool for you?

If you are having similar habits like me, reading many great blog posts every day and trying to get the most out of Twitter, Buffer is a must have for your toolkit.
What really differentiates Buffer from other Twitter Apps is that adding and buffering tweets is super simple. I also want to point out that Buffer is no “instead of Tweetdeck or Hootsuite” tool. It’s main purpose is to maintain a more consistent personality on Twitter.
You should try out Buffer and let me know your views below

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