3 Great Twitter Tools for Bloggers

March 23, 2009 by Lindsay · Comments
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Twitter offers some widgets to display information on your blog, but the widgets for wordpress blogs are pretty limited.  Here are some other tools that I have tried out on this blog and others to help you connect your blog and twitter (by the way you can follow blogtelling on twitter here):

1. TwitterCounter

TwitterCounter offers some widgets that you can add to your sidebar.  I believe that TwitterCounter is still in beta but I found it very easy to set up – just enter your twitter name and go.  

  • a box that displays the number of people following you on twitter
  • a box that shows your most recent followers, you can customize the number of people that are displayed and the colors

TwitterCounter also offers a nice page of stats about how many people are following you over time.

2. WP-Twitip-Id Plugin 

This is a wordpress plugin that adds an extra field to the comments section where people can leave their twitter ID when they leave a comment.  It is pretty easy to install and you can customize how you want the commenters Twitter Id to display next to their comment.  I have installed the WP-Twitip-Id plugin on this blog so you can leave you Twitter Id when you leave a comment.

3. TwitterFeed

This is a helpful tool that creates a tweet from your RSS feed.  It is a great way to automatically post a tweet when you write a new blog post.  TwitterFeed is easy to set up – just enter your RSS feed and your twitter account info and you are good to go.  The most difficult part of TwitterFeed is logging in with OpenID – I just set up an account with MyOpenID which made the process much easier.  TwitterFeed lets you customize how often your tweets are updated and how many tweets you want to post.

I was also going to include TweetSnap, which displayes your most recent tweet in a pretty image, in this list but I can’t find a quick way to change the size of the image so I don’t think it is as helpful as the others listed above.

Check out these other posts about Twitter tools on Twitip and Quick Online Tips.

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  • I'm testing the Twitter ID Plugin on your site because I see you have the same problems that I have (Website showing under the Twitter Label) and the Twitter ID showing in a different font.
    I've been trying all day to set this plugin up and I am getting tired.
    I was able to put "Website" at the right place and adjust the fonts, but the problem is that when I post a comment, the Twitter ID does not show in the comment. I'm gonna see whether my Twitter ID @dianebourque shows up in my comment.
    Let's go!
  • I'm trying a second time with dianebourque because it didn't show up the first time.
    Will I be luckier this time?
  • BlogTelling
    Hi Diane - I added a whole post about Disqus - advantages, screen shots before /after and how to install here - http://blogtelling.net/blogging-social-media-wo...
  • Hi Diane - I have recetly switched to a new theme which i haven't updated for the twitter id plugin. so that is why it probably isn't showing up.
    I have recently tried the disqus plugin on my other blog (Iheartpgh.com) and it is working great - kind of like 3 wordpress pluins in one - threaded comments, facebook connect and twitter id. plus it makes it super easy to reply to a comment - when someone leaves a comment Disqus sends you an email. You can post a reply to the comment by replying to the email.
    I need to add Disqus to this site too.

    Are there other plugins you are using to improve comments on your blog?
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