As we’ve begun initiating Twitter into the Sugar Creek culture, I’ve looked through tons of online tools to help us be effective in dissemenating information, building relationships, and expanding our reach. Below is a list of tools that I found to be very helpful…or at least worth looking at.

The Basics

Beginner’s guide – http://tinyurl.com/ypawx8

Top 12 reasons to Twitter – http://adjix.com/r6j

The five stages of Twitter acceptance – http://tinyurl.com/5wh72w

Using Twitter effectively – http://tinyurl.com/4ssn57

How to find people to follow – http://tinyurl.com/556fsw

Social marketing tools for introverts – http://tinyurl.com/59skbm

How not to build community on Twitter – http://tinyurl.com/6gl27n

How to build community on Twitter – http://tinyurl.com/6yfgjq

Creative Ways to Use Twitter

50 Ideas for using Twitter – http://www.chrisbrogan.com/50-ideas-on-using-twitter-for-business/

15 Creative uses – http://www.sitepronews.com/archives/2009/jan/2.html

Businessweek’s creative Twitter ideas – http://tinyurl.com/66b8wh

Marketing your ecommerce site with Twitter – http://tinyurl.com/6jgb2h

Using Twitter for Business – Articles

Before you start – http://tinyurl.com/6zfjv2

Examples of huge brands using Twitter – http://tinyurl.com/52hem9

Using Twitter for business and pleasure – http://tinyurl.com/5tyaz5

Twitter for business (Duct Tape Marketing) – http://tinyurl.com/5uyt3m

User scenarios – http://tinyurl.com/6emjma

Grow your business with Twitter – http://www.copyblogger.com/grow-business-twitter/

More Twitter for business – http://tinyurl.com/a4ndvv

Video Presentations on Using Twitter for Business

Hubspot – How to use Twitter for marketing and PR – http://tinyurl.com/4o3qtf

O-Reilly – Twitter for Business – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUR2E8l3bi8

Twitter Services

Find users, manager your accounts, track topics – http://justtweetit.com/twitter-services/

TweetLater productivity tools – http://www.tweetlater.com/

TwellowHood – find users by location – http://www.twellow.com/twellowhood/

Timer – sends you an alert, like an alarm clock – http://twitter.com/timer

Twitter Tools and Applications (there are hundreds)

Desktop: TweetDeck  – http://www.tweetdeck.com/beta/, Twhirl – http://www.twhirl.org/,
Twitterific – http://iconfactory.com/software/twitterrific

Browser: TwitterFox – http://twitterfox.net/

Mobile: PocketTweets – http://pockettweets.com/, Twitterfon – http://twitterfon.net/, Twitterberry
- http://www.orangatame.com/products/twitterberry/

Legal Issues/Harassment

Play nice (Kevin Houchin) – http://houchinlaw.com/?p=261

Twitter and harassment – http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-9951197-36.html

Twitter Backgrounds and Icons for Your Website

Create your own Twitter page background – http://www.twitterbacks.com/

Icons – http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/100-remarkably-beautiful-twitter-icons-and-buttons/