Twuffer.com is a Twitter tool used to schedule tweets for future posting. Why in the world would you want to schedule tweets? If you are an Internet Marketer, this can be a very useful tool for sharing links, blog posts and website updates. Even if you’re just a dabbler in blogging and social media, Twuffer will alert your friends of your blog posts and other events at a scheduled rate. This way, you are not “spamming”, but you can ensure that your promotional information gets to all of your contacts no matter when they are online.

Simply log into Twuffer using your Twitter credentials and the easy user interface pops up.

Type your tweet in the field, then select the time you want the tweet to launch. You can even tweet now from Twuffer. Click the “set status” button and your tweet is scheduled. You can view your queued tweets by clicking on the “queued tweets” tab. If you schedule a tweet and change your mind, you can easily delete the tweet from your queue by clicking the red “X” to the right of your tweet.

Because Twuffer uses a calendar interface to set the date of your tweets, you can schedule them as far in the future as you would like. This is useful when you are planning to be absent from your Internet endeavors for any length of time. You can schedule your blog posts, and then schedule your Tweets to follow, and let your enterprise run on auto pilot while you focus on other things.

Don’t forget to make sure your settings are right so that your scheduled tweets post at the correct time. You can set this up on the “settings” tab. Twuffer will default to this tab when you log in so you can be confident that your settings are correct. Twuffer also give you the option to post your tweets to their homepage, so it’s all about exposure.

What others are saying…

Twuffer has been met with some opposition from the Twitter community, especially by those who think that Twitter should be a real-time tool only. However, many Twitter users use Twitter for marketing and promotion in addition to personal uses, so scheduling tweets becomes necessary at times.

While you can post on any date using Twuffer, timed posted are limited to each hour on the hour. The upside to this is that it prohibits abusers of the service to send a tweet every five minutes, but it can also be stifling as well since the posting times aren’t as free as they could be.

Pros

• The convenience of future posting
• Easy-to-use interface
• User-friendly tools

Cons

• Website is slow
• Twuffer is in beta so it can only get better, right?

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