5 Free Tools To Schedule Tweets Ahead of Time

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I am personally not a big fan of automating Twitter tasks. Not the ones that don’t need to be automated (e.g. adding friends, tweeting, …). But sometimes, you’ll need to wait before you can tweet something. Sometimes, you are going to be away for a few weeks, but you don’t want your Twitter account to become stagnant. Whatever the case, having a tool that would allow you to schedule your tweets ahead of time could come in handy. There are plenty of paid tools that allow you to schedule your tweets for the future and even fully automate your Twitter accounts. While you don’t want to rely on these tools heavily, it’s nice to have them when you need them.

If you are looking for free tools to schedule tweets ahead of time, here are 5 free Twitter tools that could come in handy:

Hootsuite: the best Twitter management tool on the market hands down. I may be a bit biased here, considering that I have been using it for months. But I can tell you that as long as you don’t want to spam Twitter, Hootsuite has everything you need to manage your Twitter accounts more effectively.

Socialoomph: also known as Twitter Later. This service allows you to automate your welcome messages, schedule tweets in the future, and vet your followers at the same time. The premium version has even more flexibility to offer but you are not obligated to pay up to use this service.

Twitter Feed: another service that I have been using for months. It’s designed to help you connect your blog to Twitter. If you schedule future blog posts, this is a great tool to take advantage of to let your followers know about it.

Twuffer: a great tool to bring some organization to your Twitter life. Not only lets you schedule tweets ahead of time, it also make it easier to stay in touch with your followers 24/7.

Twaitter: a tool that I have just started using, and I have to say it’s pretty impressive. The interface is very easy to get a handle on. You can set up recurring messages (to happen in the future). You can also manage your followers. The downside is there is no feed management, but that seems to be in the works.

For more Twitter tools, log on to Twitter Hacks. In the meantime, do tell me what tool you are using to schedule your tweets.

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