By now you have probably started to use Twitter to your advantage. If not hopefully this article will help you out a bit. With the abundance of people promoting with their tweets you have to stay on top of your competition. Here are 8 tools that I use to manage accounts, track usage, search popular topics, and add friends on Twitter.

1. Hootsuite

By far my favorite Twitter client.  If you are managing multiple accounts I would highly recommend you check out this site.  You can schedule tweets, search by keywords, track usage, monitor your feed, and spark conversation with mentions all from the home screen dashboard. And best of all, its FREE.

2. TwtQpon

Enhance your social media marketing by offering exclusive coupons to your followers!

3. Twittley

I just found this the other day and I am highly impressed. Have something interested you think other people will enjoy? Send your tweets viral with a quick post.

4. TweetVolume

Want to know how much a key word is tweeted about? This site will tell you just that. Target the community that is interested in what you have to say.

5. Twitter Grader

How influential are your tweets? Keep your average ratings high and you will get more followers over time.

6. Twitt Geek

Need a little help following targeted users? If you’ re like most small business owners it’s hard enough to find time to update your site, that alone all the social media sites you have. How would you ever find time to generate a steady following? Check this site out…

7. Who’s Talkn

A great global way to search for important topics.

8. TwitterVision

This site is just fun to watch. Wanna know what’s being said live around the world? This site is in beta now but it works pretty nicely. 24-7 information at it’s best!