I May Not Love Numbers; But I ‘Heart’ Twitter Statistics!

I’m horrible at math. I’m actually embarrassing to be around when it comes to counting. When I first graduated high school, I worked at Target and they tried to train me as a back up cashier. I tried to tell them that this was a bad idea and they wouldn’t listen. Well, after I was pulled into security’s office for the 4th or 5th time because my drawer was short and they were never able to catch me pocketing the money, I was finally blacklisted as a cashier. I just couldn’t count well! When I play poker and I try to make change from the pot, I usually bat my eyes at the cutest guy near me and ask him to do it for me (it’s usually my husband:).

So needless to say, I don’t love numbers, but I do have a thing for statistics because they actually tell me something. They are an easy-peasy black and white of here what is and isn’t working for you.
With that being said, do you know what your statistics are when it comes to Twitter? Are you ready to find out what is and isn’t working for you? And are you ready to do it for free? Then here we go:

TweetEffect: Curious about what you say on Twitter and how it is effecting your followers, your stats, your re-tweets? Here is the tool to use. I was amazed to find out what I posted and how it effected my followers. This is a tool you want to check out!

Twitalyzer: By far my favorite! Twitalyzer truly measures the things that I care about! It’s not only about numbers for me on Twitter; it’s about my character, reach and authenticity. Here is a quick rundown:

  • Measures impact, engagement, influence and generosity
  • Click on one of the above measurements and you will be given a detailed definition of what the item means. From their great definition, you are able to easily figure out how to improve your measurement
  • Want to know who in your Twitter has the most influence is paying attention to you? Click on ‘Retweeters.’

TweetStats: This handy dandy little tool shows you a ton of information on one condensed page. Here are the great things about it:

  • You can save the URL and refer back to it.
  • Detailed graphs on who you retweet the most, what days and times are you most active on Twitter, who you chat with the most, your Twitter time line and an average on how much you tweet a day.
  • You can tweet your graph also.
  • Curious about followers and friends? You will get a graph on that too!

Twitter Analyzer: They claim that they are the best Twitter analyzer out there. I’m not sure if that’s true, but it definitely has a ton of fantastic features. Below I listed a few of them:

  • Ability to view your daily tweets rate, daily chats rate, daily popularity rate, daily exposure rate.
  • Check out your most popular subjects, most popular hashtags, most popular links and most popular apps
  • My favorite graph is under “Friends” and it is the “Closest Friends” and “Disregarded Friends.” I love that it shows me my friends that need a little Twitter attention from me!

Do you have a great way that you analyze what you are doing on Twitter? I’d love to hear it!

Late Night Tweeting

If anyone has any doubt about the simple pleasures of Twitter, let me share this short story. Last night I was working into the wee hours of the morning. I decided to get myself a glass of red wine and some cheese. Well, I searched high and low in the fridge and all I found was gross plastic wrapped cheese. Yuck! Not what I wanted!
After a little more searching I decided on Goldfish crackers out of desperation. Surprisingly, it wasn’t bad! So I decided to Tweet about it.
I sent out a tweet that said: The next best thing if you don’t have cheese to go with your red wine? Goldfish crackers! Don’t knock it until you tried it:)
I had one other mom agree with me (thanks @chicest !) and one of my guy friends laugh at me (boo @boothy443 !)
The funny thing is this morning I work up and checked out Twitter. And there is a RT (re-tweet) from @PeppridgeFarm! They must have a search set up for “goldfish crackers” saw my tweet and re-tweeted it! Ahhhh the simple satisfaction of Twitter! As a consumer, I liked to see my tweet being re-tweeted by a company; I like that someone is listening!

Have you had a similar experience on Twitter, good or bad? Please share it!