There are some 2,900 third-party Twitter Apps and while some nonprofits have been early adopters of Twitter Apps, the vast majority are not. They may not even know the tools exist. Once you start browsing around and experimenting, you’ll quickly come to realize that there are a phenominal number of free Twitter tools now available to nonprofits – that can also be used to improve website, e-newsletter, blogging, and social media campaigns.

The Twitter Apps listed below are only 10 from hundreds of applications:

1. Bit.ly : Bit.ly allows users to shorten, share, and track links (URLs). It is an absolutely must-use tool. Without tracking how many clicks the links you post on Twitter are receiving, you are Tweeting blindly. Make sure you create a Bit.ly account to get access to full statistics and an archive of all links. Bit.ly links are also great for text messages.

2. Tweetmeme : TweetMeme ReTweet Buttons are for website and blog publishers who want to encourage their audience to Tweet their content on Twitter. If people are logged in to their Twitter account, all they need to do is click the button once and the ReTweet is posted.

3. Favstar.fm : Favstar.fm allows you to see the most favorited tweets across Twitter at any given time. It also allows you to track your own tweets to see who is favoriting them.

4. Twibbon : Twibbon allows your followers to embed ribbons, icons, etc. on their Twitter avatars, and then spread them throughout the Twitterverse. It’s an easy and effective first step for launching an awareness campaign on Twitter.

5. TwitPic : TwitPic lets you share photos on Twitter. You can post pictures to TwitPic from your phone or through the site itself. Alternatively, there is TweetPhoto .

6. 12seconds : 12seconds allows users to easily record videos with your laptop camera or cellphone, and then upload them to your 12 seconds video channel in order to easily post them to Twitter.

7. BubbleTweet : BubbleTweet allows users to embed a video directly onto their Twitter profiles.

8. Screenr : Instant screencasts for Twitter. Now you can create screencasts for your followers as easily as you tweet. With Screenr’s web-based recorder, there’s nothing to download. Your screencasts play everywhere, even on iPhones.

9. Trottr : Trottr allows you to record brief audio messages with your cell phone that are then hosted on the Trottr website. After you record a message, you are given a URL for the message that you can post on Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, etc.

10. TweetStats : Graph your Twitter Stats including – tweets per hour, tweets per month, tweet timeline, and reply statistics. Make sure you check out your Tweet Cloud too.
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Summary by WOUGNET Techteam from an article by Nonprofitorgs .