Twitter is a very powerful networking tool that can be used to greatly expand your Internet reach, whether you have a blog, a business website, or just a personal desire to promote yourself. Once you get a decent following, you’ll probably realize that Twitter’s very simple user interface is oh-so necessary because Twitter moves at lightning speed Because social interaction on Twitter moves at such a quick pace, this open chat forum could get very complicated if not for its basic design and helpful organizational features. There is a lot you can get from this highly popular social networking site, but if you want to make the most out of all that Twitter has to offer, you have to employ some outside help. Here are five tools for keeping track of Twitter followers:

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Twitter on Tuesday released a collection of Twitter stories that are meant to show the “humanity behind Tweets that make the world smaller.”

Located at stories.twitter.com there are currently nearly 20 short vignettes that range from 100 to 150 words on average and showcase what users can do with just a few snippets of 140-character postings.

Among the top stories is Roger Ebert who used the service after he lost his voice, while another person received a kidney after tweeting “sh*t, I need a kidney.”

In another story a man tweeted and saved his mom’s bookstore from closing down forever. read more

Social media is now the main tool for the vast majority of charities and good causes for getting their message out, raising awareness and funds. All of the top 200 Forbes listed charities use at least one of the main social media platforms for their fund raising campaigns.

Tweetathon, Tweetsgiving and Twestival have all used the social media tool Twitter with great success for their charity drives.

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