As if you didn’t already know, I love twitter and what you can do with it. It has become more than just a conversation piece where you tell people “what you are doing.” If you use it right, it is really a very useful tool to use for networking and marketing. As I have said more than once, twitter is an interacting and learning tool you can use with those you connect with and who you follow. And you can follow me at @grantgriffiths.

To make your twitter experience all it can be and to use it for the great tool it is, I thought I would include 10 of the must have twitter tools you should be using.

1. twhirl has become my twitter client of choice. It is cross platform so you can use it on either a windoze box or on the Mac OS. It has some great features and I would encourage you to go to the link to see what all it can do.
2. twitterfeed is another one of those little extras you can use. I use twitterfeed to send my most recent blog post to my twitter account. By using twitterfeed, whenever I do a new post, it shows up in my twitter conversation and I don’t have to do anything. There are plugins you can use with Wordpress to accomplish this too.
3. twitpic lest you share photos on twitter. You can post pictures to twitpic from your phone and most of the twitter clients have built-in support for it too.
4. Tweet Scan gives you the ability to follow conversations that might mention keywords you want to watch. I use it to follow my own name and other keywords I want to keep track of. It is one of those tools that should be used by companies to follow what is being said on twitter about them.
5. tweetAhead can be used to set tweets to post in the future. You can use this if you are doing a special promotion of a new idea, product or just want to make your appearance.
6. My Tweeple can be used to make informed decisions when it comes to following people on twitter. You can use it to see who is following you and who you are following. And with a simple click, you can follow, unfollow, or block people all in one place.
7. Quotably is another way to follow the twitter conversations. What I do like about this service is that it puts the conversations in what appears to be threads. This is actually one feature I am hoping twhirl adopts soon.
8. tweetlater is one of those twitter tools that actually has a couple of great uses. What I use it for the most is to send a direct message to all my new followers. Whenever anyone follows me, it is set to send them a message welcoming them. You can also use it to send out tweets in the future too. But, the main thing I use it for is to send messages to followers.
9. twitthis is an easy way for you to send twitter messages about your blog post or Web site. You can also use it to post what you are reading to twitter and what you might be listening to or watching on the web. twitthis is a great way to give something back to twitter.
10. is.gd is a service that shortens URLS, which I actually like better than tinyURL. I use it with twitter when I just want to add a URL to my tweet. This is also built into twhirl, however I have found is.gd works better for me.

There are tons more twitter tools out there and I know I only scratched the surface. If you are using a twitter tool not on this list that you feel is a must have, leave a comment here so we can all share. Lets keep the conversation going.