Everyday more and more gadgets, apps & analytics tools are appearing for Twitter. It’s becoming a crowded marketplace with more & more competition, which is good for twitter users as it means lots of great new tools for free! There are now hundreds (maybe thousands) of twitter related tools around but here are 5 of the coolest, most useful tools that all twitter nerds (twerds!) should be using:

1. TwitterCal – Connect Your Twitter Account With your Google Calendar

2. TweetStats – Graph Your Twitter Stats

3. TweetBurner- Track How Many Hits The Links In your Tweets Get

4. TweeTube – Easy Way To Share Videos, Pictures & Links On Twitter

5. TweetMeme – Essentially The Digg.com Of Twitter Updates. (My retweet icon above at the start of this post is a TweetMeme add-on for wordpress – click it if you like the post!)

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Gmail can be a very productive tool, not just email but access to chat, calendar, docs & more all from one spot. Just to make it that bit even more productive here’s how to add Twitter to your Gmail sidebar.

Step 1. Click the green labs icon on the top right of your Gmail account after you’ve logged in.

Step 2. Click Gadgets & add the following URL:

-> http://twittergadget.com/gadget_gmail.xml

Step 3. Click add & the Twitter Gadget will appear on the menu on the left hand side of your gmail account.

Step 4. Log into your Twitter account via the gadget & you can now tweet to your hearts content via Gmail!

You can check out the guys who created the Gmail Twitter Gadget here

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Twitter co-founders Biz Stone and Jack Dorsey talk about the dramatic growth of Twitter and its future. You can find me on twitter here.

As you may know Jeff ‘Herschy’ Schwerdt is releasing Quick Video Marketing on Tuesday. If you have not read his free report yet you can download it from the link below:

-> Jeff’s Video Marketing Report

The report will show you how to get top rankings in Google & YouTube using video. The report is free so even if you’re not getting access to his Quick Video Marketing product go get the report now.

I have been using Video Marketing for some time now & you can check out my YouTube channel in the social networking list to the right.

If you’re interested in Jeff’s product this video will give you a flavour of how you can expect it to help your business.