Firstly, for Non-Twitter Users:

I resisted it at first but now I find that I am a raving fan of Twitter. If you are not using Twitter yet, take my advice and just do it. Even if you don’t plan to Twitter much yet, just register to make sure you grab a user name that’s close to yours. You’ll thank me later for this piece of advice. So go ahead, create a Twitter account for free and “follow” a few active Twitter users to appreciate what it does.

Now for Twitter Users:

Have you ever noticed how when you “follow” certain Twitter users, you will get an immediate reply saying something like “Thanks for following me”. And also, you may find that these users also seem to immediately respond by “following” you too. Do you want to know how to do it too?

Chances are, these user are using a free service from http://www.tweetlater.com

(*Update: Tweetlater has since been renamed “SocialOomph“. The previous link above should still redirect to the new site and the service still works as before.*)

This service allows you to do 3 things:

  1. Automatically respond to your followers with a personal message
  2. Automatically “follow” your “followers”
  3. Submit a Twitter message to be published at a later time

Twit Later

You can also manage multiple Twitter accounts from this site. For example if you have a Twitter Account for yourself and one for your business.

Follow me on Twitter to see a demo of how it works. You’ll get a reciprocal follow from me. :)

Brian Wong
Follow Me On Twitter!
TwitterCounter for @brianwong

What’s Next?

How about creating custom Twitter backgrounds to brand yourself? Check out the matching themes I use for my blog, Twitter, Facebook Fan Page and YouTube Channel at PersonalBrandingThemes.com

How about automating your Twitter account?
Try this software: TweetAdder

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Brian Wong is a serial entrepreneur, Internet marketer and social media marketing expert. Brian helps individuals to build and monetize their personal brand online.

24 Comments

candyNo Gravatar

14. Oct, 2008

thanks! had never heard of this tweetlater.com tool before (I’m new to the social media world) – and am scurrying off to try it out right now! just followed you on twitter :-)

Brian WongNo Gravatar

14. Oct, 2008

The value of these tools increase when you have more people to network with. I’m sure you will have fun playing with it!

nexotizNo Gravatar

10. Nov, 2008

it seems interesting. i’ll try. thanks

DawnNo Gravatar

11. Dec, 2008

Thanks for this. I had set up a reply that I wanted to change, but couldn’t remember how I did it in the first place!

Lindy WisemanNo Gravatar

19. Dec, 2008

I manage two Twitter accounts (personal and business). I tried setting it up on my business account without luck. I then used your demo “Follow Me On Twitter” on my personal account – have yet to get the Direct Message from you – seems it’s not working either. Yet, a few days ago another Twitter account I began to follow did send me an automated direct reply – not sure if it was TweetLater he was using or not (which is what sparked my interest in the first place). Any ideas?

Brian WongNo Gravatar

19. Dec, 2008

If you get an auto reply, its most likely from using Twitlater.

ZaldyNo Gravatar

15. Jan, 2009

I was wondering how those guys were doing it, I thought it was done manually, thanks for the tip. I’ll set mine now.

Btw, I am now following you!

zigzagNo Gravatar

17. Feb, 2009

thanks for the tip …

The World's DresserNo Gravatar

13. Mar, 2009

I’d always wondered lol – thanks so much!

Xurxo VidalNo Gravatar

25. Mar, 2009

Hi Brian,

Thanks for giving us a run down of this tool. Started using it and found that it’s a great service.

Also followed you!

Xurxo
@xurxovidal

Samuel L.No Gravatar

24. Apr, 2009

After reading this article, I feel that I need more information on the topic. Can you share some resources ?

JustinNo Gravatar

31. May, 2009

Whoa… this site is pretty awesome :) your layout is really well designed, and your blogs are (judging from what i’ve read) very interesting. heehee… consider yourself favorited. :-P

Saad`No Gravatar

06. Jun, 2009

Thanks a lot for sharing this helpful resource.

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Edward DanielsNo Gravatar

20. Aug, 2009

Thanks so much. Finally figured out how to get tihs set up!

@ScorpioDJs

Da MooneyNo Gravatar

22. Aug, 2009

I was looking on how to do Twitter auto-reply and found this page from google. Thank you for the tips. I haven’t try that tweetlater.com and I heard there is another one called tweetmanager.com. Personally, I never try both of them.

Will the auto-reply not annoyed some people?

I do, specially when I try to follow many people and most of them have auto-reply. I get hundreds of direct messages daily.

Brian WongNo Gravatar

22. Aug, 2009

If you have a pleasant auto-reply message without being spammy, people won’t mind or rather they may not know the difference.

marvinsutherlandNo Gravatar

02. Mar, 2010

Hi Brain,
Thanks for your tips. i've set up tweetlater in minuets. It's frees up my time!!

Marvin Sutherland
The Netherlands

@youjustneedthisNo Gravatar

06. Mar, 2010

Great tip, I'm using in my twitter account already.
Thanks!

Just have to be careful to not annoy followers with automated stuff like in this article: http://www.twitip.com/7-ways-to-be-worth-follow...
I took care to put a caring message and am gonna do everything as personal as possible.

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Nikolas AllenNo Gravatar

12. Apr, 2010

After scouring the Twitter site and not finding anything on Auto Reply, I Googled it and came across your site.

Glad I did! Looks like you’ve got plenty of relevant, high-quality content that will be very helpful.

As for Auto Follow, hmmmm, I think I may want to be a bit more selective and stick to manual follow.

Thanks for sharing!

@nikolas_allen

MarissaNo Gravatar

24. May, 2010

AWESOME information it was fast and easy!

JaneNo Gravatar

14. Jul, 2010

We use TweetTwain to auto-follow and unfollow users in Twitter. I can whitelist/blacklist accounts. I will give a try with tweetlater.
Link: http://www.tweettwain.com

Ekaterina WalterNo Gravatar

31. Aug, 2010

Good post!

Personally I am not that fond of auto DMs. It is not personal and after a while looks like spam/clutter. But I use SocialOomph service for its other features.

@ekaterinawalter

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