Social media marketing on Twitter has become an crucial part of online and offline business success. Many companies and entrepreneurs are realizing the potential of such social web 2.0 properties. Twitter can help you start a new business, promote an ebook, or just share what you are doing at that moment. But more importantly Twitter connects people.

Tweeting is a cost free and valuable marketing solution for your brand or business. With 140 characters at a time you can share your marketing message with people who are interested in following you.

A simple tweet to your followers about new developments in your business or about yourself can not only entertain them but can also help and teach them. As more and more people are exposed to your messages, you will easily see your Twitter follower levels rise. The word of mouth that comes from a helpful or intelligent tweet has the potential to result in thousands of dollars in free advertising.

By providing tweets that appeal to your followers, you will position yourself as an expert and will gain credibility by forming valuable relationships with those who are following you which can be extremely powerful from a marketing standpoint. Twitter's popularity is growing every day, thousands of people and businesses are joining Twitter every day and harnessing the power of social media.

With Twitter's increasing popularity comes countless Twitter tools and applications that help manage one's tweets. If you are using Twitter for business, there are many applications that are out there that allow you to schedule tweets, welcome new followers, organize and monitor your followers, the list goes on and on.

The software TweetGlide ( Developed by Mike Filsaime ) runs on Adobe Air and is platform independent and will run on PC, Mac's and IPhone / IPod Touch, and any device that can run Adobe Air. Best of all, the software is FREE.

One issue that Twitter has yet to figure out is how to monetize their traffic:
This is not the issue for TweetGlide. Even though the New Twitter Traffic Tool TweetGlide is a free download from their website, you have the option to Upgrade to a Premier Account which gives you significant benefits over a basic membership. Check out what you will receive when you upgrade your basic account to a Premier Account:

* 400 Characters instead of 140 and double the ad size
* 500 Paid Ads Free ($97 value)
* Add HTML to your tweets in your ads
* Red or Blue URL so people want to click your links
* Colored background of your choice to increase clicks on your ads

And much MORE!


TweetGlide is designed in a similar fashion to TweetDeck. If you've used TweetDeck, you'll notice TweetGlide sports a similar multi-column presentation.

However, TweetGlide adds some new features that will appeal to Twitter users wanting a little bit more.

The columns are now called "glides", and glides are very customizable.

The first thing you'll notice is a glide called "sponsored tweets." These are tweets that display only within the application. You earn the right to have your sponsored tweets display based on a traffic exchange model.

Every time you use TweetGlide to tweet, you will earn 0.2 credit. In other words, 1 full credit for every 5 tweets. How hard is it to tweet 5 times? In fact, you probably already do! TweetGlide has anti-spam tools in place so you can only earn 1 credit every 3 hours. When you earn a credit you can use it to display an ad in the sponsored tweets glide. I like that you can completely close this glide if you want, though doing so will turn off your ability to earn credits.

TweetGlide also has a feature that will appeal to Internet and affiliate marketers.

When you sign up for tweetglide, you automatically receive your own url. Mine is http://tweetglide.Com/robbycox.

By sharing this url with others, you can build a downline to five levels deep. Of course, you will earn ad credits when those in your downline tweet using Tweetglide as well.

You may purchase advertising credits if you wish, but that's no different than buying ads on any web site. It's a straightforward model that allows you to reach TweetGlide users with your message faster. You can also transfer credits to other accounts or even sell your credits.

TweetGlide does offer an upsell to users once they sign up. For those who upgrade to the Premium version of TweetGlide after following your affiliate link, you earn approximately $48.50 per upgrade. It's a nice perk for referring more users to the service.

From a functionality standpoint, you can use TweetGlide to follow or block users, track clicks on all your embedded urls, connect to your Facebook account, select from several short url services, and manage multiple Twitter accounts, among others.

TweetGlide also provides you with your own TweetGlide blog.

My TweetGlide Review:

I think it has the components of a successful Twitter application.

From a functionality standpoint, it improves on TweetDeck.

From a marketing standpoint, it creates a traffic exchange and affiliate marketing system not seen before in Twitter applications.

Viral marketing is what Mike Filsaime is best known for and this software application is no different. Whether you choose the basic membership or see the value in upgrading your account to a premier account like I have, you will be able to refer people to try out the software and earn money when they do. By simply telling your friends about TweetGlide or posting a Tweet about the software on Twitter, you have an opportunity to make a commission from each person who takes the Premier Upgrade that you refer. Tweet Glide actually has a referral program that goes five levels deep.

When you tell people about TweetGlide, using your referral link, they will download and then install TweetGlide on their computer. During this process, there is an offer for a Premier Upgrade for $97. If they purchase, you make a 50% commission ($48.50)!

That means if just 10 people upgrade to the Premier Upgrade per month, you would make $485.00 per month! Just for telling people about TweetGlide!

Commissions are paid monthly directly to your Paypal account (less Paypal Fees. You MUST have a Paypal account to participate!).

You can also track your sales right from your TweetGlide profile!

There simply is too much to mention here and I'm highly impressed with Tweet Glide and invite you to download and try the software for yourself.

Download your FREE copy of TweetGlide!