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August 21st, 2009 | by Barb Dybwad
1. SHARE FILES
FileSocial files smaller than 50 MB
FileTwt. to send a person-to-person file privately, check out (sign up for an account on the site to enable private file-sharing up to 20 MB) but they don’t use OAuth for authentication.
2. TWEET YOUR BUSINESS CARD
twtBizCard, electronic business card by sending an @reply with the hashtag #twtBizCard.
When you sign up, the service will pull in the data from your Twitter profile as starter information, and you can add other details to customize your card.
3. SHARE MUSIC
(see 10 Ways to Share Music on Twitter).
Blip.fm is very much like Twitter but specifically for music, and can integrate with your Twitter account to share what tracks you’re listening to or “blipping.”
Songza, a very easy to use music search engine that lets you easily tweet any track you’re listening to by clicking the song name and selecting the “Share: Twitter this” option.
4. SHARE IMAGES
a goodly number of options available for image sharing
Flickr added Twitter posting earlier this summer
5. SHARE VIDEO
share video on Twitter as well. From TwitVid.io to Tweetube
TwitVid.com and 12seconds.TV are also on this list. The latter perhaps obviously limits you to only 12 seconds’ worth of video, but it meshes well with the spirit of Twitter’s 140 character homage to brevity.
6. RAISE MONEY
Twitpay is out in front of the microtransaction platform
Facebook is looking to get in on it
Wi-Fi startup SkyBlox, used Twitpay to raise a portion of their funding via Twitter.
7. LOBBY FOR HEALTH CARE REFORM
Tweet Your Senator, a feature of the President’s website that mashes up Twitter with Google Maps to help you send a message to your Senator about healthcare reform legislation.
8. SCREENCAST
One-stop-shop to whip up a quick screencast and distribute it on Twitter. Check out Screenr, a screencast tool with seamless Twitter integration.
You have 5 minutes to record your videos including the ability to pause and restart, and you can preview the screencast before sending it out.
9. PLAY GAMES
Twitter-based game Spymaster can be addictive if you play it
comprehensive Complete guide to Spymaster.
some of these other alternatives for getting your Twitter game on
10. SOCIAL BOOKMARKING
Fleck Lite, a simple bookmarklet-based tool that will both generate a shortened URL based on the page you’re sharing and archive the collection of links you’ve shared for later reference
11. READ OTHERS TWEETS
12. START A PETITION
Looking to change the world
Check out several startups helping you start petitions on Twitter, from Act.ly to Twitition and more.
13. FIND A JOB
check out Mashable's guide to landing your next paycheck via Twitter.
What else can you use Twitter for besides Mashable's daily dosages of pointless babble?
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