Cool Tool: Buffer App Saves Time with a Single Click

By on September 1, 2011 in Blog Coach, Cool Tools, Social Media with 4 Comments

For a long time, I’ve taught the infosumption path as Skim, Scan, Save and Share. Until now.

Buffer App is changing the way I consume and share information.

One of the headaches BufferApp solves is what I call (probably you too) “Twitter Noise” where Susie Celebrity (who has 12K followers) tweets something and 100 people immediately re-tweet her.

It might be better for all concerned if there could be some distance between all those retweets. It’s one reason I suggested to folks that we favorite a tweet, then RT it later (or schedule it via HootSuite).

BufferApp changes that – one click from anywhere: Twitter. Google Reader. My browser. Facebook soon!

On Twitter: Just hover over the tweet you want to “buffer” and the BufferApp icon appears. A single click:

You can then schedule it or tweet it right now. And you can edit the tweet to add your 2 cents:

You can do this from any screen or stream on Twitter.

On Google Reader: It gets better. I spend a lot of time in Google Reader reading RSS feeds. Again, a single-click:

If you’ve never used the “Send-To” feature on Google Reader, setting it up is simple.

With a Share Button: If you look to the left of this article on my site, you’ll see I’ve set up a “Share on Buffer” button. Simple.

In your browser: Buffer has goodies for any browser (in Chrome it appears as an extensions at top-right, in Firefox see the bottom-right corner of browser). You can tweet a web page, or you can highlight a quote from a page and tweet the quote.

From your Mobile: There’s an Android app and a way to send to buffer from an iPhone.

On Facebook: I don’t know, because it’s not out yet – but I’ve signed up for the BufferApp/Facebook  beta when it comes out.

There’s a few short steps to get your times up (the free version allows you to have 10 updates in the queue at once – you pick the times in advance). I’ve just upgraded to the pro version (50 in the queue, multiple accounts) so I can also buffer tweets from SansoneSpot.

There is a bit of buzz going on with BufferApp, so don’t just take my word for it:

Here’s a video from Buffer to give you a bit more:

If you like this piece, buffer it, hmm?

About Mike Sansone: Conversation Conductor & Social Mediatician: Amplify Reach, Relationships, and Revenues for Small, Rural and Independent Business. Blogging & Social Media as Conversation Stations.

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  • http://www.microsourcing.com/disciplines/social-media-marketing.asp MicroSourcing

    Great app, Twitter noise becomes more of a problem as you get more followers. Noise also comes from people you follow, but don’t follow you back and bring no real value to your business.

    • http://www.converstations.com MikeSansone

      I agree with your first point, one of the reasons I’ve set up several “private” list.

       I do believe the follow-follow back guideline is a good one (I try to keep as often as seems fit) – just as a courtesy – but if my goal is to first add value then the follow back is secondary, no?  

  • http://tinyurl.com/DakinAssociates Shaun Dakin

    I like it as well and use it (free version) to manage my @PrivacyCamp:twitter account.

    However, it is mostly a scheduling feature and @HootSuite:disqus has a great tool to schedule posts, it is just not as easy to use.

    I pay for Hootsuite, not for Buffer (yet).

    Shaun Dakin
    Founder PrivacyCamp
    Founder @ReverseRobocall:twitter – A tool to robocall your politicians
    Founder @EndTheRobocalls:twitter

    • http://www.converstations.com MikeSansone

      Thanks Shaun. I started free with both Hootsuite and BufferApp (and I still use both), however I’ve just started the pro version of Buffer (considering Hootsuite as well – want to test the analytics feature).

      Thanks for adding to the conversation