Sometimes I forget that a lot of tools we’re aware of aren’t necessarily known to everyone, so I will try and make a point of remembering to post them up here.

Case in point was in Prague yesterday when I did a quick ‘Twitter sentiment snapshot’ of Virgin Atlantic using http://twitrratr.com/ on the big screen. As I turned round I noticed that everyone was taking note of the URL, so, well here it is.  The grab below is a snapshot of sentiment around Brizzly, the Twitter tool of the moment we’re using @ Carve.

Twitrratr is pretty simplistic but a fun / instant / free way of checking out the view of the Twitterati. Give it a go

There are loads of useful tools to help you track buzz, your brand / product conversations, competitors, etc on Twitter. One that’s definitely worth playing with is Trendistic

Below (it looks terrible small on the page but you get the idea) is a static embed showing the buzz following Derren Browns prediction of the lottery here in the UK last week. Notice how there is a regular low level buzz for “lottery” throughout the time period but it peaks hugely with the Derren Brown spike as people discussed the event for the draw on Wednesday night ( and “how he did it” - the second spike accompanying the follow up show on the Friday. )

Love to hear your feedback and see your graphs (usethe comment below and embed function on Tredistic