Is social media engagement leading people to aimlessly waste time and effort for no high value in return? Can utilizing social media and monitoring your presence on social channels be optimized? What are the current tools available for Twitter users that aim to boost your Twitter productivity?

In a fast-moving technology cluttered virtual environment, any platform or application specifically designed to save both time and effort embraces a high irreplaceable value to its users and its developers as well. When it comes to certain social media channels, such as Twitter, it is absolutely essential to be aware of the applications that allow you to use those channels efficiently and effectively while reaping the benefits you desire.

Therefore, and in efforts to help you obtain the most value out of your social media experience via Twitter, I prepared for you a list of the 5 top free Twitter time-saving applications and sites available online:

TwitIQ: A service which is very similar to Twitter yet offers you added value through options such as simple “retweet” and “reply” buttons which save time and hassle, in addition to the ability to add and remove followers without leaving the site, both easily and quickly. Twitter for Busy People: a service which allows you to speed read your Tweets! “The idea is that you can skim all the people you’re following and see the latest tweet from each.” Tweetdeck: A very simple and easy to use application that allows you to carry out the regular tweet and retweet functions as well as perform search queries and be notified when someone is searching for you. Tweetdeck also helps users you save time by allowing them to measure their Twitter buzz. TwitterFeed: A tool that effectively utilizes time through allowing users to update their Twitter account with their most recent blog posts therefore there is no need for manually entering updates into Twitter. (Must see video: Guy Kawasaki on TwitterFeed) Last but not least, our newly launched Tweepi: We built this tool with the soul objective of saving time and effort through a unique and fast way to follow and unfollow tweeps with style and quality! Tweepi works with numbers calculating the number of tweets and retweets a tweep has made in the last week and the follower to following ratio in order to ensure that you follow quality tweeps within a few seconds! Tweepi also enables you to flush deadbeat followers, reciprocate follows and cleanup inactive users.

After listing to you the top 5 free Twitter time-saving applications, I would love to hear your feedback on which of them you use and why? Also, feel free to share any other services or applications that you think can help tweeps capitalize on their time while using Twitter :)