I’m interested to know what are the must have apps & tools for pages on fb to increase the interaction with your fans & friends?

ShortStack is a GREAT tool for adding pages and customizing your fb page
http://www.shortstack.com/

Assistly is a great tool to help mange the information and communication flow of fb, twitter and email all in one interface
http://www.assistly.com/

Cheers
Jules

@juleswebb  @rebecca  Thanks for your suggestions.
@deairby yes I’m a newbie & am greatful to you for offering help.I have a client who’s a politician by profession, I’m managing his social media campaign. Strategies & planning are all there in place. I’d be happy to know if there are apps or tools which would be helpful to boost the interaction with his followers or supporters? Like for instance conducting poll on fb or to peek volunteer of the week! kinda same!

@rebecca @hemantpatil I recently discovered Hootsuite and love it. Rebecca, wish I knew as much as you to be able to create my own, but that’s why people like me need people like you! You go, girl.

We are app developers.
We have created a suite of 11 apps that people can use likeourbusiness.com
We are also building and will be launching soon a Facebook app platform for agencies https://www.facebook.com/bleapp
The other cool thing we do is to create custom apps for multiple pages, great for manufacturers or companies that sell products or services thru agents, dealers, resellers, etc.  Real estate agents, etc.

@jgassistance it is really not a good idea to forward updates from one to the other..if you have the same people on both lists they will be bored or less engaged with you and could unfollow one or both networks…  I recommend to my clients that they create different updates for each…takes a little more effort but the reward can be way better (ROI)!

Awesome!  

I have been using Hootsuite too and I really like it.  It allows you to schedule your tweets which is such a great feature when making the commitment to spend a specific amount of time each day on your social media.  Hootsuite makes it easy to send your your tweets and posts throughout the day/week and to shrink your URL’s all at one time and lots more.

I recently came across some of the coolest apps – Appbistro, MiproApps & TabFusion.

I have tried to create a forum inside my Facebook page. I used the Static HTML app and I created a mini-forum at  http://tal.ki/ . You don’t need to set-up anything, just copy the code in the Static HTML app and you’ve got yourself a forum inside Facebook.

Anyone who’s used kind of the same way to create a forum? I know the Wall is also out there, but that’s not working for some companies. And what about this way of forum? You can take a look at the Mini-forum at the Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/clickq?sk=app_128953167177144

@hemantpatil, I would like to suggest that you look at http://www.SocialStage.com. for a suite of apps that create a website in your Facebook Page.  All the apps work together like a website so you can either pick and chose the apps you want (like pages for each website page) and then they all work together with a top-level menu navigation and create the website in your FB Page. 

There are also pre-create “app-suites” that are like pre-created templates for specific industries that you can customize. 

Thanks for allowing me to share my company.  I hope it wasn’t spammy but it seemed like a relevant answer to your question. If anyone is interested, I will be glad to help you with it.  I am the CEO of the company.  Thanks! 

For me it’s our Twitter App, Contact Form App and LinkedIn (not our creation)

http://inlinevision.com/apps/

We have free versions of both but also have paid versions that allow you to customize the look with your logo, different colors and information and links… 

You can see them in action on my FB page – http://facebook.com/inlinevision

For a Facebook page a “Welcome Page” is a terrific thing to have. Also, if you have product to sell using a Facebook store front app can prove to be very useful and a great selling tool!

Greetings @sgsrecording, I think tha was excellent suggestions. It’s easy to use & looks great. Thanks.
@nickrock I’ve already started using HootSuite, & I got hooked-up by it’s functionality. Cool.

@hemantpatil I am also a strong advocate for HootSuite. If you have Google+ pages set up as well then HootSuite is hopefully going to be adding this integration for all users very soon. Currently only the Enterprise users have this functionality but you can join the list for notification when it becomes available. I personally use HootSuite Pro and find the functionality very simple and the dashboard easy to navigate and post from.