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  • 12 Social Media Tools Recommended by the Pros

    by Cindy King / June 20, 2011

    social media toolsAre you struggling to make social media work for your business? Sometimes a few well-chosen tools are all you need to get your social media marketing working for you.

    In our recent Social Media Success Summit, there were presentations that covered all the key topics you need to make your social media marketing easy. In this article, I'll share 12 of those tools that were recommended by the pros.

    Tools to Refine Your Visibility and Engagement

    Here are three tools recommended by Mari Smith during her first presentation on increasing your visibility and engagement on Facebook.

    #1: Socialbakers

    Get useful stats from Socialbakers. Socialbakers offers paid services to monitor your Facebook statistics, but it also provides useful free statistics for Facebook and LinkedIn.

    socialbakers
    Check out the useful marketing data on Socialbakers.

    #2: Kurrently

    Find out what's being shared on social media with Kurrently, a free, easy-to-use, real-time search engine for results from Twitter and Facebook. “Companies can capitalize on just-in-time marketing and social CRM opportunities like never before.”

    kurrently
    You can search through Facebook or Twitter or both.

    #3: Blekko

    Select the sites you want to search with Blekko. You can create “slashtags” for groups of URLs, friends, experts and communities and you can “slash in” what you want and “slash out” what you don't want to search.

    blekko
    With Blekko, you have more control over your search results thanks to the slashtags you create.

    Tools to Measure Specific Social Media Goals

    Jay Baer gave a fantastic presentation on measuring social media. He clearly identified the different goals a company could have on social media and recommended tools to use to monitor results for each specific goal. Here are three of those tools.

    #4: Social Mention

    Editor's Note: Social Mention is no longer an active online tool.

    If social awareness is your main social media goal, then be sure to check out Social Mention, which allows you to set up social media alerts so you can measure awareness for specific keywords.

    socialmention
    “Social Mention is a social media search and analysis platform that aggregates user-generated content from across the universe into a single stream of information.”

    #5: Klout

    Klout is another tool you can use to measure awareness on Twitter and Facebook.

    klout
    Check out the different graphs for your score results on Klout.

    #6: PostRank Analytics

    If customer loyalty is your main social media goal, you can use PostRank Analytics to measure results in improving loyalty.

    Tools Resource Guide

    Looking for something to make your life easier?

    Discover the tools we recommend to drive engagement, save you time, and boost sales across your entire marketing funnel or business.

    Whether you need help planning content, organizing social posts, or developing your strategy, you’ll find something for every situation.

    FIND YOUR NEXT FAVORITE TOOL
    postrank analytics
    PostRank Analytics is a favorite tool of social media marketers.

    Tools to Get the Job Done

    Frank Eliason gave an overview of how to use social media in business and shared two of the tools he's found useful.

    #7: Blogsearch.Google

    Use Blogsearch.Google.com for better search results than Google Alerts. There are many tools to monitor keywords. Don't forget to use this one!

    google blogs
    Remember to check out what blogs are writing about you through Blogsearch.Google.com.

    #8: Twitterfall

    Use Twitterfall when you need to show executives how you can monitor what's being said about your brand on Twitter.

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    twitterfall
    Twitterfall specializes in real-time tweet searches.

    A Useful Tool for Twitter Marketing

    Hollis Thomases showed businesses how to use Twitter marketing to grow using this tool:

    #9: Friend or Follow

    Friend or Follow helps you improve your Twitter marketing. It tells you who's not following you back on Twitter and who you're not following back.

    friend or follow
    Use Friend or Follow to craft a stronger Twitter presence with your audience.

    Tools to Make Video Blogging Easy

    Steve Garfield always makes video blogging easy for everyone. Here are three tools to create on-the-fly videos to enhance your social media content.

    #10: Wetoku

    Sign up for Wetoku to make the popular side-by-side video interviews. All you need to do is sign in and send an invite code by email to the person you want to interview.

    wetoku
    Wetoku is an easy tool to use for interview videos.

    #11: Socialcam

    If you have an iPhone or an Android phone, be sure to check out Socialcam. Steve says this is the easiest way to share videos with your social networks.

    socialcam
    Socialcam combines video sharing with social communities.

    #12: Stupeflix

    Use Stupeflix to integrate after-effects and photos to your videos. If you want to do editing without using editing software, this tool is for you.

    stupeflix
    Stupeflix is an easy way to make your videos more appealing.

    Find the Tools You Need

    One of my takeaways from the summit was that you don't need to use all of the tools available. Businesses have different cultures, different goals and are at different stages in integrating social media into their marketing mix. These social media pros found the tools that worked best for them.

    Do you think any of the tools above can make your social media marketing easier to execute? Please let us know in the comments below if you're going to try any of them.

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    About the authorCindy King

    Cindy King is the director of editorial for Social Media Examiner. She spent 25 years abroad in international business development and then built her own international business using social business networking.
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