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    44 Useful Mobile Apps for Social Media Marketers

    by Debbie Hemley / August 3, 2011

    social media toolsAre you spending more time each day using your smartphone or iPad? Looking for some cool apps to simplify your work and life?

    According to a recent study by Flurry, consumers spent 81 minutes per day using mobile apps, compared to 74 minutes of web surfing. Here's where it gets even more interesting. Social networking is one of two categories that dominate mobile app usage with 32% and games are responsible for 47%.

    In Search of Apps

    As a social media marketer, you'll likely want to find apps that will help you keep up with social networking and stay productive while on the go. Many of us hear about apps from friends and colleagues, from articles we read, from searching around on Apple's App Store to see what's new and through dedicated search engines such as Chomp.

    iphone app
    Apps to help manage your time, projects and clients.

    If the app is free or relatively inexpensive, then chances are we may be willing to give it a whirl. But with 500,000 apps on the App Store in numerous categories and apps literally being released every day, it's hard to stay on top of them.

    While Apple's campaign “There's an app for that” makes many of us now associate the topic of mobile apps with Apple, the reality is that companies such as Android, Nokia, Blackberry, and Palm all sell apps, too.

    In this article, I'm going to focus on apps that are compatible with iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad (iOS) because those are the devices I'm most familiar with and could access for the purpose of testing.

    Useful Apps List

    The apps listed below were recommended by a number of businesspeople through a query I posted on HARO, others that people had been talking about in blog posts, on Quora and social networking sites. The apps range in price; many are free and the most expensive one listed is $9.99.

    Because new apps are literally released on a daily basis, it's nearly impossible for this to be a conclusive list. But hopefully it'll give you ideas about some apps you'd like to try. I hope you'll take a few moments at the end to share a few of your favorites, too.

    Here's the list in alphabetical order:

    #1: Analytics App

    Analytics App consists of 55 reports, showing data up to 110 rows. You can check your analytics on the go. Never be away from your data again!

    analytics app
    Compatible with iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Requires iOS 3.0 or later.

    #2: Battery Pro

    Battery Pro monitors what your battery level is over a period of time and calculates the time remaining to empty or full.

    batterypro
    Compatible with iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Requires iOS 3.0 or later.

    #3: Check It!

    Driven by checklists? Check It! claims to be “The simplest checklist ever!” It'll help you get some control over all the to-do's in your life.

    checkit
    Compatible with iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Requires iOS 4.0 or later.

    #4: Chomp

    Chomp is a search engine that finds the iPhone (and Android) apps you want. Its proprietary algorithm learns the functions and topics of apps, so you can search based on what apps do.

    chomp
    Compatible with iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Requires iOS 3.1 or later.

    #5: Documents to Go

    DocsToGo lets you edit, create and view Word and Excel files (including Office 2007/2008/2010); view PowerPoint, PDF, iWork and other files; send and receive attachments using the device's built-in mail app (iPad/iPhone 4/iOS 4); and includes a desktop app (Win and Mac) with two-way file sync (WIFI required to sync).

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    Compatible with iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Requires iOS 3.2 or later.

    #6: Dragon Dictation

    Dragon Dictation is an easy-to-use voice transcription application powered by Dragon® NaturallySpeaking® that allows you to easily speak and instantly converts your voice to text messages.

    dragon
    Compatible with iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Requires iOS 4.0 or later.

    #7: Dropbox

    Dropbox is a free service that lets you bring all your photos, docs and videos anywhere. After you install on your computer, any file you save to your Dropbox will automatically save to all your computers, your iPhone and iPad, and even the Dropbox website! With the Dropbox app, you can take everything that matters to you on the go.

    dropbox
    Compatible with iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Requires iOS 3.1 or later.

    #8: Evernote

    Evernote turns the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad into an extension of your brain, helping you remember anything and everything that happens in your life. From notes to ideas to snapshots to recordings, put it all into Evernote and watch as it instantly synchronizes from your iPhone to your Mac or Windows desktop.

    evernote
    Compatible with iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Requires iOS 3.0 or later.

    #9: Facebook

    Facebook for iPhone makes it easy to stay connected and share information with friends. Use your iPhone to start a conversation with Facebook Chat, check your friends' latest photos, status updates, look up a phone number or upload your own mobile photos to Facebook while on the go.

    facebook
    Compatible with iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Requires iOS 3.0 or later.

    #10: Flickr

    Share your photos. Watch the world. Flickr® for the iPhone enables photo sharing on the go—from your phone to the world.

    flickr
    Compatible with iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Requires iOS 4.0 or later.

    #11: Flipboard

    Flipboard is a fast, beautiful way to flip through the news, photos, videos and updates your friends are sharing on Facebook, Twitter, Google Reader, Flickr and Instagram. See your social media in a magazine layout that's easy to scan and fun to read.

    Catch up on the latest stories, videos and posts from popular publications and people such as National Geographic, The New Yorker, Wired, Rolling Stone, Oprah, Forbes, Robert Scoble, and Brain Pickings' Maria Popova. Share articles and photos, comment on posts and like or favorite anything. Customize your Flipboard with sections created from your favorite news, people, blogs and topics.

    flipboard
    Compatible with iPad. Requires iOS 3.2 or later.

    #12: Google Search

    Get the most advanced Google search experience for your iPhone, now with Google Goggles, Voice Search and My Location.

    googlesearch
    Compatible with iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Requires iOS 3.0 or later.

    #13: HomeBase

    HomeBase is your social media “megaphone.” You can blast your announcements and even add links and pictures to your messages, to all your social media outlets. It brings social media marketing to a whole new level.

    homebase
    Compatible with iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Requires iOS 3.0 or later.

    #14: HootSuite for Twitter

    Compose and converse on the go. HootSuite for iOS is the perfect social media tool for Twitter, Facebook and Foursquare. Join the conversation from anywhere with HootSuite for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. Simple, elegant and powerful, HootSuite allows you to send and schedule Twitter, Facebook and Foursquare updates, track click stats and set up tracking columns to monitor keywords, #hashtags and lists.

    hootsuite
    Compatible with iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Requires iOS 3.2 or later.

    #15: Instagram

    With Instagram you can pick from one of several gorgeous filtered effects or tilt-shift blur to breathe a new life into your mobile photos. Transform everyday moments into works of art you'll want to share with friends and family.

    instagram
    Compatible with iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Requires iOS 3.1.2 or later.

    #16: Instapaper

    With Instapaper you can save web pages for later offline reading, optimized for readability on your iPhone or iPod Touch's screen. Great for long articles and blog posts that you find during the day and would like to read, but don't have the time when you find them. Save with Instapaper and then read later when you're commuting, in a meeting or waiting in line.

    instapaper
    Compatible with iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Requires iOS 3.1 or later.

    #17: Kindle

    The Kindle app gives users the ability to read Kindle books on a beautiful, easy-to-use interface. You'll have access to over 950,000 books in the Kindle Store, including bestsellers and new releases. Amazon Whispersync automatically syncs your last page read, bookmarks, notes and highlights across devices (including Kindle), so you can pick up where you left off on another device.

    kindle
    Compatible with iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Requires iOS 3.0 or later.

    #18: LastPass

    LastPass Tab Browser combines a full-featured tab browser for the iPad with LastPass integration allowing you to use your existing accounts or create new ones with ease. LastPass is the last password you'll have to remember. It provides a safe and convenient method of storing your passwords while ensuring you can access them on any device anywhere. A form filler is also provided that allows you to easily shop directly from your iPad!

    lastpass
    Compatible with iPad. Requires iOS 3.2 or later.

    #19: LinkedIn

    LinkedIn for iPhone puts your professional network just a touch away. Walk into any interview or client meeting with the ability to look up the details and connect with over 100 million professionals worldwide. Get the latest updates and messages from your network and keep them up-to-date with your status in real time.

    linkedin
    Compatible with iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Requires iOS 3.0 or later.

    #20: LiveProfile

    LiveProfile helps you stay connected with friends in real time. LiveProfile is the crazy fast, completely free, cross-platform messenger for iPhone, Blackberry and Android smartphones. Send messages, photos, videos, post status updates, customize your profile, set your profile picture and much more!

    liveprofile
    Compatible with iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Requires iOS 3.0 or later.

    #21: Mashable

    The official Mashable iPhone/iPod Touch application delivers the latest coverage from Mashable.com. Mashable is the world's largest blog focused exclusively on web 2.0 and social media news.

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    mashable
    Compatible with iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Requires iOS 3.0 or later.

    #22: NetNewsWire

    NetNewsWire is an RSS reader for iPhone—you can read news from the millions of blogs and sites that publish RSS feeds. You can star items or send them to Instapaper to save them for later. You can email articles or post links to Twitter to share with friends.

    netnewswire
    Compatible with iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Requires iOS 3.1.3 or later.

    #23: Pandora Radio

    Pandora Radio is your own free personalized radio now available to stream background music on your iPhone or iPad. Just start with the name of one of your favorite artists, songs or classical composers and Pandora will create a “station” that plays their music and more music like it.

    pandora
    Compatible with iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Requires iOS 3.0 or later.

    #24: PeakMeetings

    Make good meetings great—or bad meetings suck less—with this powerful tool for capturing and organizing your thinking, and making meetings more efficient and effective. Peak Meetings™ is simple to use, and perfect for grabbing your thoughts in those moments when ideas hit you. With 7 different meeting types to choose from, you can focus your thoughts and plans to exactly what you're trying to achieve.

    peakmeetings
    Compatible with iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Requires iOS 4.2 or later.

    #25: PhotoRocket

    PhotoRocket simplifies the task of sharing lots of photos simultaneously to people and sites such as Facebook, Twitter and Flickr. Even though it's simple, it also offers extra options such as captions and automatic online backup.

    photorocket
    Compatible with iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Requires iOS 4.0 or later.

    #26: PitchEngine

    Pitch™ is the official mobile app of PitchEngine, a social platform that enables businesses and organizations to get the word out.

    pitchengine
    Compatible with iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Requires iOS 4.0 or later.

    #27: Posterous

    Posterous is the easiest way to share stories, photos and videos with the people you care about most. You can either post content to your public website or selectively share to a private group.

    posterous
    Compatible with iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Requires iOS 4.0 or later.

    #28: Q & A: Quora

    Social Questions will let you access and browse the Quora mobile website with cool shortcuts and fast navigation (faster than Safari mobile).

    q&a
    Compatible with iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Requires iOS 3.0 or later.

    #29: Quick Voice Recorder

    QuickVoice is a full-featured iPhone/iPad voice recorder. Record ideas, voice memos, voice email, dictation, lists, meetings, classes or entire lectures! For professional, educational and personal use.

    quickvoice
    Compatible with iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Requires iOS 3.1 or later.

    #30: Skype

    Call, video call and instant message anyone else on Skype for free with Skype for your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad.

    skype
    Compatible with iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Requires iOS 3.0 or later.

    #31: Snaptell

    Use this app while shopping in a store to quickly find more information, compare prices, buy the product or to remember to look at the product later. Snap a picture of the cover of any book, DVD, CD or video game and within seconds get a rating, description and links to Google, YouTube, Wikipedia, IMDb, Barnes & Noble and more.

    snaptell
    Compatible with iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Requires iOS 3.1 or later.

    #32: SocialMedia

    #SocialMedia hosts a weekly Twitter event on Tuesdays that brings together social media professionals from around the world. Each week a new moderator hosts the event and drives a unique discussion that aims to further the advancement of social media in business. The hashtagsocialmedia.com iPhone app allows people to follow the filtered discussion from anywhere.

    socialmedia
    Compatible with iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Requires iOS 3.0 or later.

    #33: Spout

    Instead of spending hours scouring the web, simply “turn on the Spout,” sit back and enjoy a steady stream of information specifically meant for you! Relax as a veritable flood of news, messages, tweets and comments pour forth from your Facebook, Twitter or Google Reader (RSS) feeds.

    Words spill onto your device, swirling, twisting and scrolling across your screen, pooling in the center momentarily, like a leaf on a pond, before being whisked away as new social messages pour in.

    spout
    Compatible with iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Requires iOS 4.0 or later.

    #34: Toodledo

    Toodledo is a powerful task and note manager for the iPhone and iPad. It will help organize your to-do list and notes and make you more productive. You can use Toodledo as a stand-alone application, or you can have it seamlessly synchronize your lists with Toodledo.com, one of the most popular online task managers.

    toodledo
    Compatible with iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Requires iOS 3.1.3 or later.

    #35: Tumblr

    With Tumblr you can post anything: share photos, video, audio, quotes, links and text. Multiple blogs: seamlessly manage all of your blogs. Advanced controls: save drafts, queue posts, customize tweets and more! Address book: find people to follow from your iPhone's address book. Messages: view and reply to messages.

    tumblr
    Compatible with iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Requires iOS 4.0 or later.

    #36: TweetDeck

    TweetDeck allows you to monitor, manage and engage in your social world by bringing together your Twitter and Facebook feeds in a powerful and flexible column-based dashboard.

    tweetdeck
    Compatible with iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Requires iOS 4.0 or later.

    #37: Twitter

    Follow your interests: instant updates from your friends, industry experts, favorite celebrities and what's happening around the world. Get short bursts of timely information on the official Twitter app for iPhone.

    twitter
    Compatible with iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Requires iOS 3.1 or later.

    #38: Twitterrific for Twitter

    Now a universal app for both iPad and iPhone, Twitterrific is the friendly, award-winning Twitter client that's beautiful to look at, easy to use and full of elegant features. Effortlessly read and compose tweets, search Twitter.com, filter message types and much more.

    twitterrific
    Compatible with iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Requires iOS 4.0 or later.

    #39: Vignature

    Vignature allows you to sign a PDF document online, anywhere, anytime. It's fast, easy and secure.

    vignature
    Compatible with iPhone 4, iPod Touch (4th generation), iPad 2 Wi-Fi, and iPad 2 Wi-Fi + 3G. Requires iOS 4.0 or later.

    #40: Wired PR Works

    Wired PR Works is your always-on PR and social media marketing mobile app. Access tips, ideas and strategies to grow business, build brands, increase influence and connect with communities with social media, marketing and PR. Listed on Alltop and AdAge Power 150. Stay updated with conference coverage, digital public relations guides and new media marketing tactics for entrepreneurs, small businesses and non-profits.

    wiredprworks
    Compatible with iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Requires iOS 3.0 or later.

    #41: WordPress

    It's easy to manage your WordPress blog or site from your iOS device. With WordPress for iOS, you can moderate comments, create or edit posts and pages, and add images or videos with ease. All you need is a WordPress.com blog or a self-hosted WordPress.org site running 2.9.2 or higher.

    wordpress
    Compatible with iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Requires iOS 3.1.3 or later.

    #42: WorldTube

    The only app in the App Store to allow you to check/watch/share the current top videos by countries in 16 categories. Explore what the world is watching right now.

    worldtube
    Compatible with iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Requires iOS 4.0 or later.

    #43: Xmarks

    View bookmarks and open tabs from your favorite browser right on your iPhone or iPod Touch. Simply download the Xmarks client from xmarks.com to your desktop or laptop computer. Firefox, Internet Explorer, Chrome and Safari for Mac are supported.

    Once your bookmarks (and optional open tabs) are synchronized to Xmarks, you can use Xmarks for iPhone to view them while on the go!

    xmarks
    Compatible with iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Requires iOS 3.0 or later.

    #44: Zinio Magazine Newsstand & Reader

    With this app, you can choose from digital magazines, subscribe or purchase single issues.

    zinio
    Compatible with iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Requires iOS 3.0 or later.

    What apps do you recommend? What would you add to the list? Leave your comments in the box below.

    Special thanks to the following people for providing their app recommendations for this post: Megan Colyer, Stage of Life; Amanda Goodhue, Excelamktg; Danielle Lerner, Publicist; Tanya Mahr, Revolution Public Relations; Jessica Nunez, Jessica Nunez PR Group; Matt Spradley, Vignature, Inc.; Mike Stelzner, Social Media Examiner; Elgin Subwaysurfer Boiling, Creative Caricature Marketing Consultant; Marian Thier, Expanding Thought, Inc.; Robin Tilotta, Chomp; and Shrey Verma, Buzzvalve.

     

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    About the authorDebbie Hemley

    Debbie Hemley is a freelance writer and social media coach. She helps businesses develop and maintain social media content strategies. Follow her on Twitter @dhemley & Facebook.
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