30+ new social media tools for the social-tech savvy

Best new social media tools for the social-tech savvy

I recently presented a session at ASAE’s Marketing, Membership and Communications Conference and had just 30 minutes to provide recommendations for all kinds of social media tools for the business professional, so I had to pack a lot into a brief period of time.

Some are free, others are paid, some I have tried personally, others were recommended, so your mileage may vary; however, this list is crowdsourced from social media practitioners in the field, and there are sure to be some you have not heard of yet.”

Try these out, and let us know if the comments how they work for you. And even better, add your own recommendations!

New* Social Media Tools for the Social-Tech-Savvy (session description): Get a run-through of the latest and greatest shiny social media tools. Tools for content curation and creation, for social media management, for metrics and measurement, for storytelling, for mobile, and anything else top of mind in 2014. Bring your own tool suggestions and hear what others are using to maximize, optimize and awesome-ize your social media. *[Note: I know not all of these are new, technically speaking, but many might be new to you. :)]

Now, on to the list!

1. Content Curation

• Listly – make lists
• Aggregage – curation news tool – example associationuniverse.com/
• Nuzzel – curated news from what friends/colleagues are sharing
• Noosfeer – semantic search

Additional audience suggestions:

• Contentgems.com – content marketing news feed
• Meltwater – monitoring
• Rebel Mouse  – curation

2. Social Media Management

• Grouphigh – blogger outreach
• CoSchedule – social media editorial calendar for WordPress
• EventKloud –  social media management for events
• Hashatit –  hashtag search
• Peoplelinx –  LinkedIn optimizing
• ManageFlitter – twitter management

Additional audience suggestions:

• Buzzsumo – find influencers
• Sprout Social – SMMS (social media management software)
• Buffer – SMMS
• GetResponse – cool email marketing software with responsive email templates

3. Metrics and Measurement

• Tellagence – semantic/conversational search
• Cyfe –  smart dashboards
• Rowfeeder – twitter analytics
• Demographics Pro –  audience demographics
• Chartbeat – real time web traffic analysis

Additional audience suggestions:

• Social Bro – social analytics

4. Visual Storytelling

• Canva – create images for social
• Social Image Resizer – resize your images for social sites
• Thinglink – add calls to action, audio, links to your images

Additional audience suggestions:

• Piktochart – infographic maker
• IM Creator – simple website builder with tons of cool templates

5. Miscellaneous awesomeness

• Momentum –  Chrome extention I love – best for focus
• Medium – best for reading
• Jelly –  Android/iPhone app – best for killing time, helping people, fun