10 Little Known Social Media Tools You Should Be Using

Editor's note: A version of this article previously appeared at KISSmetrics.com. Social media is everywhere. It's in our homes, places of worship, schools and, of course, our businesses. Everywhere you look, people are using social media and are talking about it. And it seems that every week a new type of social site pops up. And as the number of social networking sites grows, so does the number of services that are created to measure, track and monitor those services. To help you cut through the clutter, here are the 10 must-use social media tools that can not only help you make sense of your social media efforts but make them more effective. 1. With it, you can get a snapshot of your month-to-month content with the calendar feature. Who should use it and why: Any business owner who manages a multi-author website should give EditFlow a look. 2. 3. If you'd like to be an affiliate, you can use ArgyleSocial's white label brand and resell the social media platform to your clients. 4. 5. 6.

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17 Little Known Social Media Tools You Should Be Using (and Why) Everywhere you look there is social media. It’s in our homes, businesses, places of worship and schools. And everywhere you look people are using it and talking about it. And it seems that every week there is a new social site launched. To make matters worse, for every social site launched, there seems to be two or more services created to measure, track and monitor that service. What’s a marketing professional to do?

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Free Downloads From The Social Media Management Handbook I. Social Media Strategy: How organizations can address the high-level, strategic aspects of social media. Chapter 1: Managing both the power and business risks of social mediaChapter 2: Developing a social media strategyChapter 3: Measuring social media ROIChapter 4: Selling social media within the organization II. Marketing and Sales in Social Media: Making social media a vital part of the marketing and sales process. Chapter 5: Using social media to listen to the voice of the customerChapter 6: Integrating social CRM insights into the customer analytics functionChapter 7: Leveraging social media to drive product developmentChapter 8: Marketing and selling to social communities