Its been a while since Ive cobbled together a post that looks at some of the newer social media tools making an impact around the web. If you havent come across one of these posts before, the aim is to highlight some of the hidden gems which can make your online life a bit easier, as opposed to talking about the more mainstream tools that get the big chunks of air time. Some similar posts from the past can be found here. Enough reminiscing for now, lets take a look at the new tools, sites and web and mobile apps worth having on your radar. 10 of the most useful social media tools of 2013 (so far) 1. Dominder Do you own a lot of domain names? Then youll love Dominder (just like Biscuit the Cat). As the name suggests, it is a reminder service for your domain names which means youll never miss those important re-registration dates. The interface is really clean too. Definitely one for your toolkit.2. WooBox This has become a big favourite at my workplace. WooBox is a Facebook brand page app service that provides a host of free and paid for apps, ranging from Instagram tabs to competition solutions. If you manage Facebook pages, and want to add apps of all kinds, this is a great resource. Another similar site worth considering is shortstack.3. Tagboard If hashtags are a big part of your social media presence, then Tagboard is definitely for you. Tagboard tracks hashtags across all major platforms (Twitter, Instagram, Vine, G+) so you can see where the tags are being used. You can then create your own tagboard which gives you an aggregated look at all activity which you can then share along the line (see an example below). 4. Feedspot Feedspot is pitched as a new RSS reader. It allows you to pick and follow blogs based on your interests and then make suggestions based on your activity. Feedspot also allows you to import your Google Reader subscriptions. Happy days.5. Piktochart This one is billed as an infographic and presentation tool for non-designers. If you are tasked with creating compelling visual content on a regular basis this will really come in handy. As with most design-based tools, you have free access to a portion of the tools capabilities but youll need to pay for all the bells and whistles.6. LiveTweetApp - a live tweet wall tool for your events and conferences7. Picozu - an online drawing and photo retouching application8. Zeen - another image generation tool which gives you the ability to create shareable poster-style pieces of content9. Youtube.videodeck.net - this is essentially tweetdeck for YouTube and allows you to follow your favourite subscriptions and content via a dashboard style experience10. RockMelt Mobile (download via app store) - RockMelt launched to great fanfare a couple years ago as a social web browser but has evolved significantly to become one of the best mobile-based social discovery apps If you enjoyed this post youre invited to subscribe to this blog.
Posted on: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 21:00:14 +0000
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