14 Free Social Media Tools
There are a wide range of social media platforms and tools that can help you
stay ahead of the competition without having to spend 18 hours a day online.
In this article, we present a few of our webmaster's favorite social media
tools. Whether you are using social media for fun or profit, these tools can
save you time and make your online presence more powerful.
14 Free Social Media Tools
The term social media refers to the use of web-based and mobile technologies
to turn communication into an interactive dialogue.
Social media is everywhere. What started as a teen fad with My Space has
blossomed into a near addiction for young people and an important marketing tool
for businesses of all types and sizes.
Companies looking to stay a step ahead of the competition should consider how
social media can provide a cost-efficient way to communicate and exchange
information with customers. Ignore social media and you just might be left
behind in today's marketplace.
There are a wide range of social media platforms and tools that can help you
stay ahead of the competition without having to spend 18 hours a day online.
In this article, we present a few of our webmaster's favorite social media
tools. Whether you are using social media for fun or profit, these tools can
save you time and make your online presence more powerful.
Instagram is a fast, beautiful and fun way to share your life with friends
through a series of pictures. Snap a photo with your iPhone, then choose a
filter to transform the look and feel of the shot into a memory to keep around
forever. It's photo sharing, reinvented.
Storify
Storify is a way to tell stories using social media such as Tweets, photos
and videos. You search multiple social networks from one place, and then drag
individual elements into your story. You can re-order the elements and also add
text to give context to your readers.
Screenr
Screener's web-based screen recorder makes it a breeze to create and share
your screencasts around the web. Just click the record button, capture your
screen & voice, and share the link. There is nothing to download or install. You
can record using a PC or a Mac and the videos play everywhere. You can sign into
Screenr with a variety of accounts including: Twitter, Facebook, Google, Yahoo,
LinkedIn or Windows Live.
Social Mention
Social Mention is a real time social media search and analysis tool that
aggregates user generated content from across the web into a single stream of
information. Like Google Alerts but for social media. Receive free daily email
alerts of your brand, company, marketing campaign, a competitor or a developing
news story. There is also a Realtime Buzz Widget to display realtime buzz on
your site or blog. Social Mention monitors 80+ social media properties directly
including: Twitter, Facebook, FriendFeed, YouTube, Digg, Google etc.
Twitterfall
Twitterfall is a Twitter client specialising in real-time tweet searches with
the results streamed directly to you. New tweets fall into the page. Twitterfall
has a huge list of features that allow all sorts of actions, such as: a URL
shortener, image previewer, exclude unwanted terms, block specific users.
Friend or Follow
Who's not following you back on Twitter? Who are you not following back? Who
are your mutual friends? Find out with Friend or Follow. Get more followers and
support your favorite Twitter apps. Simply put your Twitter name into the submit
box and you are off. Friend of Follow never sees your password and never posts
anythng you don't want on your timeline.
Stupeflix
Stupeflix Studio just might be the best online video editing application
available. It is light, fast and flexible. Watch and create real time web TV
channels showing the latest Twitter updates and Flickr images. Automatically
uploads video files to your Brightcove, Amazon S3, YouTube or Dailymotion
account. Or you can let Stupeflix handle hosting and streaming. Features: video
templates, after effects integration and instant previews. Stupeflix is free to
use and doesn't require any downloads.
Open ID
Can't remember your passwords? Tired of filling out registration forms?
OpenID is a safe, faster, and easier way to log in to web sites. Chances are you
already have an OpenID but don't even know it! Used by Facebook, Yahoo!, Google,
Flickr, AOL, WordPress and other top sites.
Hoot Suite
HootSuite is an essential tool for managing social networks by allowing teams
to efficiently track conversations and measure campaign results. Monitor and
post to multiple social networks, including Facebook and Twitter. Fully mobile
and supported on iPhone, Android, BlackBerry, iPad and Keitai. Features: custom
analytics, team collaboration and message scheduling. There is a free offering
and a paid upgrade for additional features.
Open Atrium
A team collaboration tool with a kick of open source hotness. Share ideas,
colaborate on documents, compare revisions, manage events and more. Features:
Blog, Notebook, Case Tracker, Calendar, Shoutbox. User Dashboard and
customizable themes.
Friend Feed
FriendFeed is the easiest way to share, discover and discuss the interesting
stuff your friends find on the web. It's simple to use, takes only a couple
clicks to post anything or start a discussion. Friends can comment on the things
you share, and you see their comments in real-time. Read and share – from your
email, your phone or even from Facebook. Publish your FriendFeed to your website
or blog or to Twitter.
Open Beak
OpenBeak is mobile client for Blackberry users that posts updates to Twitter.
It works over the data network, so you don't need to use SMS. Post pictures to
Posterous, Zannel, TwitPic, Twitgoo, or yfrog. Reply to tweets, send and receive
direct messages, search Twitter and more.
Gathera
With Gathera, you will no longer need to login to different sites to stay
updated. Access all your web accounts in one place. Suports Facebook, Gmail,
Hotmail, Yahoo!, Twitter and others. Gathera will automatically check for new
messages, status updates and notifications. Read and respond to messages, share
photos, connect with friends, view all your contacts and more. Works on Windows
7, Vista or XP.
Minus
Online storage make it simple to share, publish and explore your files.
Connect and share with friends, family and more. Easy file management and
statistics via your Dashboard. Unlimited file transfer and downloads for free.
Use as a web service, desktop or mobile application. 10 GB of Free Space. Get a
free account, it takes 5 seconds.
