7 Free Social Media Tools

Book Marketing on a Shoestring Budget

Check out this list of 7 Free Social Media Tools we compiled for you.

Hoot Suite (http://www.hootsuite.com) - Hootsuite apps and plug-ins are available for Chrome, iPhone, Blackberry, iPad, desktop (prism and fluid) and also available as an extension for popular web browsers such as Firefox and Chrome. Some of the unique features of Hootsuite are: Team Collaboration, Monitor Keyword and Website Analytics, Assign task to team members etc. Even though I use MarketMeSuite (http://www.self-publishing-coach.com/marketmesuite) now for many of my Twitter tasks so that I can brand each Tweet with my website URL, I still use Hootsuite as well on my phone.

Tweet Deck (http://www.Tweetdeck.com) - Tweet Deck is like a social dashboard which can connect with friends on Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, Linkedin, Foursquare, Google Buzz and more. Tweetdeck is available in 15 different languages.

Seesmic (http://www.seesmic.com) - It is a powerful collection of social media tools that are helpful to authors or blog writers to build their brands online. You can sign into Seesmic using Twitter. Seesmic Desktop can also be integrated with highly useful third party applications such as Salesforce, Ning, Formspring etc.

Social Oomph (http://www.socialoomph.com) - Social Oomph is an excellent free application for twitter users. Out of many features provided by Socialoomph, most liked features are: schedule tweets and follow those who follow you automatically. With the free version you can automatically schedule a tweet to be send to those who follow you. I have used this in the past.

ToDoTweet (http://todotweet.com/) - You can sign in using your tweeter account. Now every time you write your tweets just add #todo at the end so it will automatically be posted on ToDoTweet and you will remember your To-Do Lists easily. With just 40-45 mins on twitter, you can collect lots of ideas from your social circle. With ToDoTweet, you can organize your to-do lists with different hashtags too.

FanGager (http://www.fangager.com/site/) - Do you have a Facebook account? If yes, then this is a "one of its kind" application which you should know about. Fangager is a kind of social CRM which can engage your fans in a nice way. It is a Fan Management & Engagement Platform.

Dlvr.it (http://dlvr.it/) - Dlv.it provides bloggers and publishers a systematic way to syndicate content with popular social media sites. Your posts will automatically be posted to Twitter and can also be published to top social networks such as Facebook, Linkedin, Google Buzz, MySpace, Status.net and more. You can also get real-time engagement statistics.