The options surrounding social media tools can be overwhelming. Discover 10 tools that will make creating great social media content easy.
The goal of social media is to engage your customers in a two-conversation and make them feel connected to your organization. It also helps with Search Engine Optimization (SEO), because search engines use social indicators such as how often you are tagged on social media to determine ranking.
Tool #1: Animoto
Animoto is a cloud-based video creation service that produces video from photos, video clips, and music into video slideshows. They have free and low-cost versions.
It’s important to post video to your social media, because it gets noticed. According to Syndacast, by 2017, 74% of all internet traffic will be video. According to YouTube, mobile video consumption rises 100% every year.
Tool #2: Buffer
Buffer is a social media scheduling tool. What it does is simple. You add updates to your Buffer queue and it will be posted for you well-spaced out over the day - and at the best times. Buffer not only allows you to schedule your posts and move on to other tasks – you will also get the most reach you can.
Tool #3: Pablo
Pablo is a free service by Buffer that allows you to create engaging images using text over photos. You can use your own photos – or those provided by Pablo. You can create your own quotes – or use the pre-loaded quotes from Pablo.
Visual social media has impact. In fact, according to Kissmetrics, content with relevant images gets 94% more views than content without relevant images.
Tool #4: Canva
Canva is a free design tool that allows you easily create professional quality social media posts in the form of: Graphics, Twitter posts, Tumblr graphics, eBooks, Facebook covers, and more!
Tool #5: Pixlr
Pixlr is a free photo editing tool that allows you to do basic photo editing, but also create colleges or add stickers, effects, borders, or text. It also has an app that you can use to add retro effects to transform photos into cool vitage images.
Tool #6: Tailwind
This tool allows you to easily pin and schedule to Instagram photos onto Pinterest boards. There are free and low-cost versions.
According to Pinterest, 75% of daily usage happens on smartphones and tablets, so it’s a natural fit to post Instagram photos on Pinterest and have your Pinterest users connect with you on Instagram.
Tool #7: Flipsnack
Flipsnack allows you to take pdfs and easily publish them into captivating online magazines and flipbooks. It’s a great service for creating digital marketing publications, but they also has created a safe network for teachers and students doing elearning.
Tool #8: Google Alerts
Although Google Alerts have been around for quite a while, they are still a great way to track keywords that would be of interest to your program. For instance, you can have a Google Alert for the name of your organization. If you are mentioned online, you will get an email about it – and share on social media, if you like it.
Tool #9: Social Clout
Social Clout is an analytics tool where you can make significant improvements in engagement, campaigns, and keywords. You can also track multiple social media accounts. The reports you generate will provide the data you need to optimize your social media marketing.
Tool #10: Feedly
To help gauge what others are saying in terms of content and identify the key industry trends in relevant information that should shape your own social-media posts, Feedly offers content curation and content sharing that integrates with Buffer.