5 Tools to Effectively Manage Your Social Media

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5 Tools to Effectively Manage Your Social Media Marketing

Managing your social media marketing doesn’t merely consist of posting a few updates here and there and calling it a day. To ensure it grows your brand, it’s important to be organized and know how to properly manage the day-to-day operations of your social media channels. Doing so begins with the best tools for the job, and here at Web Geeks we would love to show you a few of our favourites.

Buffer

When you want a no-nonsense tool only for scheduling social media posts, you want Buffer. The free version of this amazing tool allows you to schedule posts across the most popular social networks, including Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram. Moreover, Buffer gives you the option of creating images and uploading videos and GIFs to your scheduled posts. With the ability to schedule up to 10 posts at a time in the free version, Buffer is one of the best tools you can start using today when you’re ready to get serious about strategic social media marketing.

Think online reputation management isn’t necessary for your brand? You couldn’t be more wrong. Online rep management – the art of maintaining your good name on the Web – is necessary for businesses of all shapes and sizes; especially small businesses. One wrong move and you could lose your customers for good, but what’s worse? Without a proper game plan for online reputation management, any disgruntled former customer or employee could sink your small business and ruin your good name.

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Hootsuite

When you need a social media marketing tool that covers a little bit of everything, it’s hard to beat Hootsuite. In addition to allowing you to schedule posts, Hootsuite allows you to manage your current social media content with relative ease, allowing you to browse past content via tags and other metrics; this makes repurposing well-performing content a breeze.

The true power of Hootsuite is in its premium plans. Allowing you to connect and integrate the apps you use every day for business (such as Adobe apps), users have the luxury of using their most important apps under one umbrella. With access to a wealth of analytics that will show how well your posts are performing and so much more, Hootsuite is a tool worth getting acquainted with.

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UnionMetrics

For entrepreneurs that need their brand to be laser-focused on social media marketing metrics, there’s UnionMetrics. This fantastic tool can actually analyze the impact your social media channels are having on the Web; from there it allows you optimize your reach for maximum impact. The tool also features keyword listening when you need to figure out exactly what’s influencing your industry in real-time (an amazing option when creating content for social media marketing purposes). From using research tools to discover historical data to find new demographics you can integrate into your target audience to analyzing your competition and so much more, this is next-level social media marketing.

Adobe Creative Cloud

The gold standard of desktop publishing, it’s hard to find a suite of products more powerful and easier to use than Adobe. It used to be that buying an Adobe product meant you had to spend thousands – not anymore. Adobe Creative Cloud gives you access to Adobe’s latest and greatest apps for a monthly fee: from Photoshop to Lightroom, Illustrator, InDesign Premiere, and other programs you’ve come to trust. When you need to create professional images and video for all of your social media channels, Adobe Creative Cloud makes it happen without the headache.

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Anchor

Podcasting has never been bigger – and judging by the sheer amount of podcasts to choose from that’s not changing anytime soon. One of the more unique ways to market your brand is using the power of podcasts – and there’s no easier way to get started than with Anchor. The days of needing a studio to record professional audio are gone – with Anchor, all you need is a smartphone (though an external microphone is more comfortable when recording). Want guests? Anchor allows your guests to connect with you within the app itself and record an episode regardless if they’re in the same room or on the other side of the world.

Anchor also hosts your episodes for free, distributes each episode for you, and even allows you to monetize your episodes once you gain a following. With analytics that showcase how well your episodes are performing and the ability to make your podcasts sound as if they were recording in a professional studio, Anchor is the best way for anyone to make a name for themselves in a medium that’s taking the world by storm.

Social media marketing is easier when you have tools at your disposal, but what if you don’t have the time to use them? Choose Web Geeks! Give us a call, and we will provide the services mentioned above and so much more. Give us a call today, and let’s work together to perfectly market your brand!