For all startups selecting the software they can employ to enhance their social media presence and growth hack, NBT Academy have put together this extensive list of free social media tools. We hope you find them useful!
1. Hootsuite. Free for three channels but if you want more, you will need to pay for Hootsuite Pro
2. Buffer. Allows posting multiple channels and seeing top tweet or post
3. Google Analytics. Allows tracking how many clicks your website gets from your social media posts
4. ViralWoot. Tool to promote pins, gain new followers
5. SocialBro. Helps to know when is the best time to post to your Twitter account
6. Social Mention. Similar to Google Alerts allows to monitor discussions around your website
7. Addictomatic. Tool to look into your brand’s reputation
8. Facebook Insights. To see reach, influence, and engagement
9. Tweetdeck. Allows to schedule out tweets, customize alerts and searches
10. Easel.ly. To create infographics
11. CheckUsernames. To make sure username in mind is free across all channels
12. Bitly. To track the analytics of a link
13. IFTTT. Allows to make “recipes” of various social media strategies
14. TweetReach. To track tweets and see an overall analytics report of how far tweets are reaching
15. Conversation Score. To check Facebook pages and get create analytics overviews
16. Klout. To see what your audience is interested in
17. HowSociable. To see which social sites give the most interaction
18. IceRocket. To monitor blogs in over 20 different languages
19. Twazzup. To track various keywords, showing the top tweets, which tweets are re-tweeted more
20. Reachli. To monitor Pinterest activity and engagement
21. SumAll. To measure and monitor social media accounts like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, it also connects to other services like Google Analytics and PayPal
22. Rapportive. To view social profiles in Gmail inbox
23. Swayy. Suggests content, whether it’s a video, article, or infographic, that you should share with your audience
24. Qzzr. To create various quizzes for your social media platforms
25. Followerwonk. Shows detailed breakdowns of your followers and activity
26. Iconosquare. Instagram management tool
27. Collecto. Another spot for Instagram stats
28. Quintly. To access analytics for up to three Facebook pages
29. Cyfe. To create a custom dashboard filled with stats from dozens of marketing tools
30. Tailwind. For optimization and scheduling of pins,
31. Beevolve. To create and send social media messages with direct tracking on the dollars-and-cents ROI.
32. Keyhole. For hashtag campaign tracking, offers a wealth of statistics that can help you sort the popularity and success of a branded hashtag
33. Riffle. Browser extension adds an overlay to the Twitter profiles you visit, showing stats like retweets per tweet and favorites per tweet
34. MyTopTweet. Shows you the top 10 tweets for any Twitter user you wish.
35. Twitter analytics. Provides a 28-day overview of how your tweets have performed in all the major engagement areas—retweets, mentions, favorites, and clicks