Category Archives: Tools/Apps

What is Snapchat?

You may have heard the recent buzz around the newest social media platform, Snapchat. Snapchat is an app that allows you to send real time messages to friends. You can send both photos and text. I bet you’re thinking: so what? The big “so what” is that these messages disappear in ten seconds or less. Snapchat…

Facebook Mobile Changes: April 2013

Around 50% of Facebook use is now via mobile phones. A percentage that significant means small business owners and fan page admins need to be very aware of how their fan pages look on a smart phone, and consider the differences between how users consume Facebook updates on their computers vs their phones. New Facebook…

What is Vine?

Recently, Twitter released an app called Vine for iOS devices. Vine allows you to record six seconds of video which it then plays on an endless loop. Much like Twitters 140 character max, this six second max is designed to make videos easy to consume. Vine allows you to record one thing for six seconds, or take several…

2 Google Tools You Need to Know

Bing may be winning in its “Bing It On” challenge where it surveys random folks in blind tests to see if people prefer Bing or Google search results, but Google still reigns supreme – and by a large margin – as the #1 search engine. Because of this, it’s important to stay up-to-date with all…

What is Instafollow?

For most social media platforms, there are numerous tracking and reporting tools you can use to understand more about your followers. For Instagram, one of the easiest measurement tools you can use is Instafollow. Instafollow is a downloadable app (for Apple and Android) that provides a quick dashboard of your following and follower stats. At…

LikeAlyzer: A Facebook Analysis Tool

All of us are looking for fast, easy-to-use tools to help us maximize and improve our social media profiles and presence. Some popular tool options that we love include Who.Unfollowed.Me, ManageFlitter, The Twit Cleaner and EdgeRank Checker. After reading this post, you may want to add LikeAlyzer to that list, too. Within seconds of entering…

Pingraphy, A Pinterest Management Tool

Do you hate to “Pin & Run”? You know, when your Pinterest activity shows 12 pins in the span of 8 minutes, then no activity for the next 5 days? Enter Pingraphy, a Pinterest management tool that allows you to schedule your pins to post gradually over time. For those of you who use Buffer,…

Chirpify for Instagram

Late last spring we told you about Chirpify, the first Twitter commerce tool on the market. Chirpify gives businesses and non-profits a way to turn their tweets into transactions with the use of PayPal and a simple “Tweet – ‘Buy’ Tweet Reply” process. Now Chirpify has integrated Instagram into its platform, furthering the opportunities for…

Woobox: Add a Pinterest Tab to your Facebook Fan Page

Integrating your Pinterest pins with your personal Facebook profile is one thing, but sharing your pins to your Facebook fan page is another. Enter Woobox: A free app that allows you to display all your pin boards on a tab on your Facebook fan page. How to Use Woobox to Add a Pinterest Tab 1….

Click To Tweet: Making Twitter Promotion Easier

Have a great piece of advice to share? A new service to announce? Maybe an upcoming “can’t miss” promotion? Using a tool like ClickToTweet allows you to easily embed a personal message on a website page that will be tweeted out when clicked. How To Use ClickToTweet Visit ClickToTweet.com, enter your custom message and click…