Go-To Tools List

All my favourite social media and otherwise “geeky” resources in one place! Just click on a name to be taken to the site. Please note, some of these links are affiliate links. If you use them and purchase the product, I may receive a small referral fee.

Social Media Quizzes

Interact (Aff)

Twitter Tools

Tweriod – find the best time to Tweet
Twilert – get e-mail updates on a Twitter search
ManageFlitter – Manage your follows
Audiense – Manage your follows with advanced targetting
Click to Tweet
Twitter card validator – update the image being pulled for your link

Facebook Tools

Facebook Grid Image Checker – this tool helps you see if you have too much text on your image. For use with Facebook advertisements.
Facebook overlay tool – similar to the grid image checker, this one from Facebook simply tells you if your image is good to go.
Facebook Debugger – If Facebook isn’t pulling the right image from your blog, this tool can scrape a new image for you.
Create a New Facebook Page – Be sure you are already logged in to your personal Facebook account.

Social Media Management Tools

CloudCampaign
Smarterqueue
Hootsuite
Buffer
IFTTT – (If This Then That) Great for helping with some types of auto-posting. I use this to post to my accounts when my blog is updated.
Zapier – Similar to IFTTT, but has many more integrations to choose from. I have a paid account and use it mostly to send automagic email reminders based on events in my Google calendar.
Hey Orca – a great tool for getting pre-approval of your content when working with agencies
Meet Edgar – a robust recycling tool for your evergreen content. Perfect for affiliate marketers. Helps you repost the same types of messages in less time.
Social Warfare (Aff) – WordPress Plugin allows you to have more control over social sharing of your content.

Instagram Tools

Schedugram – Scheduling for Instagram
Later.com – Scheduling for Instagram
Photo Repost – There are NUMEROUS versions, all accomplish the same thing, sharing another person’s Instagram post on your feed.
Instaquote/Wordswag / Over – allow you to easily add text to a graphic
Iconosquare – Instagram analytics and searching
Onlypult
Candy Camera (Android) – seriously ladies, this has the best beauty filters I’ve seen!

Live Streaming

Periscope
Facebook Live
Crowdcast.io
BeLive.tv – This is the one I use for all the Twirp Communications Facebook Lives

Video

Screencast-O-Matic (AFF) – easily narrate a tutorial of how to do something on your screen and share it to social media
Adobe Spark
Animoto
Animotica (Windows 10 laptops only)

General Business Apps

MileIQ (phone app) – Tindr for your business mileage. Swipe right and it counts towards business!
SecureSafe (Android) – helps me keep track of my passwords
Sync (Aff) – Cloud storage
Focus@Will (Aff) – Music for productivity
Quuu Promote (aff) – Amplify your blog posts
FireShot – Screen capture plugin for Chrome