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)

Link Shortening & Feature Tools

urlgenius – ensures your link opens inside the app when served on a mobile device
Google Url Builder – assists with adding UTM tracking codes to your links
Bitly – for shortening and tracking link clicks

Twitter Tools

Tweriod – find the best time to Tweet
Twilert – get e-mail updates on a Twitter search
Audiense – Manage your follows with advanced targeting
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.
Hey Orca – a great tool for getting pre-approval of your content when working with agencies
Meet Edgar
Social Warfare (Aff) – WordPress Plugin allows you to have more control over social sharing of your content.
Later / Planoly for Instagram planning and scheduling
Tailwind (Aff) for Pinterest scheduling

Instagram Tools

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
Candy Camera (Android) – seriously ladies, this has the best beauty filters I’ve seen!

Live Streaming

Periscope
Facebook Live
Crowdcast.io
BeLive.tv (Aff)
StreamYard (Aff)

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!
Lastpass – 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