Tools

Our Favorite Social Media Marketing Tools of the Moment

JustHost Web Hosting

• One of the lowest-cost providers, with up to three years of domain registration and hosting for as little as $3.45 a month
• Almost 100% uptime with servers located around the world
• Many pre-installed functions, from WordPress to Fantastico
• Every account includes 50 emails and unlimited forwarders
• As an affiliate of JustHost, we earn a small commission if you purchase

Thesis WordPress Theme

• We highly recommend the WordPress Thesis Theme because it makes managing WordPress platforms exceptionally easy
• Manage menus, headers, fonts, colors — you name it
• Uses a control panel that does not demand knowledge of HTML to make sophisticated changes
• As an affiliate of Thesis Theme, we earn a small commission if you purchase

SocialOomph

• Free for basic, but the professional version costs money
• Manage your followers with auto direct-message (DM) responses
• Manage auto-replies when you’re out-of-pocket
• Create global DMs — a private message to every follower you have (use with care, as it’s considered borderline spam)
• As an affiliate of SocialOomph, we earn a small commission if you purchase

HootSuite

• Free — can’t beat free
• Manage multiple Twitter/Facebook/LinkedIn and other accounts
• Schedule tweets and updates for later — great for when you’re out for a few days
• Resides in the cloud so it works even if your computer is offline
• The name is a hoot … literally

TweetDeck

• Free — can’t beat free
• New ability to schedule updates
• New video feature called TwitVid
• Great filtering technology
• Now integrates with Google buzz and Foursquare
• Resides on your desktop, not the cloud