Social Media Tools
Social Media moves at a remarkably fast pace, meaning that just one month in social media time can lead to stunning new developments, including new tools that allow you to save both time and money. Let’s take a look at some of this month and last month’s newest tools:
Panabee: This site is truly a one-stop shop; search for available web domains by desired address or via associated keywords, browse related terms, the Google definition, and more. A simple entry like “safety pin” in the search box immediately yielded suggestions for available domains (safetypinn.com and gosafetypin.com) since our first choice (safetypin.com) was already taken. Panabee also pulled up to-the-minute twitter feeds relating to safety pins, as well as the top Google searches related to the product. Consider us hooked.
AppMakr: This free ‘drag and drop’ tool allows you to create your own mobile apps on iPhone, Windows and Android. It might signal the full arrival of mass mobile media and allows you to see the thousands of apps that have already been created using the site, by people just like you!
IconSeeker: This site solves the difficult problem of finding social media icons to suit your site. While Google Image search can leave you with hundreds of options as far as site icons, IconSeeker narrows the results down to only the best. Example: We searched “fire” on both IconSeeker and Google Images. The results speak for themselves: and
Facebook Vanity: Check out the availability of Facebook URLs in a matter of seconds, and grab yours if its available- it makes for a professional addition to your business card to have your profile listed as facebook.com/john.smith, versus facebook.com/skjdwi13.
PeerIndex: Use it to get an initial feel of key conversation drivers in a particular field.
What social media tools do you use on a daily basis? Tell us some of your new favorites in the comments.
Curious where you can find sites that list the latest and greatest social media tools. Are there sites other than TechCrunch that make it easy to find cool stuff? Interesting post, by the way.
Erick- I usually come across them while catching up on daily social media news on sites like Mashable and Alltop…However, Social Media Examiner does frequent posts on social media tools, as do other blogs.