Atlanta-based Jamie Turner, editor of the 60 Second Marketer, has conducted a survey of today’s 13 best social media tools, tips and techniques, and has posted a must-read evaluation on his blog. Here’s an excerpt:
There are hundreds of different Social Media tools available, so it’s easy to get confused by all of them. One of the key concepts we discussed was how to categorize these tools so that they’re simpler and easier to use and understand.
There are three primary categories of Social Media — tools that help you network, tools that help you promote and tools that help you share content.
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Thanks for your kind words about our Social Media posting. One comment we got on our posting was that ShareThis is an excellent Social Media tool, too. I see that you guys are using it here and I’ve seen it elsewhere. I’m going to check it out — I probably should’ve known about it before! Hah! Thanks again for your kind words.