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Best Free Social Media Management Tool?

by windrider07
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I need a tool where I can post to Facebook, Twitter, and Google Plus for free. A tool that uses bitly or any popular and commonly used link shortener. Would also be nice if the tool had analytics.

I know about buffer, tweetdeck, hootsuite, and sproutsocial. Buffer is cool for autoposting RSS feeds. TweetDeck is awesome for twitter. Not sure how free HootSuite and SproutSocial are.

I'm using Twitter as the platform to promote my webdevelopment and online marketing business (in the Philippines) and trying to develop the best strategy on how to manage all of my posts on both my blog and on social media. The one thing I love about Twitter is that you can get followers so fast without paying a cent.

If anyone has good strategies on how to promote this kind of business, let me know Would love to know other people's strategies in getting clients. I don't have any clients so far. A lot of people use facebook to get clients for their business but I don't think facebook can maximize a webdesign/marketing business to its full capacity in terms of getting clients.
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  • Profile picture of the author kiruaidennis
    Originally Posted by windrider07 View Post

    I need a tool where I can post to Facebook, Twitter, and Google Plus for free. A tool that uses bitly or any popular and commonly used link shortener. Would also be nice if the tool had analytics.

    I know about buffer, tweetdeck, hootsuite, and sproutsocial. Buffer is cool for autoposting RSS feeds. TweetDeck is awesome for twitter. Not sure how free HootSuite and SproutSocial are.

    I'm using Twitter as the platform to promote my webdevelopment and online marketing business (in the Philippines) and trying to develop the best strategy on how to manage all of my posts on both my blog and on social media. The one thing I love about Twitter is that you can get followers so fast without paying a cent.

    If anyone has good strategies on how to promote this kind of business, let me know Would love to know other people's strategies in getting clients. I don't have any clients so far. A lot of people use facebook to get clients for their business but I don't think facebook can maximize a webdesign/marketing business to its full capacity in terms of getting clients.
    Speaking of Twitter. How can one get meaningful follow backs from a targeted niche of REAL twitter users. We've got too many fake twitter a/cs these days plus excessive ratchet tweets.

    P.S. If you follow me and you've got meaningful tweets I'll follow back Asap. Just click Here https://twitter.com/KiruaiDennis
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    • Profile picture of the author windrider07
      Originally Posted by kiruaidennis View Post

      Speaking of Twitter. How can one get meaningful follow backs from a targeted niche of REAL twitter users. We've got too many fake twitter a/cs these days plus excessive ratchet tweets.

      P.S. If you follow me and you've got meaningful tweets I'll follow back Asap. Just click Here https://twitter.com/KiruaiDennis
      Easy. Use hashtags. Post up good content on a daily basis. People will see you and follow you. You can also follow people who have a high amount of followers.

      But I am still looking for a good free tool to use for social media management. Anyone have any ideas?
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  • Profile picture of the author michaelkoehler92
    Tweepi.com is a great tool to follow/unfollow people on twitter!
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  • Profile picture of the author Ghoster
    Hootsuite is like $10 a month. Not free, but pretty close. I don't know if supports Google+, but I use it and love it.
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    On the whole, you get what you pay for.

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  • Profile picture of the author avowzone
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    Hootsuite free plan is great and using from last 10 months. I happy....
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  • Profile picture of the author melvinsh
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  • Profile picture of the author EntrepreneurDude
    I've noticed there's no ultimate tool for EVERY ASPECT, but there's a few top ones you should use together. TweetDeck is great for planning tweets, etc.

    Depends what exactly you're trying to accomplish.
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  • Profile picture of the author windrider07
    I'll see what the free package from Hootsuite has to offer. lol someone should make a tool that covers every aspect of social media, then either give it a low fee of like $3 per month or put some really high quality non-intrusive ads on it.

    I saw your tool, AutomateGrowth, for Twitter. Is it 100% free?
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  • Profile picture of the author SethLogan
    I've used Hootsuite for years and it works great
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  • Profile picture of the author DeanK
    You can take a look at https://www.socialoomph.com/ - has free and paid plans
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  • Profile picture of the author HyperVyper
    I tried using Hootsuite before but when I try posting in groups, the thumbnail images won't show. Did they fix that issue?
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  • Profile picture of the author irfanmaverick
    The magnitude of flexibility available in IFTTT is simply unparallel. Via IFTTT, out of so many things, you can easily achieve:
    1. Auto-post the content that you put on your FB page to twitter, Google+ Page, Flickr, Tumblr etc to name a few
    2. It also offers extensive customization option as to include specific hashtag whenever tweet is generated triggered from any source (FB/RSS etc)
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  • Profile picture of the author irfanmaverick
    Tips for generating business via FB: personalized for your niche:
    Assumptions:
    I posit that you already have a page and must have social proof. And that you would've branded your page properly.
    Tips:
    Install FB Apps on your page to show-case your portfolio, services types, rates, testimonials aesthetically. Highlight your USPs clearly

    Participate in FB Groups that are about web development. There are many groups where people are looking for freelancers for web-development tasks. Be a part of this conversation. Add value. Prove that you are not a fledgling rather a consummate web-developer etc.

    Create a blog and post valuable tips about web-development. Post that blog in groups. Don't Spam. Keep it relevant and entice users to share their feedback.

    FB Ads:
    Run super-targeted FB Ads. Target people in your location. Most of them would be male. Use Demographics wisely i.e. WORK TITLES, INDUSTRIES etc. Target Managers, CTOs etc

    Mention top web development blogs/magazines/conferences in your INTEREST.

    Offer a FREE CONSULTANCY or FREE website audit and generate LEADS. Build TRUST with them

    Organize contest on your page asking what type of challenges people are facing in web-development realm.

    These are just some ideas on top of my mind. Possibilities are simply endless!!
    Hope that it helps.
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  • Profile picture of the author markeeter
    DoSocial is free for managing one identity. You'll need to buy it if you want to use its complete set of features.
    In the free version:
    you have one RSS feed
    Facebook page and Profile Posting
    Twitter and LinkedIn Posting
    and Sharesly

    It's pretty cool. The paid version has a lot more of course.

    Another Social Media Management tool that I really like is Sprout Social. They offer you a thirty day free-trail, and it really works like a charm. They have a lot to offer like scheduling posts, queuing posts, analyzing engagement, and mapping out your monthly campaigns in the Calendar.
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  • Profile picture of the author kylerdabier
    Try http://sociota.net to manage your profiles from one place. Add, delete and monitor basic statistics to ensure your social media management is performing well. Group profiles together so audiences can be separated for easier management.
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