#Buffer
Buffer is a simple and effective tool that provides a simple and easy way to schedule and share content in social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and Linkedin.
Buffer is just like a virtual queue which you can fill with content and post the content by scheduling them ahead of time. This tool very much useful for small businesses that do not have much time or resource to spend on social media but yet would like to maintain a social presence. The Bufferapp also gives analytics about the reach and engagement of your posts.
Pricing:
Free – allows up to 2 profiles and 10 updates for each profile
$10/month – allows up to 12 profiles and unlimited updates
#HootSuite
HootSuite is one of the most popular social media management tool and it allows you to manage various social media streams like Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Linkedin, Foursquare, WordPress, Myspace, TrendSpottr and Mixi.
Additional features are provided with the Hootsuite’s App Directory, including Instagram, Reddit, MailChimp, Tumblr, Vimeo and YouTube.
HootSuite has become an essential tool for social media management since it makes it possible to track conversations and measure campaign results through the web or mobile devices, eliminating the stress of coordinating responses and overlooking valued fans.
Pricing:
Free – Up to 3 social profiles, up to 2 RSS
$8.99/month (30 free trial days) – Up to 50 social profiles, unlimited RSS and more
Enterprise (custom pricing) – 100+ social profiles, Advanced security
#TweetDeck
TweetDeck is a free, simple to use Twitter management tool that allows you to view all aspects of your twitter account in one interface. It is a web and desktop solution to schedule tweets and stay posted with notification alerts for new tweets.
Tweetdeck, now owned by Twitter, is available for Chrome browsers, as well as Mac and Windows desktops
TweetDeck is specially designed for twitter and is not the tool for simultaneously managing various social networks.
Pricing:
Free
#Social Mention
Popular among social media enthusiasts, Social Mention is a free social media search engine that scrapes user generated content in the internet for any given product, company or search term.
This tool will gives the most recent relevant results, reach, metrics on unique author’s, sentiment, frequency of mentions, and top keywords.
Pricing:
Free
#BuzzSumo
Buzzsumo is powerful online tool that tracks content on all social media sites and ranks their popularity based on the number of shares on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Google+ and Pinterest. You can get relevant results by just entering a topic, keyword or domain.
Filtering your search by time frame shows you the most shared content over time and that gives you an insight to trends. With readily available data, this tool helps you to stay on top of the latest buzz in the field.
Pricing:
Free 15 days trial
$99/month – ideal for bloggers and small teams.
$299/month – For agency teams, with all Pro features, API access & more.
Enterprise (on contact) – Advanced functionality for large teams. Ideal for brands and publishers.