12 in 2012: My favorite Social Tools! #socbiz #ibmsocialbiz #ls12 #connect12
My favorite Social Tools!!
1. IBM Connections. Yes, I am an IBMer and I love IBM Connections. I love the blogs and the microblogging that I use with my team, and with my clients. It is the new 'social inbox' of my life! I don't think I could live without it!
2. Twitter. I am addicted. I have to tweet. I use this tool because I love succinct statements. I need the wisdom of the crowds.
3. Foursquare. Checking in whereever I am -- and posting it in multiple places. I like the badges as a gamification addition.
4. Klout.com. I am not sure it is the perfect way to measure influence, but I like to see the influencers in a variety of areas. It helps me to see and understand more and more about my virtual friends.
5. Facebook. I love the new frictionless social gestures and the way Facebook allows us to keep in touch wtih our friends and families.
6. Tweetdeck. I know I already listed Twitter but Tweetdeck enables me to monitor key words and to see the best conversations. Without this tool, I wouldn't be as effective on Twitter.
7. Cognos Consumer Insight. This tool enables me to track sentiment, affinity, and has predictive capability. All great social media-ist should listen and study at all times!
8. Wordpress blogs. Wordpress has made blogging so simple and easy and hsa the tracking I need to see how my readers like what I am writing.
9. YouTube. I love video and the power that it brings. Video envokes trust and personalization that is not possible in other medias.
10. Delicious. I love the easy bookmarketing and tagging, which makes for quick searching later.
11. LinkedIn. LinkedIn is for my business contacts and groups. It is a great way to get linkedin to great groups - like those for authors or social media enthusiasts.
12. Hash Tracking. A great tool to track campaigns on twitter. It tracks the level of engagement of the conversations around a topic.
What are your favorite tools?!
