Tools that Integrate your Social Media Networks

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Tools that integrate your social media networks

So, now you have a Facebook account, a LinkedIn Account and a Twitter account. And maybe you have a blog now too? So every day you log into these individual accounts to post updates, several times a day; as if life wasn’t busy already.

Have you ever wondered why some people can post more often? Do they have more time to do this than you do? And what’s that little note in their post saying posted from Seesmic or Tweetdeck, or Hootsuite?

These are just a few of the tools that now make it possible for you to cross post to multiple social networking groups, and most even let you monitor them all in one place. Now that’s easy. Here are some examples.*

Seesmic – Seesmic has multiple tools including Desktop, Web, Blackberry and the new Windows version. It’s a great tool for multiple Twitter account users and keeping you on top of multiple Twitter lists. Seesmic Desktop gives you access to you Facebook account as well. Read and post from the app to one or both accounts from your desktop, browser or Blackberry.

Tweetdeck – The desktop version links you to Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and MySpace accounts. You can define the columns (one for each social media tool or all for different Twitter tools – DMs, Groups, Lists, etc.). Read and post directly from the deck. Tweetdeck is available for the IPhone and IPad.

Hootsuite – The dashboard uses a tab format to access Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn with similar capabilities to Seesmic and Tweetdeck. Hootsuite has an IPhone app too.

Pluggio – (formerly Tweetminer) integrates Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook. Newer on the scene Pluggio has short help videos build right into the program to get you up and running quickly. Pluggio’s two great features are its ability to set up scheduled updates and/or rolling posts (timed repeated posts).

Ping.fm dashboard – Pluggio and Seesmic both work in conjunction with Ping.fm. This smaller dashboard is accessed via web browser. Set it up to post to one account or multiple social media accounts (well beyond Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn). You can even “micro post” blogs on Blogger and Wordpress. Word has it that Seesmic and Ping.fm will soon be offering scheduled updates.

*NOTE: application tools change frequently and will change after I’ve posted this blog. Always check for updates.

Joseph Archibald

Hi Karriann, many thanks for this concise and useful post!

I'm no where near as adept as is Jared - the other commentor. In fact, fairly much a new-bie to Twitter and Facebook (even though both of my accounts are well over a year old) and all things social media.

SEO has been my game but its time for a bit of a change.

Just got hold of Hootsuite this morning but I'm having issues integrating FaceBook correctly. Not much good at anything technical orientated at all, really.

Anyhow, nice to read up on your post and many thanks for sharing!

Regards
Joseph
PS I'll RTweet your post too Karriann, just to show my appreciation that little bit more.
KarriannGraf

Thanks for posting Joseph we have corresponded a few times already in the last 24 hours. Before you know it you will be a pro just like Jared....the other commentor.

SEO is something that keeps coming back to me....I don't think I am using it to my advantage....I hope to learn more.

Did you get your Facebook all working on Hootsuite? Hootsuite is a great tool for scheduling posts.
Jared Parmenter

I liked a lot of tools you mentioned but I have actually abandoned all of them and replaced them all with PixelPipe Pro. I have integrated Facebook, Twitter, TwitPic, TwitVid, A Blog on Blogger, FourSquare, MySpace, Tumblr, LinkedIn, YouTube and Picasa all in one tool. Additionally PixelPipe has about another 20 other social media sites that I do not use that it will integrate.

There are apps for Android, iPhone, Blackberry and others as well as a fairly clean, simple and effective web interface.

The app on my Android phone is quick and clean and can be set to prompt me each time I take a picture or video to post it to any combination of my pipes in one shot, or I can set it NOT to prompt me and manually go into the app and chose the content I want to post when I want to post it.

It has a feature to update statues or another to create an actual post for any of the blog sites (Blogger or Tumblr in my case).

Definitely a tool worth looking at for ease of posting and social media use.
KarriannGraf

Sorry Jared somehow I missed your post.....thanks so sharing your great ideas. Are you still using the PixelPipe? This sounds like a great application to have especially for posting to all these sites with a press of a button. What disadvantages have you found if any?