5+ Social Media Tools & Tips Every Blogger Needs

Its not a secret that blogging isn’t easy. The competition is stiff. This is in addition to the fact that every post is painstakingly compiled right from identifying the target audience and researching the topic and keyword to writing the post and acquiring free stock photos. Even with the best content, getting people to read it is the next big challenge.

social media tools for bloggers Social media is the main tool used by bloggers to drive content to their posts. But social posting, commenting, sharing and being an active member of a community is very time consuming.

There are social media tools you can use to make work easier on your part. Below are crucial tools bloggers can and should be using to perform crucial social media tasks.

1) Social Media Tracking

Social Media Tracker is a tool to measure the performance of social media brands. You can go directly to the source of each mention of your brand and engage with the audience. It is easier to monitor brands’ online conversations and listen to what people say about brands on different social media channels.

It has lots of features for a better understanding on how the audience sees the brand. Here’s what it can do:

– Track social conversations about the brand in real-time

– Better understand the audience by having social media reporting and analytics

– Social listening and brand monitoring

– Track social media mentions to identify influencers

– Get insights and ideas for new social media marketing strategies

2) Scheduling tools

Scheduling your posts properly is important if you wish to leverage on social media to drive traffic to your blog post. You need to know when most of your audiences are online then add your posts at that time. This guarantees that your posts get more visibility. Social media tools will save you time and you can set different schedules for a week or month or even on the go. Here are 10 tools you could consider.

Do you use any of these tools or have a recommendation to add to the list? Feel free to share your recommendations and experiences.

3) Social Media Dashboard For Analysis

Do you promote your blog on various social media networks? If yes, then you will benefit from social media dashboard. This is a simple social media management tool that syncs all your accounts in a single convenient place. You see all your social media analytics in one place thereby eliminating the need to go to individual accounts manually. Here are 4 social media tools you could explore:

4) Use Facebook comments tool

There are so many bloggers out there that tackle topics that are related to your niche. Find the most influential posts and leave a comment. However, instead of linking comments to your personal page, add them as your business. You can change the link in the comment section and add your business page then write your comment. This will increase your Facebook page’s reach. You can also use facebook comments on your blog to make it easy for people to leave comments. (I plan to do this for my blog soon..!)

5) Tweet Deck

I love tweet deck! It is one of the best social media tools for twitter. It gives more flexibility by enabling you to view multiple timelines on a single interface.

6) Analyze and monitor Facebook pages with tools

LikeAlyzer is an important tool that helps you analyze the potential as well as effectiveness of a Facebook page. It helps monitor and compare.

7) Postcron

An active facebook group community is great place to attract traffic from to your blog. However, posting on multiple groups takes time. Postcorn is an important social media tool that enables you to auto schedule on Facebook groups and one Instagram.

Social media tools make work easy for you as a blogger. The key is to pick the tools that are relevant to you and learn how to use them.