5 Best Social Media Management Tools for Small Business

From Guest Contributor: Laura Evens

Today, every businessman has realized the importance of social networking and communication but what stops him from enjoying the real benefit of this networking is limited time. They are unable to update five to ten social accounts daily. Therefore, I’m going to shed light on 5 best social management tools which will make it simple for the businessmen to update all accounts with the help of a single tool. Here are details of these tools.

1. Sendible

This social media management tools will allow every small business owner to engage with customers through regular updates on multiple accounts of social media. You can not only update the account but also  check the complete results of this update. In addition, tool comes with 360 degree monitoring power so that every businessman can check what other people are saying about his products and services. Best of all, he can develop a perfect marketing campaign online in a matter of seconds. If you are interested in a business plan that comes with 80 services then you need to spend $80 per month. On the other hand, a simple marketing plan with 30 services and costs you $30.

2. Sprout Social

It is an easy to use tool which lets you to manage your multiple social accounts such as Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc with just one click. For your information, this tool is being used by McDonald, Adobe,Red Mango, Yammer, etc for managing their social media accounts. That’s mean if you will use it for your small business, you would definitely see some good results. Just like Sendible, this tool is also offering tracking and monitoring features for the users. A businessman can schedule his messages depending on his preferences. The small biz plan is perfectly suitable for  small business owners like locksmith, plumbers, etc as it lets them to use up to 20 social profiles for just $39 per month. The Deluxe plan costs $59 per month and permits the user to manage almost 40 social profiles. Premium plan offers unlimited social profiles at a price of $899 per month.

3. Vertical Response

It is a tool which combines email marketing and social media management. A small business owner is capable to manage his social profiles and also to start email marketing campaign from the same portal. Some people think that there isn’t a link between social media and email marketing while there is an obvious link. A business owner can engage with his business customers through the email and social accounts; this engagement is quite useful. In addition, this tool brings two more valuable features such as survey and event marketing for providing assistance in the growth of small business. You need to pay $9 for social media marketing, $1 for email marketing, $11.48 for survey marketing and $12 for event marketing; every cost needs to bear every month.

4. HootSuite

I know that many of you have already been tried this tool as it is quite popular due to its easy to use interface. A businessman can manage his business social profiles in a very comfortable way after getting the tool. Its free version allows every user to manage 5 social accounts but it has limited features. For getting the most from this tool, user needs to pay $9.99 per month. When you have this tool then you can set up the complete schedule of social messages.

5. Postling

Whether you want to update the social accounts or have a desire to check what people are talking about your business products and services, it is Postling that will help you out. You are in a position to update your social account from the single place. A summary of your social activities would be emailed to you just to provide a quick recap. Management of different social media accounts such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, WordPress, Blogger, Tumblr, Facebook Photos, and YouTube can be done via this tool. Interested in the tool? Just you need to pay $5 per month.

No matter you are running a small locksmith business or running another business, you have to manage the social accounts. This management will become effortless when you go for any of these tools.

Author Bio:

Laura Evans is an experienced content writer and blogger. She always likes to share useful details and guides with small business owners. She is a contributing author of locksmith in Shoreline blog.