{"id":3015,"date":"2019-05-27T07:46:58","date_gmt":"2019-05-27T07:46:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitalschoolofmarketing.co.za\/?p=3015"},"modified":"2022-10-17T13:09:04","modified_gmt":"2022-10-17T11:09:04","slug":"tools-to-manage-social-media-marketing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digitalschoolofmarketing.co.za\/social-media-marketing-blog\/tools-to-manage-social-media-marketing\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking for Tools to Manage Your Social Media Marketing?"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_medium\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_grid cols_3-1 laptops-cols_inherit tablets-cols_inherit mobiles-cols_1 valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"w-image align_center\"><div class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"433\" src=\"https:\/\/digitalschoolofmarketing.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/shutterstock_331856324-e1558943151640.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"DSM Digital school of marketing - tools to manage your social media marketing\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitalschoolofmarketing.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/shutterstock_331856324-e1558943151640.jpg 620w, https:\/\/digitalschoolofmarketing.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/shutterstock_331856324-e1558943151640-600x419.jpg 600w, https:\/\/digitalschoolofmarketing.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/shutterstock_331856324-e1558943151640-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digitalschoolofmarketing.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/shutterstock_331856324-e1558943151640-286x200.jpg 286w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>You can get more done\u00a0while commuting, lounging, or waiting with the below-mentioned <strong>mobile apps and tools for your <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/digitalschoolofmarketing.co.za\/blog\/social-media-advertising-costs\/\">social media<\/a><strong> marketing. In fact, they make any marketer\u2019s day. They provide<\/strong> better ways to create videos, audio, and images giving you better means <strong>to connect, engage, and share.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Social Media Marketing Tools and Apps<\/h2>\n<h2><strong>The PostMuse<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Everyone needs a bit of inspiration. So this is a great starting point. Here, you can access social media posts and inspiration in template form. It\u2019s a free image-editing app that can be used on iOS\u00a0or\u00a0Android. This includes tips and tricks, photo filters, fonts, and other tools.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Otter Voice Notes<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Whether you\u2019re on a desktop computer or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/otter-ai\/id1276437113\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iOS<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.aisense.otter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Android<\/a>\u00a0device, Otter Voice Notes records and transcribes audio simultaneously. Furthermore it transcribe pre-recorded audio and video files. You\u2019re\u00a0be able to take voice notes, generate transcripts, and repurpose content. You could even repurpose audio and video transcripts into other useful <a href=\"https:\/\/digitalschoolofmarketing.co.za\/blog\/dont-just-pay-social-media-marketing-measure-results\/\">social media<\/a> content or create transcripts of podcast episodes. It never stops getting interesting!<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Zest<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Zest focuses on <a href=\"https:\/\/digitalschoolofmarketing.co.za\/blog\/will-content-marketing-generate-leads-for-your-business\/\">content marketing<\/a>. It doubles as a content-curation tool and is a great place to search for information about specific marketing topics. Here users can pick, submit, and upvote anything they like. For instance, they can select a category, the number of clicks received as well as the number of shares, video, and audio. The great news is that the app is free. Since Facebook algorithms have begun limiting the content you see websites like Zest have become important.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>The Listen Notes<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Listen Notes is a search engine designed to help you find content people, places, and topics. But when it comes to a podcast name search, Listen Notes may not be the best tool. With this tool, you\u2019ll not only find podcasts but also create playlists and share content.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Easil<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Tell your stories better. This\u00a0is a browser-based tool that offers you professional templates for your <a href=\"https:\/\/digitalschoolofmarketing.co.za\/blog\/instagram-updates-you-need-to-know\/\">Instagram<\/a> and Facebook Stories which means that it will help loads in your social media marketing. So don\u2019t worry about not being a graphic design guru because this tool will do the work for you. After selecting a template, you can edit the font, colour scheme, the actual image, and more.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>SparkScore<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sparktoro.com\/tools\/sparkscore\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">This<\/a> tool is also Twitter orientated. It gives you an analysis of audience interaction. It can measure your <a href=\"https:\/\/digitalschoolofmarketing.co.za\/blog\/social-proof-the-psychological-influence-of-marketing\/\">influence<\/a> by looking at followers, retweets, likes, and lists. If you check your free SparkScore report on the same day every week, you\u2019ll have a snapshot of whether your Twitter engagement is up or down.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Vimeo Stock Video<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Its library is a brilliant resource for B-roll footage (which typically plays during a voiceover or transition).\u00a0 It includes motion graphics, travel-related footage and aerial shots on a royalty-free basis. You\u2019ll have 4K worth of footage available should you need it. <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/stock\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vimeo Stock Video<\/a>\u00a0offers high-end stock video that can help your videos stand out compared to the stock most people use.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Snap Camera<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>This is a desktop app from Snapchat that allows you to use its augmented reality lenses on your desktop computer. Perfect for someone wanting to get ahead in social media marketing!<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Crop Video<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Crop Video\u00a0changes landscape <a href=\"https:\/\/digitalschoolofmarketing.co.za\/blog\/creating-videos-for-your-business\/\">videos<\/a> into perfectly cropped vertical or square videos.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>MoviePro<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>It gets exiting and super creative! <a href=\"https:\/\/profilmmakerapps.com\/app\/moviepro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MoviePro<\/a>\u00a0is an iOS video-recording app with all of the typical recording features. It\u2019s Bluetooth enabled, it monitors audio and has a (720p, 1080p, or 4K) resolution.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Clipping Magic<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>For the so-not-ideal backgrounds now you can remove them altogether. It works like Photoshop, just much quicker and easier.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-image align_none\"><div class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"429\" src=\"https:\/\/digitalschoolofmarketing.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/shutterstock_444982108-Copy-e1558943119731.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"DSM Digital school of marketing - tools to manage your social media marketing\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitalschoolofmarketing.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/shutterstock_444982108-Copy-e1558943119731.jpg 620w, https:\/\/digitalschoolofmarketing.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/shutterstock_444982108-Copy-e1558943119731-600x415.jpg 600w, https:\/\/digitalschoolofmarketing.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/shutterstock_444982108-Copy-e1558943119731-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digitalschoolofmarketing.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/shutterstock_444982108-Copy-e1558943119731-289x200.jpg 289w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_medium\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h2><strong>The Kapwing Instagram Story Template<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Kapwing Instagram story templates\u00a0is a web-based tool for creating professional Instagram stories. When you want to maintain consistency and a polished style the possibilities are endless:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You could add two pieces of content to each segment,<\/li>\n<li>Write a text caption for a video, or<\/li>\n<li>Create any other combination.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Nception<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Give your videos spellbinding geometry. Make its movement fascinating by adding special effects.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Video Resizer for IGTV &amp; frame<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Want to resize your videos for Instagram TV (also called <a href=\"https:\/\/digitalschoolofmarketing.co.za\/blog\/igtv-for-business-present-more-exciting-than-future\/\">IGTV<\/a>)? Then check out the\u00a0Video Resizer for IGTV &amp; frame\u00a0iOS app. This free app can change landscape or square videos to a 9:16 ratio for IGTV and is free.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Quik for mobile<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Quik for mobile\u00a0is a free video-editing tool from GoPro which is available on\u00a0iOS\u00a0or\u00a0Android. It has a Quik interface, with both basic and advanced features, basic video editing, adding photos, videos, music, and text, and trimming shots manually or automatically so helping you create quality stories.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Videoshop<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>This\u00a0is a free stand-alone video recording and editing app for\u00a0iOS\u00a0or\u00a0Android. It enables you to record and edit your video in one place without the use of several other apps.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Planable<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>This app helps you create mock-ups of social media posts for previews before publishing. The beauty is that it previews posts on many social channels via both instead of just one. Synchronicity is everything.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>The Emoji Builder<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>For creating distinct emojis for your marketing campaigns, check out\u00a0emoji builder by @phlntn. The free, web-based tool lets you choose a face colour, mouth, eyes, and more for your different emojis.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>IG:dm<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Avoid scrolling through Instagram when trying to manage social media. IG:dm is a free app that adds features to macOS, Windows, and Linux computers.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Gfycat Gmail Add-on<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>When using Gmail, the\u00a0Gfycat Gmail add-on\u00a0lets you reply to emails with GIFs.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>The Juicer<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The app totals <a href=\"https:\/\/digitalschoolofmarketing.co.za\/blog\/benefits-social-media-marketing\/\">social media<\/a> posts based on hashtags or searches terms for re-sharing. It gives you an option to determine which hashtags or search terms you want to pull together from different social media channels using a WordPress plugin or an embedded code from Juicer.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>iA Writer<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Focus is everything so this app affords just that especially when writing. So this tool is designed just for that, whether you\u2019re writing blog posts, meeting notes, outlines, podcast show notes, tweets, Facebook posts or texts.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Lumen5<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>For repurposing online articles as videos, try\u00a0Lumen5. This is a free browser-based app and allows you to edit the images, text, and video transitions on each slide. In about 30 minutes, you\u2019ll have a tailored slideshow that can be export to video.<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/digitalschoolofmarketing.co.za\/contact-us\/\">Get in touch with the Digital School of Marketing<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Want to get more of an insight into social media marketing? The Digital School of Marketing\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/digitalschoolofmarketing.co.za\/courses\/social-media-marketing-course\/\">Social Media Marketing Course<\/a> is the perfect vehicle for you to do this! 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