Using Social Media Tools to Strategically Develop Your Business

I am someone who loves integrating social media into the strategic plan for my business. It allows me to connect with others as I grow my reach online. There are many social media tools that can help you develop your strategic social media plan for your busines.

Some of them are listed below (this is a very concise and short list):

• TweetDeck: tool that allows you to post to Twitter, search Twitter tweets (information that has been sent to Twitter) and manage groups of people that you follow on Twitter
• TwitWall: allows you to micro-blog and post to Twitter simultaneously
• WordPress Twitter Tool: allows you to integrate your WordPress blog with Twitter

• Calliflower: used to integrate conference calling with FaceBook
• FriendFeed: used to allow you to share your FriendFeed feed within FaceBook
• The Visa Business Network: Allows you to connect with other business owners
• Twitter: connects Facebook and Twitter

• LinkedIn Answers: allow you to ask and answer question
• LinkedIn Groups: help you connect with others who have similar interests along with the ability to create your own group
• LinkedIn Jobs: Allow you to post or search for jobs