Time Saving Social Media Tools

When I’m talking with dealers about various aspects of their online marketing strategy, the reason that they most frequently bring up for why they aren't more involved in social media is that they or their teams don't have the time. I'm a strong believer in the theory that time is the new money, so I agree that sometimes there just aren't enough hours in the day. At DealerOn, we believe that there is a definite benefit to devoting time and effort to social media, and luckily, there are many tools that can help your dealership get the most out of your time.

SocialOomph: I use this to help with DealerOn's tweets and Facebook marketing efforts. I recommend the Professional version (it's very reasonably priced) to schedule and track tweets and Facebook posts, as well as manage your accounts. Having a single login and platform to manage all of these activities is a HUGE time-saver.

Tweetdeck: I know a lot of people that love this tool. Anyone dipping their toe into social media will like that it's free, and allows you to manage multiple social media profiles (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace, Google Buzz, and Foursquare) in one place. It also has a great search tool that works across all the platforms they support.

Timely.is: This is another free tool. The software analyzes your Twitter updates, uses this information to determine which times during the day people are most likely to retweet and read your posts, and allows you to write and schedule your tweets based on their recommendations for maximum exposure.

I’m always looking for more efficient ways to manage my time. Does anyone have any other or better social media tools that they recommend?

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Comment by Stephanie Young on August 25, 2011 at 9:57am: Ali, I have been using Social Oomph for sometime now.....love it!!! Thanks for the heads up. It has shaved 15 minutes of my daily schedule...and that is 15 minutes more I can spend blogging and interacting.

Comment by Stephanie Young on July 25, 2011 at 11:32am: Will do!

Comment by Ali Amirrezvani on July 25, 2011 at 11:25am: Glad I could help! Let me know how SocialOomph works for you if you decide to go that route.

Comment by Stephanie Young on July 25, 2011 at 9:14am: Thanks, Ali. We currently use Hootsuite to manager our tweets and other posts, but it does not seem to have the auto-responder feature I am looking for. I am going to check out SocialOomph and see if that could become the all in one tool for us. I appreciated the information.

Comment by Ali Amirrezvani on July 22, 2011 at 2:41pm: Hi Stephanie,

SocialOomph allows you to set up an auto-responder to new followers for a slight up-charge. Was that a tool you were looking at using, or were you looking for a stand-alone option?

Comment by Stephanie Young on July 22, 2011 at 9:42am: Ali, I am looking for an auto-responder tool for twitter to handle the thank you replies for when someone become a follower. Any recommendations?