Social Marketing Toolbox

Forward Marketing (FM) uses the latest desktop & cloud-based Social Media Marketing tools & services, making up 95% of the tools & services we use. Here’s a list of the tools & services we use for our clients & internally for FM. Please submit suggestions to this list so we can improve it.

Social Media Accounts & Services

Forward Marketing recommends consideration of these social media accounts as part of your content distribution and community engagement strategy:

• Twitter
• Facebook
• Google +
• LinkedIn
• YouTube
• Vimeo
• Flickr
• SlideShare
• Digg
• Constant Contact 
• WordPress-powered blog
• RSS

Social Media Marketing Strategy Tools

If you need to plan before execution, these Palo Alto Software tools are the “best of class” for their two respective areas.

• Palo Alto Software’s Business Plan Pro
• Palo Alto Software’s Sales & Marketing Pro

Social Media Marketing Audit & Setup Tools

Forward Marketing uses internally or recommends these social marketing audit tools:

• Know ‘em account research and registration

Social Media Content Distribution Tools

Forward Marketing uses internally or recommends these social media content distribution tools:

• Traffic Geyser
• TweetDeck
• HootSuite

Social Media Marketing Management Tools

Forward Marketing uses internally or recommends these social marketing management tools for monitoring and engagement:

• Radian 6
• Trackur

Social Media Marketing Optimization Tools

Forward Marketing uses internally or recommends these social marketing optimization tools:

• Grader.com
• Facebook Grader
• Blog Grader
• Twitter Grader
• Four Square Grader
• Marketing Grader

Social Media Marketing Training & Certification

Forward Marketing uses internally or recommends these social marketing training and certification courses. For more information, see our Social Media Marketing Training & Certification page.

• Inbound Marketing University course
• Market Motive Social Media Marketing course
• Online Marketing Institute’s Social Media Marketing course
• Web CEO Search Marketing Professional course

For More Information

Forward Marketing (FM) is a full service marketing firm specializing in Internet “ROI” with complete Social Media Marketing Services. We also manage the Houston Internet Marketing Forum (HIMF), the Houston Website Designer Forum (HWDF), and related seminars with partners such as the Art Institute of Houston. For more information, Contact Us, Follow Us via social media, or call us at 713-449-2000.