There are numerous tools that make populating your Twitter feed, Facebook page, and other social media outlets relatively painless, and some are completely free. Use Hootsuite to manage your Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn accounts. If Google+ isn’t a priority for you, and your efforts are focused primarily on Facebook and Twitter, you might consider other options. Drawbacks : Tweetdeck doesn’t integrate Facebook pages, Google+, LinkedIn, or any of your other social media outlets, which means you’ll need more than one management tool. Tweetdeck. Buffer. MORE >>

It’s crucial to measure everything you do on Facebook, Twitter, and elsewhere. Facebook and other social networks equip you with limited analytic tracking tools. Our six favorite free tools (and two paid) for measuring social media are: Social Mention  (free) – real time search engine that monitors over 100 social media properties. Klout  (free) – the de facto tool for measuring social media influence. HootSuite  (free) – similar to CoTweet but has a slick iPad app that makes it easy to manage Facebook and Twitter. That’s a problem. MORE >>

Here are five cool tools you can use that just might deliver some new “oomph” to your social media efforts:  1. Ignite Facebook Fans. On average only 16 percent of your fans see your Facebook updates. But even if 50 percent of your fans see your Facebook updates there’s still the other 50 percent that don’t see them at all. How often do you read all the updates on your Facebook page? From the image below you see that there is a 2.50% conversion rates from LinkedIn and 1.90% from Facebook.  'By Ian Cleary, {grow} Contributing Columnist. MORE >>

You know the statistics : Facebook is the most popular method for sharing online content. 85% of B2B journalists are on Facebook. 61 of the world’s 100 largest companies maintain Facebook brand pages, as do 71% of B2B firms. Three-quarters Three-quarters of North American advertising agencies say their clients run PPC campaigns on Facebook. While having a presence on Facebook is no longer an “if” question for most companies, many “how” questions remain. How can I design my company’s Facebook page for maximum impact? MORE >>

How to Become Powerful On Facebook from Mark Schaefer. wanted to let you all know that I’ve created a cool new eBook for you called “The Be-Attitudes: Creating Influence on Facebook.” Related Stories A plan to challenge the Facebook monopoly Dear Facebook. The Business Case for Buying Facebook Likes What’s next for Klout? Turning a “blunt object” into a useful tool? eBooks facebook Power and influence on the web book on facebook facebook ebook facebook for business Facebook marketing facebook strategy MORE >>