number of other monitoring tools were suggested: Google Alerts , Hootsuite , 1000Heads own tracker (thank you James), Conversocial , Netvibes , Scoutlabs , Whostalkin , Twazzup , BackTweets , Brandwatch , Tweetdeck , Backtype and Trackur. Of the choices given, Klout had the highest use with 35% of users, however the same amount said they don’t use anything which, for those using social media for business, isn’t a great sign. couple of people commented on the inaccurate data coming from Klout, which seems to be a common conversation of late. clout. Great article! MORE >>

So without further ado … Twitter desktop clients Tweetdeck hit the top spot, as expected with 64% of the votes, with Hootsuite following close behind with 44%. Twitter mobile clients Again Tweetdeck came out on top with 28%, followed by Tweetie (16%), Echofon (14%) and Twitterberry (3%). Twitter monitoring or listening tools Tweetdeck , again, came out on top with 58% of the votes. can understand this, setting up search columns in Tweetdeck is simple and navigating the desktop painless. The first post covered general social media tools. of users. what a year! MORE >>

And, in fact, short of a local community list and a humor list , I deleted the other dozen lists I’d managed. Because I use twitter.com as my primary view (and not third-party tools like Tweetdeck or Seesmic ), it was time-consuming and unproductive to click a different list’s link every time I wanted to view its members’ recent tweets. don’t care about Klout scores and I don’t care if anyone I follow chooses to follow me back. Image credit: Michael Hamburg. You can either follow the list or follow its members individually. MORE >>

Atom : Web feeds are used by the blogging community to share recent entries’ headlines, full text, and even attached multimedia files. Crowdsourcing : A combination of the words crowd and outsourcing, it refers to asking a question via social media and collecting answers from your various communities and users. It enables  next-gen community management and social Web integrations to any site on any platform. Hashtag : Because Twitter provided no easy way to group tweets or add extra data, the Twitter community came up with their own way: hashtags. Bit.ly : Bit.ly MORE >>

Lithium  – Social community and marketing solutions. Vitrue  - Helps you utilize social communities for business. LiveWorld  - Moderation, community programming and actionable insight. Turn communities into customers. Tweetdeck  Dashboard for teams using Twitter and Facebook. Klout  - Measures social media influence. Tired of social media experts answering Hootsuite and Radian6 when asked about social media tools? Well dailytekk.com does an incredible job of keeping a social media tools list. 25+ RANDOM, MUST-SEE SOCIAL MEDIA TOOLS. MARKETING. AGENCIES. MORE >>