Every so often, you need to take a look around and discover if there are better tools than those you’re already using.
Here are some categorized suggestions to get you started.
Productivity
Click.to – copy any text and send it anywhere with just one click. Instant fave.
TubGet – download almost any video from YouTube or anywhere else, as video or *audio*
What Do You Love? – query all Google search engines at once, and get all the results in one dashboard
Pokki – use your favorite web services faster, from your computer desktop instead of in your browser
101 Smart Goals – easy to use goal setting and tracking manager
Prizes.org – get work done by offering a prize for someone else to do it
Social media
Geeje – a cross-network social media dashboard that lets you easily follow your favorite people where ever they are
Twimbow – the most colorful Twitter client yet, it categorizes your tweet by color and lets you categorize who you follow too.
Shuush – a Twitter client that puts more weight on people who rarely tweet so they don’t get drowned out
Google+Tweet – adds a Twitter client to your Google+ dashboard so you can tweet from there too
Google+ Social Statistics – see who and what’s popular on Google+ and where you rank among them
Plus.ly – shorten your Google+ profile url
Gplus.to – like Plus.ly, but allows you to choose a nickname instead of your Google+ username
Likeplusone – a browser extension that lets you Like and +1 a url simultaneously
Filefly – share files with for your Facebook friends
Playem – easily watch your Facebook friends’ shared videos
FacebookAllEvents – use Facebook to find local events to attend
Sharedcount – measure how many shares, Likes, retweets, etc., that any url has received
SnipSnip.It – share only your favorite part of a YouTube clip
Content creation
Cvgram.me – creates an infographic resume from your LinkedIn profile.
vCard to QR code – generate your own QR code for your business card from your vCard (or create a vCard first, if you don’t have one)
OrangeQR – generate your own QR codes and track their usage too. (This is a paid tool, but there’s a free trial)
Slidestaxx – create a slideshow of anything – images, videos, text – and then embed it on your blog or website
Animaps – does what it sounds like: make presentations by animating your Google Maps
Spreaker – create your own radio station
Postcron – schedule your Facebook updates
Diagramly – quickly make any kind of diagram you need
Learning
Mailer Vocabulary – improve your vocabulary via email
phraseup* – helps you fill in the blanks when you can’t remember how that expression went
UnderTheSite – curious how they do it? This tool tells you which technologies are being used for any given website
Which new tool have you discovered recently for your personal branding?
Author:
Jacob Share, a job search expert, is the creator of JobMob, one of the biggest blogs in the world about finding jobs. Follow him on Twitter for job search tips and humor.
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I think my favorite of those links was adding Twitter to Google+. I’m a huge advocate of Hootsuite but sometimes you need to break away from logging into the same place all the time. This way I don’t have to have too many browsers open
*Places Brand Monetization Columnist for Personal Branding Magazine hat on head* Regardless of how you plan on monetizing your brand one of the most important foundations is creating meaningful relationships (stakeholders in you). This post was choc’ full of links to help you increase your value to potential employers or anyone else that might pay you for your brand. You have to spend time investing in your brands capital and how it can add value to others. Being able to present eloquently is a very big part of that – look at those last links!
I like Google+Tweet, SnipSnip.it and Vcard to QR code. Excellent tools and ideas. Makes Social Media and building your brand easier. Thank you!