“Sneak Peek” #2 - Twitter Marketing: An Hour a Day

Posted By Hollis Thomases on Oct 7th, 2009

“Sneak Peeks” are a series of previews and first looks at the inside pages of the new book Twitter Marketing: An Hour a Day. Watch this blog for the very latest news and inside info about the book, brought to you straight from author Hollis Thomases.

A Select List of Free & Low-Cost Social Media Tracking Tools

It’s time for another “Sneak Peek!” Here are some tools that individuals and small businesses alike can use to track their Twitter and other social media efforts:

Social Mention

Social Mention sends email alerts for all things social media: blogs, Twitter and other microblogging platforms, bookmarks, comments, events, images, news, videos, audio, Q&A’s, or all.

Trendrr

Trendrr allows you to track the popularity and awareness of trends across a variety of inputs, ranging from social networks (including Twitter), to blog buzz and video downloads, all in real time.

socialseek

social seek is a downloadable application that tracks a wide variety of social media sources and topics. The application generates real time notifications, charts, graphs, and topic comparisons that you can export to for further use or manipulation.

Filterbox

Filterbox offers a free Basic version that should appeal to individuals. It has a nice set of features to find, aggregate, filter, and deliver social media results directly to you. There is also a paid G2 version with more robust tools.

Viral Heat

The low cost Viral Heat (plans start at $9.99 per month) enables tracking for a variety of subject matter. For free, through Viral Heat’s Social Trends you can view stats of the Top Five mentions in any profile category; or, you can search by profile name and view the results.

UPDATE 8/24/10:

Here are some more free social media tracking tools to check out:

Looxii

Looxii has a three-tier tracking platform. It’s Lite version, though limited, is free.

Actionly

Helpfully mentioning under their big sign-up button that “No Credit Card Required,” Actionly also has a multi-tiered plan with a limited free bottom level.

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About the Book

Twitter Marketing: An Hour a Day is a new book by expert author Hollis Thomases, President and CEO of Web Ad.vantage, Inc. Published by Wiley. In stores now!

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