Social media has evolved.
It’s not just about an interesting personality posting status updates, and interesting pictures anymore. It’s about catching attention in a fraction of a second. It’s about monitoring, measuring, and adjusting. It’s about timing. And it’s about listening and engaging in the places where your market is hanging out.
Like the title says, these are some of the best social media apps for 2019.
But this isn’t a list of the same old apps you see over, again and again, we’ve rounded up some of the freshest and best social media apps for you to experiment within 2019.
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1. Biteable
t’s easier than ever for small retailers to create professional-looking videos to share on social media.
Biteable, a video maker app, allows you to make custom social media videos in minutes. Create your own by choosing from a massive library of footage and animations or pick a predesigned template. It’s free to make five videos per month or create unlimited videos and get a host of other benefits for $23 per month.
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2. Keyhole
Small retailers can keep tabs on what customers are saying about their business through Keyhole.
This social media monitoring app lets companies to track hashtags, monitor competitors, measure influencers, follow keywords, and capture meaningful moments of your events across social platforms. Keyhole offers free trials with plans starting at $149 per month.
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3. Edgar
Even if you diligently post to your social media channels, you might be missing your targeted prospects.
Edgar can help solve this problem. The social media sharing app automates your social media posts and recycles your content.
All you do is create posts, categories, and time slots. Edgar automatically fills up those time slots with your content, significantly reducing the time you spend scheduling social media posts.
Recently, Edgar released a feature named Auto-Variations that will automatically write status updates based on the articles or blogs you tell it to share, freeing up even more time in your day.
Pricing is $49 a month. You can try it for your small business with a 30-day money-back guarantee.
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4. Captiona
If you’ve been stuck coming up with multiple creative captions for photos and videos, let Captiona for the iPhone help.
With this social media app, you can input keywords that describe your image and you’ll get descriptive phrases that relate.
A keyboard extension on your phone lets you use it within Instagram or other apps. When you see something you like, tap it to paste the caption or heart it to save it to your collection of favorites. Captiona is free to use.
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5. Yext
With the Yext app, you don’t have to spend all day browsing review sites and local listings to monitor your small business’ online presence.
Yext lets you run a free scan to check your listings across multiple social media networks. You can quickly see what’s missing and respond to customers or share photos and updates to your business’ social media accounts.
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Step up your social media in 2019
To stay competitive and relevant to your customers, it’s important to maintain a robust social media presence.
Social media apps allow you to access data, engage with customers, and streamline your social media strategy from anywhere.
Whether you’re opening a new shop or you want to amplify your social media presence, explore the apps above to reach more customers and grow your business in the New Year.
To learn more about establishing your own small business, take a look at this start-up guide. And if you’ve got questions about the taxes you’ll owe, check out our explainer on filing estimated taxes.
This article originally appeared on the Quickbooks Resource Center and was syndicated by MediaFeed.org.
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