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36 Top Social Media & Online Tools for Entrepreneurs

During the 41st Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Annual Legislative Conference, Congressman Hansen Clarke of metro Detroit hosted a panel entitled, “Social Media and Entrepreneurship” on September 23, 2011. One of the action items from the panel was to create a ‘Social Media + Entrepreneurship Resource List’ that entrepreneurs could use to grow successful businesses. Below, you will find a comprehensive resource list of third party apps, blogging, financial, calendar, and mobile tools that entrepreneurs can utilize immediately. —Compiled by Hajj Flemings and Wayne Sutton

During the 41st Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Annual Legislative Conference, Congressman Hansen Clarke of metro Detroit hosted a panel entitled, “Social Media and Entrepreneurship” on September 23, 2011. One of the action items from the panel was to create a ‘Social Media + Entrepreneurship Resource List’ that entrepreneurs could use to grow successful businesses. Below, you will find a comprehensive resource list of third party apps, blogging, financial, calendar, and mobile tools that entrepreneurs can utilize immediately. —Compiled by Hajj Flemings and Wayne Suttonmore
Third Party Applications - Social Media/Status Updates/Listening These apps allow you to review, listen online and post updates to multiple social networks via your desktop or mobile device. Hootsuite helps organizations use the social Web to launch marketing campaigns, identify and grow audience, and distribute targeted messages across multiple channels. TweetDeck is a tool that helps you manage multiple social media platforms from one dashboard. Social Mention allows you to easily track and measure what people are saying about you, your company, a new product, or any topic across the Web's social media landscape in real-time. Addictomatic is a multi-platform buzz dashboard. Blogpulse is a tool that searches blog posts for specific mentions - Trackur is a social media monitoring tool designed to assist companies and PR professionals in tracking what is said about brands on the Internet. Seesmic brings sales force to the palm of your hand. more
Online Financial Tools Crowdrise is a crowdsourced funding tool. Freshbooks is an online invoicing and tracking device. Go Fund Me is another useful crowdsourced funding tool. Kickstarter is a popular crowdsourced funding tool. PayPal is an online payments and money transfer service. Square is a mobile credit card payment system. Harvest allows you to easily track time, send invoices and run your business. more
Mobile/Virtual Working Dropbox is an online file storage and sharing tool. Skype is a software application that allows users to make voice calls over the Internet. Using iPad as a Phone with the GVConnect App, which converts your iPad into a phone. Basecamp is an online project management software that enables online collaboration. Evernote allows users to capture, organize, and find information across multiple platforms. Grasshopper allows small businesses to sound more professional and streamline communications. Yammer is an enterprise social network, providing a secure way for employees to communicate, collaborate, and share information. Sign My Pad is a tool that allows you to sign and annotate PDF files. No more printing documents to sign and fax them. more
Google Account Creating a Google account provides you access to a suite of products, listed below is a sample listing of some of the available products. Google Plus is Google’s social network. One of the best business features that Google Plus currently offers is the hangout feature, which allows you to conduct video conference calls with up to 10-people and integrate YouTube videos for free. Google Docs allows you to create and share your work online and access your documents from anywhere. Manage documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. Google Checkout is Google’s payment service. Google Voice provides you with free voicemail. Google Alerts is an online reputation notification system. Compiled by Hajj Flemings and Wayne Sutton more
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