It's no secret that social media can be a time-waster, with the average employee spending 12% of the working day browsing 'unproductive applications' such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. But there are tools available that people not only allow you to make the most of social media, but also help your overall productivity.
Take a look at these six easy-to-use tools that can optimize productivity levels and drive you and your employees to stay on task throughout the day:
1. Buffer
Scheduling tools help you do more with the time you have by allowing you post at the same time to several different sites and networks, even if you’re not connected to the internet. Buffer is one of the simplest scheduling tools out there to use because it isn't cluttered with features you won't use. It also integrates with browsers like Chrome, Safari, and Firefox, and with tons of other apps like Feedly and SocialBro (see #4).
2. Glyder
This tool and app allows small businesses and startups to bump up their marketing game. When starting out online, there's a lot of talk about social media marketing, the importance of a good design, and many problems and costs associated with them. Glyder helps with visual messaging, templates, weekly updates, and automatic formatting.
3. LikeHack
From your Facebook newsfeed to your Twitter feed to RSS feeds, social media news comes at us from all directions, all the time. And it's easy to get overwhelmed by the possibility of missing important information. LikeHack saves time by allowing you to consolidate all of your news into one app, from a diverse selection of sources. LikeHack features include one central location, important ratings, intelligent ratings, access to history, and offline capability.
4. SocialBro
SocialBro is there to help you tweet at optimal times, for example when the largest number of people are likely to see your posts. SocialBro not only tells you when the busiest times are on your specific profiles but also includes peerindex scores, real time data, integration and filtering, ensuring that your posts are not ignored or forgotten due to bad timing or formatting.
5. Grovo
Grovo’s main concern is educating you. It provides training bits to sharpen your internet and social media skills with through short, personalized lessons and tutorials. Some of the tips offered include: Top 100 Sites, Flexible Timing, 1-Minute Video Lessons, Mini-Quizzes, and Discovery.
Dropbox is a document sharing tool that allows people to connect and share files without having to worry about integration problems. DropBox Business features include unlimited history, 1,000 GB of storage, LAN and delta sync, security, seamless upgrades, and activity reports.
Want more productivity tools? Check out the full list here.