Free Tools, Priceless Rewards! (3) – Twitter Brand Monitoring and Facebook Social Commerce Made Simple

Social media tools are all over the place in response to the much-needed social tweaking that social media users are hungry for. In our “Free Tools, Priceless Rewards!” post series, we will be reviewing the best collection of social media tools in order to help you enhance your social influence and generate massive traffic to your site/blog. Let’s get started…

InboxQ – The Ultimate Twitter Branding tool

Promptly and informatively responding to your prospects’ burning questions is the most intelligent branding technique I could think of. This’s where InboxQ comes to play.

After realizing that, in the midst of the tweets avalanche, many Twitter questions end up unanswered, this magnificent tool was designed to help business owners effectively engage with their Twitter prospects by answering brand-relevant questions.

This is how it works:

1. Open your Google Chrome Browser (The tool is only available for Google Chrome at the moment and the Firefox version is coming soon –
   Click here to download Google Chrome)
2. Go to InboxQ official site
3. Follow simple instructions to Install InboxQ
4. Login to your Twitter account form InboxQ and decide the topics you want answer Twitter questions about

That’s it! You’re all set. You will instantly start receiving a stream of brand-relevant questions.

On top of that, InboxQ is very user friendly in the sense that you don’t need to go to Twitter’s official site to track users and answer questions. Simply click the Answer button below each question and you’re done. Similarly, you can also ask questions from within InboxQ.

InboxQ founders beautifully summed up the value that you get out of their tool in one sentence: We alert businesses to compelling engagement opportunities where they can use their expertise to help solve a problem and potentially win new customers.. I love it!

Socialify: Sell Products Directly From your Facebook Page

Socialify is a social commerce tool that helps you leverage your Facebook and Twitter fan base to make direct sales and keep your social peers updated about your special offers and promotions.

As a prerequisite to using Socialify, you need to create an online store on Shopify.com.

Here are some of the great benefits you will get by using Socialify:

• They offer free trial to help you decide if the tool is a good fit for your business
• You can use your local language to promote your products on Facebook
• People can buy directly from your page with a single click
• They provide “auto publish” feature. In other words, once you add a new product in your Shopify store, it will automatically display on your Facebook page

I am not sure how this service works on Twitter but the least I would expect is to send automatic tweets notifying your followers about your products. And with their free trial option for both Shopify and Socialify, I would say it’s definitely worth checking.

What did you think of today’s tools? Are there any specific tools that you personally tried and would suggest that we review in future posts? Your valuable input is much appreciated.