20 Amazing Tools That Make Social Media Management Easier

Shante Slay-CEO
Jan 31, 2021
5 min read

When I first started my business, I definitely thought I’ve bitten off more than I could chew. It was so much to do every day, so much to learn, and so much information out there on how to do it. It just felt like everyone else was doing 80 mph in the fast lane to social media success and I was trying to catch up—on a bike.

If I could’ve just had a solid foundation to follow, somebody who knows how it feels to be the little guy, like hello, it’s me down here! Well, your friends at Now Trending are here to lend a helping hand.

We want to make sure you have the right tools to social media success. So here are the 20 amazing tools that made social media management easier, especially when I first got into the industry.

Social Media Post Design

Adobe Spark

This is definitely a great tool for even the worse design-phones. Create amazing designs with already built in templates, stock photos and preset sizes. You can even bring your photos to life with animations with this incredibly fast and easy to use app.

Canva

Now Canva is definitely an app you can use to create professional and beautiful designs. You can edit photos, add text, and shapes, elements, and one of the more unique features: uploading your own images and using it with your design! This makes post easy to brand, plus its user friendly!

Typorama

This was one of my very first apps I downloaded and it’s super easy way to create attractive visuals. Not only is it super easy to use, it saves so much time and work by “automagically” transforms text and photos into amazing designs.

Ripl

Ripl gives a whole new meaning to animated photos. With Ripl, you’ll get professional animated collages and slideshows in a matter of seconds. Custom post designs, drag and drop editing, and one tap sharing makes this one my favorite apps.

Video Editing

Adobe Spark Video

With this app, you can create full feature length films, at the ease of your own fingertips. I use this all the time and it’s by far my favorite video editing tool. Not only can you choose from seven story guides to get you started, you can add pictures, and stock music to the fun! I almost guarantee you’ll get literal thumb stopping content out of this bad boy!

Flipagram

One of the classics. Flipagram was launched on November 18th, 2013 and has been a major player in the game ever since; winning the awards “Top Free App”on Google Play and “Best Of” App on ITunes. Flipagram helps the user, or “Flipster”, tell his or her story by combining photos and music together into one beautiful slideshow. Flipagram helps you get featured, gain fans, and get likes and climb your way up the Top Flipstars ladder.

Videorama

Easily one of the most advanced and more user friendly apps, Videorama allows its to user feel like a pro in minutes. Transitions, unlimited movie length, speed up and slow down technology, and color backgrounds are just a few of the features offered in this video editing app. More than worthy of a download and a 5 star rating!

Philm

The wow factor’s nice. But when you get that extra umph of “oh..wow,” that’s when you’re talking. This app lets you turn LIVE photo and video into stunning and creative visuals. Seeing the world in the lens of Vincent Van Gogh is just to start. With this app you can Add real time art filters and motion tracking stickers to your creations. Check out this goofy photo of me, below

Boomerang

Now although it’s only available for Instagram and Facebook, boomerang is definitely for those who may be shy of staring in an actual video. Boomerang lets you enjoy your moments, forward and backwards, by editing your photo into a captivating loop that you can share with your friends. Now you can create a live action GIF from any and everywhere!

Team Management

Trello

Trello is an organization sidekick used by professionals, screenwriters, moms, and anyone managing a big project! Referred as a “Lifehacker”, Trello lets you create boards to manage anything you’re doing, invite and collaborate ideas with coworkers, add check lists, assignments and customize workflows for different projects. Is it crazy that “knowledge and experience of Trello” was actually a required skill on a resume? That might be a hint to get this app downloaded and use it as a marketable skill.

Slack

Made for small businesses or large enterprises, slack was created for teams of all sizes to collaborate in one place. You can message, delegate, share information and add attachments to your projects whether you’re at the desk or on the go. Slack is the one stop place for your team management needs!

Zoom

Zoom is an app used to help you stay connected wherever you go. Schedule, start, and join meetings with ease. Zoom gives you and your team the ability to have virtual presentations, a co annotate feature to share ideas, and easily invite up to 50 phone,email, and company contacts.

Google Drive

If you and your team aren’t using Google drive to archive and manage all your documents, spreadsheets, and slides, then come on man what are you doing? Google Drive lets you share files, pdfs, photos, and videos with your whole time. You can quickly access recent files and see real time time edits. Google Drive automatically backups every time you make a keystroke! Talk about a lifesaver!

Time Management Tools

Hootsuite

If you’re handling social media for your business, then Hootsuite is the app you just have to know. You just gotta. Hootsuite is the world’s most popular social media management app. You can schedule posts from Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn profiles all in one place. Definitely use Hootsuite to kick back, relax and watch the followers, Likes and retweets grow across all of your channels.

Wunderlist

Wunderlist is a simple way to check off items from your to do list. Wunderlist is literally designed to help you get stuff done. Recurring notifications helps us stay on track and never miss deadlines.

Evernote

Although it might take a minute to navigate through all its features, Evernote is a handy tool you should have at your disposal. Never get disorganized again with searchable notebooks, checklists and to do lists. Plus it syncs everywhere across all devices!

Later

Overall, Later.com is a worthy social media scheduling tool that has the added benefit of being affordable. While it may put an emphasis on Instagram, that doesn’t mean that it short-shifts the other platforms that it supports. So, whether you’re a blogger, small business owner, or anyone else in need of a social media management tool, I honestly think that Later.com is a good place to start.

Stock Photos

Nappy.Co

What I love about Nappy.co is that they cater to diversity! Their mission is to provide beautiful, high-res photos of black and brown people to startups, brands, agencies, and everyone else. Nappy makes it easy for companies to be purposeful about representation in their designs, presentations, and advertisements.

Pixabay

It’s not many places you can match free with high quality. Pixabay has over 850,000 free stock photos, vectors, and illustrations, all ready for personal and commercial usage. Pixabay makes it simple to copy, modify, and distribute photos free of copyrights.

Pexels

What I love about pexels is that it not only has stock photos but stock videos as well. These photos and videos you can use for personal and commercial use. Pexels took the liberty of categorizing their content, making it easier for the user to find, share, utilize without even having to share attributions.

These tools have saved me a ton of time, money, and sanity when I first became a social media manager. The key is to find the one that works for you, feel free to experiment and see what works naturally with you, your schedule, and your brand.