Did you blink and suddenly realize everything around you is digital? The technology train is taking off! Here’s your ticket to staying afloat and reach broader audiences with some useful social media tools!

AppMakr.com is a browser-based platform designed to make creating your own iPhone app quick and easy. Its free drag and drop tool enables anyone to build rich content based apps using a point and click solution.

AppMakr connects to existing RSS and social networking feeds for easier app integration. You can monitor downloads, create image galleries, and post alerts to keep all of your users updated and allows you to share app to get feedback before it is actually published.

Panabee.com is Brainstorm engine for finding cool names and checking domain availability. The domain name generator sifts through popular spelling or word pairings. Although many domain registrars have domain name spinners to suggest new domain names in case of the one you want is taken, Panabee shows you interesting options.

• Suggestions and phonetic variations of the domain name/phrase you’re interested in, Panabee queries Facebook, Twitter, and the web to find similar terms that people are using.

Quixey.com is a functional search engine for applications. It doesn’t require users to know the name or exact description of app, users simply search “what they want to do,” and Quixey does all the looking. Quixey produces the most relevant search results by searching blogs, forums, social media and other sources to learn about each app.

Vanity URLS are domain names created to point to something to which it is related and indicated in the name of the URL. In many cases this is done by a company to point to a specific product or advertising campaign microsite. Link shortening programs like bit.ly sometimes offer customizable shortened urls for a fee.

• Vanity URLs are creatively linked to something making them easier to remember than a more random link.

Bufferapp.com is a smarter way to schedule tweets. First, simply work out all your tweets at one point in time during the day. Then, fill up your Buffer with your tweets and Buffer schedules them for you. Simply keep that Buffer topped up and you will then be tweeting consistently all day round, all week long.

 

PeerIndex.net is an algorithmic mapping out of the influence on the social web. Similar to Klout, but PeerIndex.net gives users influence rankings in predetermined categories. It’s an interesting way to see how people interact with you on Twitter.

 

Rowfeeder is the latest tool for social media monitoring and analysis.

• Input date and track Keywords, Hashtags, or Usernames from Twitter and Facebook.
• Get reported updates in excel.