Staying connecting through the latest social media sites can be a bit taxing and often times confusing for some latecomers, but with the latest developments in the social networking realm, organizations have greater opportunities to both measure their progress and expand their scope through the social web.

Metricly.com helps you stay on top of your organization. It aggregates your data from all over the web, allowing you to compare and combine all of your metrics in one place. With pre-built connectors to over a dozen of the most popular online services that businesses use today, all you need to do is connect the data sources you use and Metricly will automatically synchronize your latest data in your dashboards.

How well is your website doing? Is it getting traffic?  How popular is it in social media? Every web page has the potential to rank well in search engines and draw traffic from other sources, like social media sites and the blogosphere. With Websitegrader.com, check out how you compare to similar websites and monitor your traffic rank and see if your optimizations and new content are showing benefits. You will be able to draw conclusions from your competitors and other sites that are related to your business.

Heardable.com allows brand owners to understand how well their brand is performing onsite and offsite, and compare their scores with thousands of other brands in your location, industry, or worldwide. Heardable can provide key insights, such as which tools and services your competitors are using, and show you how you can more effectively compete with them.

Fablistic.com is a social network for personal opinions. This simple website lets you save all your personal opinions in one place, share your opinions with friends on Facebook, Twitter or email, and discover new products and places from people you trust. Use it to save and share your opinions on books, blogs, fundraisers, events, restaurants, stores, shows, anything!

How are you using social media to improve your organization? Let us know in the comments!