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This week’s topic was digital tools.
Digital Tools #ConstChat http://t.co/2ZgZmL4OzN pic.twitter.com/QQQOJcCHud
— Riggins Construction (@RigginsConst) November 13, 2014
Q1: What tool do you use for Twitter chats?
A1 TweetChat #constchat
— Tony Booth (@anthonybooth) November 13, 2014
A1. TweetChat , used to use TweetDeck and sometimes just Twitter proper. #ConstChat
— Ace Industries, Inc. (@AceIndustries) November 13, 2014
TweetChat A1 #constchat
— Darren Slaughter (@DarrenSlaughtr) November 13, 2014
A1. TweetChat for the most part. #constchat
— HagerCo (@HagerCo) November 13, 2014
http://twitter.com/Milan_Jara/status/532942332946317312
A1. Twubs is new but I like TweetChat especially with the new changes for the most part. #ConstChat
— Ace Industries, Inc. (@AceIndustries) November 13, 2014
A1 I use Tweetchat and sometimes TagBoard. Another chat recommended nurph but I am yet to explore it. #constchat
— rubyrusine (@SocialSMktg) November 13, 2014
A1. Tweetchat! Easy and useful, designed for twitter chats #constchat
— AEC Daily (@AECdaily) November 13, 2014
A1: I actually just use the Twitter app on my phone! #ConstChat
— Infinity Pools Texas (@InfinityPoolsTX) November 13, 2014
A1: I actually just use the Twitter app on my phone! #ConstChat
— Infinity Pools Texas (@InfinityPoolsTX) November 13, 2014
A1 I can never get my TweetChat to work for me so I just keep refreshing the chat page on twitter – it works #constchat
— US SPEC (@usspecproducts) November 13, 2014
A1: Have never been in one before. Guess we should. @RigginsConst #ConstChat
— On-Point Machining (@OnPointMach) November 13, 2014
Q2: What tools do you use for Twitter?
A2 for my own accounts, I use Bufferapp. #constchat
— Darren Slaughter (@DarrenSlaughtr) November 13, 2014
A2 BufferApp, Hootsuite and Communit #constchat
— Tony Booth (@anthonybooth) November 13, 2014
A2. Hootsuite #constchat
— HagerCo (@HagerCo) November 13, 2014
Q2 Hootsuite and Commun.it #ConstChat
— US SPEC (@usspecproducts) November 13, 2014
A2. I used Hootsuite as a Beta user from 09 until 14 now for personal @BufferApp for AceIndustries @SproutSocial #ConstChat
— Ace Industries, Inc. (@AceIndustries) November 13, 2014
A2: I'm looking at Buffer and trying Sprout. #ConstChat
— Infinity Pools Texas (@InfinityPoolsTX) November 13, 2014
A2: Once in a while @hootsuite but usually just the @twitter app itself @RigginsConst #constchat
— On-Point Machining (@OnPointMach) November 13, 2014
Q3: Do you use third party apps to post on Facebook?
A3 Sometimes but mostly direct on FB #constchat
— Tony Booth (@anthonybooth) November 13, 2014
A3a A change in algo last year is showing that 3rd party app posts aren't doing well. #constchat
— rubyrusine (@SocialSMktg) November 13, 2014
A3. Only use Hootsuite to schedule some posts #constchat
— AEC Daily (@AECdaily) November 13, 2014
A3 I like to keep my fb clean and tend to post directly to fb #ConstChat
— Floor Coatings MBA (@FloorCoatingMBA) November 13, 2014
A3: No way! Don't see a need for it. #ConstChat
— Infinity Pools Texas (@InfinityPoolsTX) November 13, 2014
A3 I love HootSuite for Facebook too. #constchat
— DMCAINC (@DMCAINC) November 13, 2014
A3: No. Only when sharing a photo from #instagram @RigginsConst
— On-Point Machining (@OnPointMach) November 13, 2014
Q4: What tool do you use for link shortening?
A4. Bit.ly is still the easiest most aggregates have it built in #ConstChat
— Ace Industries, Inc. (@AceIndustries) November 13, 2014
A4 I use @Bitly #constchat
— Tony Booth (@anthonybooth) November 13, 2014
A4: Bit.ly! #constchat
— Milan Jara (@Milan_Jara) November 13, 2014
Q4 I always use Ow.ly to shorten – the authorization games are kind of fun #constchat
— US SPEC (@usspecproducts) November 13, 2014
@RigginsConst b/c it connects with people – personal and yeah, people. #constchat
— rubyrusine (@SocialSMktg) November 13, 2014
A4: goo.gl @RigginsConst #constchat
— On-Point Machining (@OnPointMach) November 13, 2014
Q5: Do you analyze your posts with a tool?
A5. no. why analyze conversations? #constchat
— Darren Slaughter (@DarrenSlaughtr) November 13, 2014
Bosses like to see analysis though. RT @RigginsConst A5b. I'd rather spend the time on the network than analyzing. #constchat
— HagerCo (@HagerCo) November 13, 2014
A5. SproutSocial analytics handles this in a great way… I'm one of the weirdos who LOVES analytics #ConstChat
— Ace Industries, Inc. (@AceIndustries) November 13, 2014
@HagerCo @RigginsConst yes, part of the job. Measure what works and what does not. #constchat
— rubyrusine (@SocialSMktg) November 13, 2014
Q5 I use twitter analytics to check how certain tweets do and go from there #ConstChat
— US SPEC (@usspecproducts) November 13, 2014
A5: I haven't but got on a beta test for @taluapp. It helps analyze your 'social story'. It's shown us what post do well & why. #ConstChat
— Infinity Pools Texas (@InfinityPoolsTX) November 13, 2014
A5: Just twitter analytics @RigginsConst #constchat
— On-Point Machining (@OnPointMach) November 13, 2014
Q6: What file sharing tools do you use?
A7: I use Dropbox but prefer Google Drive these days #constchat
— Tess Wittler (@TessWittler) November 13, 2014
A6 I share files on my PM using @Asana and also @Dropbox #constchat
— Tony Booth (@anthonybooth) November 13, 2014
A7 Drop Box but mostly Sharefile #ConstChat
— US SPEC (@usspecproducts) November 13, 2014
A6 Anyone here using Google drive? #constchat
— rubyrusine (@SocialSMktg) November 13, 2014
A6: Dropbox all the way! Our admins use the files and we get our photos for social from field there. #ConstChat
— Infinity Pools Texas (@InfinityPoolsTX) November 13, 2014
A6: within our network, google drive @RigginsConst #constchat
— On-Point Machining (@OnPointMach) November 13, 2014
A6 dropbox and Google drive #constchat
— DMCAINC (@DMCAINC) November 13, 2014
Q7: Favorite photo editing tool? Desktop? Mobile?
Q7. Skitch for super quick work. #constchat
— rubyrusine (@SocialSMktg) November 13, 2014
A7. Snapseed for mobile. #constchat
— HagerCo (@HagerCo) November 13, 2014
A7 My new Fav is @Canva #constchat
— Tony Booth (@anthonybooth) November 13, 2014
A7: tried Canva a bit, but mostly on mobile using instacollage @RigginsConst #constchat
— On-Point Machining (@OnPointMach) November 13, 2014
A7: We use Over. Starting with Canva soon! #constchat
— Infinity Pools Texas (@InfinityPoolsTX) November 13, 2014
A7 – I use TechSmith Snagit. LOVE LOVE LOVE it! #constchat
— Tess Wittler (@TessWittler) November 13, 2014
A7 I use my own images and edit it on Skitch, Snapseed, Photogene. Then top it with watermark using iWatermark. #constchat
— rubyrusine (@SocialSMktg) November 13, 2014
Q8: What are digital tool could you not live without?
A8 I don't think I can live without any of these tools. I need them all! LOL #constchat
— AEC Daily (@AECdaily) November 13, 2014
A8: We just started using dropcam to monitor job sites. It's great for that but we love it to do screen shots for social posts. #constchat
— Infinity Pools Texas (@InfinityPoolsTX) November 13, 2014
A8. If I had to have only one app it would be my @Twitter app on my phone #constchat
— Tony Booth (@anthonybooth) November 13, 2014
A8. Can't narrow it down to just one! #constchat
— HagerCo (@HagerCo) November 13, 2014
A8. @Canva would be the one. Can do a lot with it. #constchat
— Tony Booth (@anthonybooth) November 13, 2014
Bonus Tweets:
Looking forward to participating in our first #constchat today! #constchat
— DMCAINC (@DMCAINC) November 13, 2014
Yes! @RigginsConst We get a lot of interaction from commenting as a page. #ConstChat
— Infinity Pools Texas (@InfinityPoolsTX) November 13, 2014
+ Shhh that's a secret! 😀 MT @RigginsConst "Also, on FB, if you engage w/ UR audience, they'll be reciprocal…. #constchat"
— rubyrusine (@SocialSMktg) November 13, 2014
Really love this chat! Got so many insights here:D #constchat
— AEC Daily (@AECdaily) November 13, 2014
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