Cool Tools of the Week Aug 1

Here are my picks for this week. I’m not going to go into depth about the finds, but encourage you check them out if they sound interesting.

This is NOT a recommendation of these programs, as in most cases, I have not tried them nor am I using them.  I’m just passing along the information for you to check them out for yourself.

Social Locker: Do you continue to place social buttons on every page of your website, but visitors don’t like/share your content as often as you would desire? You should give people a reason why they need to click on social buttons on your website. Even if people really like your content, website or fan page, they don’t click the buttons because they don’t worry about you, your benefits or your traffic. People need something extra to spark their interests and drive them to action.

Ask people to “pay” with a Like/Tweet/+1 to get access to your content, to get a discount, to download, to read an ending of your article, to watch a video or to view a funny picture. And social buttons will start to work as it should be! Social Locker is a WP plugin that locks your most valuable site content behind a set of social buttons until the visitor likes, shares, +1s or tweets your page. It helps to improve social performance of your website, get more likes/shares, build quality followers and attract more traffic from social networks This is a great way to get your readers to share you content, especially when you hide the crucial “have to have” solution behind a content locker.

Hashtagify.me — Trying to find the best hashtag to use for your social media? This tool will help you discover the perfect hashtag to use to make your posts go viral

Header and Footer Plugin:  If you are trying to determine how to insert some special codes, like Google Analytics code, Facebook Pixels, Google retargeting code, etc. into the header or footer of your WordPress website, then this plugin will provide you with a place to do that.