In this week's WordPress panel, we looked at social media tools and services. What tools do we use to share, track, and accelerate social media engagement?

We also talk social media strategies, and what platforms are giving us the best returns.

We do a live show every Saturday at 9am PST. You can find details about each Saturday show here: https://www.wp-tonic.com/blab/

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Our panel this week:

Sallie Goetsch

https://www.wpfangirl.com/

Lee Jackson

https://trailblazer.fm/

Morten Rand-Hendriksen

https://mor10.com/

Jackie D'Elia

https://jackiedelia.com/ and http://rethink.fm/

Jonathan Denwood

https://www.wp-tonic.com/

John Locke

Lockedown SEO

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Table of Contents for Episode 166

0:00 Podcast intros.

6:00 WordPress News Story #1: WPWeekly Episode 262 – Interview With Morten Rand-Hendriksen

https://wptavern.com/wpweekly-episode-262-interview-with-morten-rand-hendriksen

The Case for WordPress Telemetry

https://mor10.com/the-case-for-wordpress-telemetry/

24:19 WordPress News Story #2:  WordPress.org Releases Plans For Customization In 2017

https://torquemag.io/2017/01/wordpress-org-releases-plans-customization-2017/

34:19 Main Topic: Social Media Tools

34:21 What tools are you using for social media? What platforms are you focusing on?

48:45 Some tools that we have used, and social tools that we are experimenting with.

1:03:40 YouTube as a social network.

1:06:34 We mourn the loss of Blab, and what could have been for that network.

1:10:39 Podcast Outros.

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Links mentioned during the show:

Gutenberg

https://wordpress.github.io/gutenberg/

EA Share Count

http://www.billerickson.net/share-count-plugin/

Social Warfare

https://warfareplugins.com/

Buffer

https://buffer.com/app

165 WP-Tonic: Mojca Marš – All About Facebook Ads

https://www.wp-tonic.com/podcast/165-mojca-mars-facebook-ads/

Edgar

https://meetedgar.com/

Social Networks Auto Poster {SNAP}

http://www.nextscripts.com/social-networks-auto-poster-for-wordpress/

WP Innovator on Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/wpinnovator/

Scriptless Social Sharing

https://wordpress.org/plugins/scriptless-social-sharing/

DrumUp - Content Marketing & Social Media Management Tool

https://drumup.io/

Hootsuite

https://hootsuite.com/

Feedly

https://feedly.com/

BuzzSumo

http://buzzsumo.com/

CoSchedule - Content Marketing Editorial Calendar Software

http://coschedule.com/

GaggleAmp

https://www.gaggleamp.com/

Social Rabbit

https://socialrabbitplugin.com/

Likealyzer

http://likealyzer.com/

Spokal

http://www.getspokal.com/

Social Media Colors reference

https://www.lockedownseo.com/social-media-colors/

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