The 20 Best New Social Media Tools to Try in 2018 and How to Use Them

Social media tools 2018: Smartmockups 2.0

Now that 2018 is here and in full swing, you might be looking for new social media tools to add to your marketing stack.

According to Scott Brinker of the Chief Marketing Technologist Blog, there are now more than 5,000 tools in the marketing technology landscape2Chief Marketing Technologist Blog, 2017.

So where do you start?

As part of our State of Social Media 2018 campaign, we partnered with the team at Product Hunt to put together a list of the latest trending social media tools for marketers to try in 2018.

Keep reading to see the full list and learn how to use the tools, or click over to the Product Hunt collection with all of 2018’s best social media tools.

The 20 best new social media tools to try in 2018

Here’s an overview of all the 20 social media tools (not arranged in any order). Feel free to click on any that catches your eye to skip to it!

Crello
Fastory
Storyheap
Botletter
PixelMe

Promo
Typito
Anchor Videos
Adioma
Smartmockups

ContentStudio
Campsite
Tagwin
Insense
Quuu Promote

Lisa
Story Slicer
MetaShort
Station
Planable

I’m sure I’m missing some of the great new social media tools out there. If you know of any, it’ll be great if you could share them in the comments section below.

1. Crello

A simplified graphic design tool with 10,000 free templates

Price: Free (with some design elements at $0.99)

Description: Crello is a new, free graphic design tool for creating social media, web, and print images. It provides 10,000 free design templates and millions of stock images and free design elements.

How to use Crello:

You can either create a graphic from scratch or use one of Crello’s nicely-created templates. Using drag-and-drop, you can easily add, edit, and move design elements around on your graphic.

Here’s a quick video on how to create a graphic with Crello:

Now, you can even create animated designs with Crello!

Here’s what a Product Hunter has to say:

The 20 best new social media tools to try in 2018

1. Crello

A simplified graphic design tool with 10,000 free templates

2. Fastory

Craft stunning Instagram stories, share them everywhere

3. Storyheap

Manage your Snapchat & Instagram Stories

4. Botletter

Send newsletters on Facebook Messenger

5. PixelMe

URL shortener for savvy marketers

6. Promo

The easiest way to create marketing videos, from Slidely

7. Typito

Create stunning videos fast, easy, and online

8. Anchor Videos

Magically transform audio to video and share it anywhere

9. Adioma

Infographic maker based on visual language

10. Smartmockups 2.0

Create stunning product screenshots without using Photoshop

11. ContentStudio

Data-driven content suite to grow your social accounts

12. Campsite

Turn a single bio link into unlimited

13. Tagwin

Instagram contests & giveaways made easy

14. Insense

Facebook and Instagram ads on behalf of influencers

15. Quuu Promote 3.0

Promote your content to influencers

16. Lisa

Machine learning-powered engagement predictor for Instagram

17. Story Slicer

Cut long videos into slices to post on your Instagram story

18. MetaShort

Quickly change a link’s social media appearance

19. Station

One app to rule them all

20. Planable

The command center for your social media team

What are your favorite new social media tools?