Best New Apps Around

By: Lindsay Higgins (Scott)

Social media is an every changing, growing beast.  Every month it feels like there is a new app or medium to reach people on, and each one seems to explode into the social media atmosphere.  So what are the new apps and social platforms?

Let’s start with SlideShare.  This is a professional app for those of you who are avid LinkedIn users.  Professionals or users create a presentations and videos, and share with others.  It has a sleek and modern appeal, and is perfect for the businessman or woman.  We can expect to see SlideShare partner with LinkedIn in the near future. Check out more details Here.

Next, the new social medium called Shots.  Shots’s is incredibly simple and user friendly, which makes it a current success.  It is used to document only “selfies” (pictures of the user’s self).  It operates much like Snapchat, with users being able to chat with one another, but Shots is less concerned with privacy.   Check out more of Shots’s features Here.

This Week's Top Shots

Hyper is a combination of several social mediums.  It takes Instagram’s photo sharing abilities with a rating system that allows up votes and down votes of every photo.  Therefore the most up voted photos are the most prominently seen.  It also utilizes a geo tag for users to discover current and relevant things going on in their area.  If you’re interested in learning more about Hyper, visit their website Here.

Finally, another app growing in popularity is one called This.  This is a very specific and clean social media platform.  One of the main complaints of social media these days is the fact that there is just so much of it, to the point of being overwhelmed.  This only allows one link or article shared per day, which will cut down on most pointless content and hopefully elevate the more impactful links or articles shared.  Read more about the app This here.

Social media is here to stay.  In our line of work, or actually in most professions, social media is essential to furthering your business.  It’s extremely important to stay up to date and with the current platforms in order to fully reach each of your audiences.  Take your pick. 

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