This document provides a list of apps and tools to help with various aspects of marketing and public relations work such as organization, writing, media relations, finances, graphic design, social media management, and conducting surveys. It includes recommendations for project management apps like Freshbooks and My Hours, writing tools like Visual Thesaurus, media relations programs like Agility, financial software like Square, graphic design apps like PicMonkey and Canva, social media managers like Hootsuite and HootSuite, and survey platforms like SurveyMonkey and Wedgies. The document aims to highlight useful digital products for PR and marketing professionals.

1. Make My Life Easier!
Apps & Tools for Marketing
And Public Relations Pros
AMA Alaska Chapter
May 19, 2016

2. • Precaution: They’re Just Tools!
• Organization/Time Tracking
• Writing Assist
• Media Relations
• Financial
• Graphic Design/Photos
• Social Media Management
• Surveys
• Your Favorites
• Questions & Answers
Today’s Talk

3. Precaution
•Tools are just Tools
•Read reviews, be selective
•Follow trusted sources

4. • Quickbooks – invoice/time
• Freshbooks (or Basecamp)
• My Hours
• Timelyapp.com
Organization/Project
Management/Time Tracking

5. • Dropbox (or Box)
• Hightail.com (used to be You Send
It)
• Evernote
• FreeConference.com
Freeconferencecall.com or
Productivity

6. • Diigo (Delicious, but better)
• FaxZero
• Doodle
• WorkFlowy
Productivity

7. • ToutApp
• PrimoPDF
• GoToMyPC.com
• Slideshare
• Scanner by JotNot Pro
Productivity

8. • Visual Thesaurus
• InternetSlang
• Dafont
• AP Stylebook
Writing Assist

9. • Agility (also Cision or
Meltwater)
• CustomScoop
• Muckrack
Media Relations

10. • Square
• Expensify
Financial

11. Graphic Design/ Photos
•Pic Monkey
•PiktoChart
•Infogr.am
•Canva
•Freedigitalphotos.net

12. Graphic Design/ Photos
•Wordswag
•PhotoPeach
•Ghost Lens – Apple Store
•Reporter Camera
•Colorzilla / Color Picker (Mac)

13. Graphic Design/ Photos
•Tagxedo
•Wordle

14. Social Media Management
• Hootsuite
• GhostCodes
• GramFeed
• Tagboard
• Twilert
• Blogtrottr

15. Surveys
•SurveyMonkey
•Wedgies

16. Fun
•Find My Car / Carr Matey
•Wine – The Tasting Guide / Plonk
•How to Tie a Tie
•Ted – 1700 TED Talk videos/audio
•Guides by Lonely Planet
•Shazam

17. Constant Contact

18. Questions?
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