Best Social Media Tools

Mashable -- a blog focused on social networking -- recently posted a list of the top 10 best social media tools:

1. Help a Report Out
2. PitchEngine (which I blogged about recently)
3. ReportingOn
4. Journalisted
5. Wikis
6. Media People Using Twitter
7. Twellow
8. BeatBlogging.org
9. Wiredjournalists.com
10. Your Pitch Sucks

I really liked the idea behind Your Pitch Sucks... granted, public relations professionals should be able to write quality pitches on their own, but it must be nice to have someplace to go to just in case. YPS allows you to submit your pitch for critical review. I also like Twellow, but it seems like a bit of a rip off of Twitter. And Media People Using Twitter is a really cool resource for trying to track down useful people on Twitter.

I was surprised that Journalisted was placed so high on the list, because its restricted to reporters in the UK. It must be really powerful to beat out so many different networking tools that are global.

Most of the tools listed are ways that PR professionals can improve their relationship with the media versus how to better connect with publics. I'd be interested to see what tools were listed if it was consumer focused (Facebook maybe?) Overall, its a good list and a lot of the resources seem pretty useful!