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    Cool Tabs

    Score8.4 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    Cool Tabs is a social media marketing platform that is designed to help users increase their online audience and get qualified leads by creating simple interactive content for apps, social networks, microsites, mobile devices and websites. Users have more than twenty different types of dynamics to choose from: Paths (Choose Your Own Adventure), Trivia, Personality Tests, Instant Win, sweepstakes, competitions, coupon codes, and more. Cool Tabs enables users to create interactive content…

    $49

    Per User per Month

    Google Business Profile

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AGoogle Business Profile (formerly Google My Business) is a free tool that allows users to promote a Business Profile and business website on Google Search and Maps. With an account, users can see and connect with customers, post updates to the Business Profile, and see how customers are interacting with a business on Google.N/A
    Pricing
    Cool TabsGoogle Business Profile
    Editions & Modules
    Stone
    $49
    Per User per Month
    Gold
    $199
    Per User per Month
    Diamond
    $399
    Per User per Month
    Diamond with Unlimited Campaigns
    $499
    Per User per Month
    Diamond with Paths
    $499
    User per Month
    Diamond with Paths and Unlimited Campaigns
    $699
    User per Month
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Cool TabsGoogle Business Profile
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup Fee$49 per planNo setup fee
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    Cool TabsGoogle Business Profile
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    User Ratings
    Cool TabsGoogle Business Profile
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (15 ratings)
    9.2
    (48 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (8 ratings)
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    Usability
    7.3
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    8.5
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    User Testimonials
    Cool TabsGoogle Business Profile
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Cool Tabs
    In general, it works as some kind of manual on how the particular baseline of your social networks can be improved, and it provides the right assessment at the same time so that I can analyze my data based on my results. Also, they count on excellent technical assistance. Earlier it was hard to go search hashtags on my Instagram but after using this I can get more deep analytics, geotag research, and profile analytics to get great information about the keywords I want to know about. The pricing is great, as well as the support team which replies very quickly.
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    Google
    The great advantage of Google My Business is that any business that complies with the privacy and authentication policy requirements can access all the functionality tools that help promote the business website through the referral system, exchange of opinions with other users and search engine optimization (SEO).
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    Pros
    Cool Tabs
    • It provides a wide range of settings options to your social media promotions.
    • Is easy to use for developing and managing promotions.
    • It offers an very complete tool to extract information about your promotions.
    • The support service is highly advisable: fast and adequate to satisfy users' needs.
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    Google
    • Google My Business offers us an alert system in our work email, where we receive notifications when there is a new comment or review of our company. This alert system helps us to be aware of each of the opinions written by each client who has received our services, in order to be able to respond to each of them in record time.
    • Google My Business gives me a complete visualization of the clicks, location of the searches of my company and the visits that my business file has received. This visualization allows me to control access and measure the traffic that my business listing is generating in conjunction with the Google Maps service.
    • The update of my company file is done in real time and immediately. I don't have to wait several minutes for my company file to update. When I make a change to my company information, the changes are shown immediately to all clients who consult that business card.
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    Cons
    Cool Tabs
    • Interface is a bit difficult.
    • Management if the tool is not intuitive.
    • More filters for analyzing would be great specifically in the demographics region.
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    Google
    • Like most Google products UX / usability is often lacking whilst feature set strong
    • Changing a locations address can be difficult with support hard to access
    • Clients can add photos, if badly shot / composed these can be detrimental to your brand.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Cool Tabs
    I have a good relationship with the customer service and I love to help them to promote their service.
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    Google
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    Usability
    Cool Tabs
    Because it lacks customization options for its aesthetics. We did a specific adaptation for registering entries and participants, and it worked perfectly. It's a very comprehensive tool for launching viral campaigns for all types of businesses. We will continue working on campaigns in collaboration with Cool Tabs. Porque le falta capacidad de personalización de la estética.En su momento, hicimos una adaptación concreta para el registro de participaciones y participantes y sale todo genial. Es una herramienta muy completa para lanzar campañas virales para todo tipo de empresas. Seguiremos trabajando las campañas en colaboración con Cool Tabs.
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    Google
    I gave the Google Business Profile's overall usability an 8 because it doesn't update the directions automatically when you put in an address if a business moves. You also have to go in and manually move the pin. This isn't always easy to do. It would be much easier if the pin updated automatically.
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    Support Rating
    Cool Tabs
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    Google
    Whether it is technical or customer support, Google My Business excels and suffers in the exact same ways that all other branches of Google do. While you'll eventually figure out the issue, the sheer magnitude of the company comes with expected hurdles, wait times, and support you'd come to expect from other large companies.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Cool Tabs
    Easypromos is one of the best tools you can use to run your contests. The application allows you to create contests for Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest and YouTube.You can choose the objective of your campaign, whether it is to increase followers, improve your brand awareness, etc., and you can run various types of promotional initiatives, including giveaways, games, and quizzes.
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    Google
    Google is the most powerful SERP and has much more robust features than Bing Places. Users also statistically trust Google more than Bing and it provides much more authority in the search space. The good news is that Bing Places can be synched with Google My Business which is great and convenient for business owners. It's just another alternative for businesses and I highly recommend that all businesses have an account with both Bing Places and Google My Business for optimal performance.
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    Return on Investment
    Cool Tabs
    • Cool Tabs allows us to tweak our social media pages to suit the customers' interaction.
    • When the customer is engaged, they are more likely to share and or inquire about what we do.
    • Since we have been using this, we have had a 10% increase in customer engagement, which in return, helps us deliver quality information.
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    Google
    • I don't have any numerical metrics but, we have seen an influx in customers purchasing our hot hands ever since we listed them on Google Business Profile about a year and a month ago. We have since sold over 400 units since listing them as an available item.
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    Screenshot of Page Performance DashboardScreenshot of Stats DashboardScreenshot of Instagram hashtag analysis: top potential contributorsScreenshot of Instagram hashtag analysis: words analysisScreenshot of Twitter Hashtag Analysis: Main StatsScreenshot of Campaign Stats Dashboard