When most of us think about social media, we generally describe it in shorthand as Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook. In some other fields like the entertainment industry, you're likely to include MySpace in your description as well.

Related: Read “There's gold in them thar hills.”

Even many of the so-called “experts” often have a narrow field of vision regarding tools available, but the truth is there are thousands of apps that serve the “social” purpose. And if you include apps that are more self-help, utility types or gaming, the number jumps to hundreds of thousands.

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