This is more of a poll than a blog post, but I’d like to see which SEO tools the SEO community is using and why they find them effective. I’m on a quest this week to find a tool that includes the following items, and I’d like to see if I can find a match for my needs:

• Keyword research tools, like the Google Keyword Suggestion tool and SemRush
• Link building management, with the ability to add link building contacts, assign them to projects/categories
• Content management, with a “project” folder for each client so we can store their SEO copy and blog posts in their folder
• Social media tools – Similar to HootSuite.com where we can post to multiple client Twitter accounts by logging in to only one master account, see stats on the amount of clicks links in our posts receive. Ability to post to multiple Facebook Business Pages would also be a plus.
• Google Analytics integration/Automated reporting tools – Would absolutely love if the SEO tool had white-labeled reports that pulled relevant data from the client’s GA account
• Keyword tracking – Although we stay away from measuring SEO success solely by keyword rankings, it would be nice to have a keyword tracking system so we can sync up changes in rankings to traffic patterns.
• Google Alerts data – Ideally, we’d like the system to automatically search for mentions of the client’s brand name/relevant keywords, a la Google Alerts.
• Project management – A “lite” project management system built in, allowing users to create/assign tasks, view tasks assigned to them and the timeframe for the tasks

And of course if this was packaged into a nice little dashboard with a bow on top, that would be even better.

Have you seen specific increases in productivity with the tools you’re seeing? What’s on your SEO tool wishlist? Leave a comment and let me know, any and all info would be very helpful.

- Thanks for helping an SEO girl out!