Salesforce: CRM SaaS
Companies: YouTube

Zendesk: software-as-a-service products related to customer support, sales, and other customer communications
Companies: Bebo, Fandor, Style Lend, Weld

Help Scout: email-based customer support platform, knowledge base tool, and an embeddable search/contact widget for customer service

Companies: CloudPeeps

Intercom.io: live chat, marketing, feedback, and support

Companies: CloudPeeps

SurveyMonkey: cloud-based experience management, brand and market insights, product/employee/customer experience, and online survey development

Companies: Women 2.0, Fandor

UserVoice: User Feedback
Companies: Bebo, Weld, Fandor

Desk.com: customer support ticketing system, knowledge base content management, and user survey feedback tool

Companies: Fandor


Conversocial: enterprise social listening tool

Companies: YouTube

Crimson Hexagon: enterprise level AI-powered consumer insights tool
Companies: YouTube, Zendesk

Sprout Social: social media engagement analytics and reporting tool

Companies: Zendesk

Wildfire: create, optimize and measure their presence on social networks

Companies: Hipmunk

Traackr: manage influencer relationships and optimize marketing campaigns

PeopleBrowsr: deep search dashboard for managing and engaging with the social stream

Companies: Hipmunk

Iconosquare (Formerly Statigram):
Instagram analytics
Companies: Hipmunk

Hootsuite: social listening and content scheduling tool

Companies: Women 2.0, Bebo, Mimoco

Kred: measuring influence and outreach on social networks
Companies: Zendesk

HubSpot: inbound marketing
Companies: Zendesk

Buffer: social content scheduling and sharing tool

Companies: Weld

Weebly: blogging platform

Companies: Hipmunk

WordPress: web content management system, blog and website publishing, mailing lists, Internet forums, media galleries, membership sites, learning management systems and online store support

Companies: Style Lend, Sunshine Labs, CMX


Mailchimp: marketing automation and email marketing platform

Companies: Rooftop Media, Women 2.0, Style Lend

Constant Contact:digital and email marketing platform

Companies: Switch (FKA Women 2.0)

Google Analytics: site traffic and user event insights

Companies: Hipmunk, Style Lend, Mimoco, Sunshine Labs, SabrinaBruning.com

Qualaroo: user insights, QA testing
Companies: CurrenTV, Bebo

Highcharts: JavaScript charting library based on SVG, charts and dashboards for various platforms and back-ends

Companies: Fandor

SnapEngage: site visitor metadata

Companies: Fandor, Weld

Eventbrite: a event registration, promotion, and management x ticketing sales and management platform

Companies: Rooftop Comedy, Women 2.0, CMX

 

Mixpanel: event based mobile and web analytics tracking, custom reporting: user engagement and retention measurement
Companies: Hipmunk, Style Lend

Jirafe: e-commerce-tailored analytics that facilitate data-driven marketing and merchandising for retailers; customer site journey and card tracking
Companies: Mimoco


Yammer: enterprise social networking for inter-office communications

Companies: Zendesk

JIRA: bug tracking and agile project management
Companies: ConnecTV, Fandor

Trello: web-based, kanban-style, list-making application

Companies: Karma Fuse

Slack: cloud-based cross-platform instant messaging service

Companies: Sunshine, CloudPeeps, Zendesk

Basecamp: project management; plan, track, and manage software projects

Companies: Rooftop Media, Women 2.0, Mimoco

Asana: project management tracking tool

Companies: Weld

Pivotal Tracker: cloud-based agile project management tool

Companies Fandor, Bebo


Lookback.io: real time user feedback for mobile
Companies: Sunshine Labs

 

Microsoft Access: database management system

Companies: GAP Inc.

Canva: graphic-design tool
Companies: CMX, Mimoco, Zendesk

Adobe Acrobat: create, edit, convert, digitally sign, encrypt, export and publish PDF files

Companies: [all]

 

UXPin: UX design drag-and-drop visual editor Companies: Style Lend

Balsamiq: rapid wireframe tool
Companies: Style Lend

 
Website creation tool Companies: Self

Wix: cloud-based drag-and-drop HTML5 web and mobile sites
Companies: Women 2.0 (web app project)

Google Workspace: collection of cloud computing, productivity and collaboration tools, software and products

Companies: YouTube; intermittently

Sketch: digital design toolkit

Companies: Style Lend, Weld

Website creation tool and webhosting service
Companies: sabrinabruning.com

Adobe Dreamweaver: a proprietary web development tool

Companies: Live Nation

TestFlight: Beta testing

Companies: Bebo, Weld, Style Lend

Skitch by Evernote: UI/UX simple markup tool
Companies: Hipmunk, Style Lend

Microsoft SQL Server: database management system
Companies: GAP Inc.

Microsoft 365: productivity software, collaboration and cloud-based services
Companies: GAP Inc., Rooftop Media, Mollard Properties Ltd. Weld, Zendesk


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