So the guys over at TheNextWeb.com have been blogging a series of installments about the most useful social media tools of 2011. We scanned their lists and chose these 5 social media tools (if you haven’t used them yet, best you check them out):

1.  Unilyzer.com – Perfect for any social media marketers. If you are responsible for for your organisation’s social media channels and reporting on their performance, then this is the analytics hub for you.

2. Quixey.com – Too many apps, too little time? Now there is a search engine for apps. TRY IT.

3.  GroupHigh.com – Best blogger outreach research and engagement tool EVER. We are in awe.

4. PeopleBrowsr.com – PeopleBrowsr is a social media analytics tool which includes 1,000 days of Twitter data at your disposal.

5. Knowem.com – Fantastic place to start when looking to create awareness within specific online communities relevant to your brand or topic.