Many companies are rushing to pick up the premium social media marketing services business. Involver is among this throng, offering services to big clients to beef up social presence, as well as offering automated premium services.

The trial version of the pro aps last 30 days, but require a pro account to use longer. Most of these aps appear to be similar to the myriad of free services offered by startups. There may be network value that justifies the fees.

Oddly, the status updates seem to be very limited. The relative cost to propagating a status update is very low. This is where the viral distribution aspect may help justify the fees. 5 updates a day seems extremely limited for a $99 a month fee.

They offer several free applications, which have no expiration time.

All of these aps seem to offer neat features most people can use. There are competing free aps in this space for most of these services. For example, Facebook profile settings allow you to import form several services, including YouTube, Google Reader, Picasa, Flickr and your blog's RSS. Via RSS, you can update virtually any form of web data. The frequency may not be as calculated as a premium provider. Keep in mind that the higher level of distribution control requires premium fees for Involver.

The Involver pro aps offer interesting features.

Involver also offers Premium aps, which presently only includes the Facebook Connect Chat feature.