This past fall, as many of you know, I hired a social media manager to manage my Instagram and Facebook accounts. Susan was incredible, and I hired her through my busiest season for help, but what about this off season? Now that she isn’t working for me I still want to manage my social accounts but not be tied to them when my kids are home. SO… I looked into a few different scheduling systems. If you are looking for something to help you plan and look through, these are the tree I considered. Which one am I using…. read on!!
Buffer:: This is the system that Susan and I started with. From the little I know about it, Buffer is a system to plan both your Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter feeds. It was great because we could each see what Susan was planning and if I needed to post anything, I could see what was planned!.jpg)
Plann:: This was a system Susan suggested to me and I loved the way you were able to plan out the entirety of the month and see how all the squares would look when everything was put together. And I loved that you could put hashtags into categories so that they were all there for later use. The only thing I did not love about this was that it was only applicable for phones and tablets, and I was looking for a system that I could use with my desktop
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Cue in Planoly:: Now this is the system that I have been using. There is a desktop customization, an app for my phone and has the hashtag categorization system. I have been using it for almost 2 months now, and I am in love with this! When I need to post something, I get a notification on my phone, and the rest is done for me.
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If you are looking for a system to streamline your planning process for Instagram, I would check these out to see which is right for you!