Update On Automating Social Media
I have gone the full circle of using quite a few different programs to automate my SM.. These are my personal experiences with them. Most are a pain the buttocks for me to figure out and use proficiently.
Twitter: I use buffer and Hipplay. Buffer costs $10 per month but only allows 100 tweets in their queue(storage area). I use Hipplay to automatically refill that. Keeps life simple for me when tweeting. I will add a couple of new tweets every couple of weeks to keep it fresh.
Instagram: I tried a few and ended up using gram dominator. Then I stopped. The program is ok but you have to monitor it constantly and I dont really think instagram is the way to go. So, instagram sits idle now..I might come back to it, but not really interested in that platform.
Pinterest: This is my second SM marketing outlet I use. Thanks to Mathias, I took his course and I have really improved dramatically over there. I use Tailwind to automate my pinning. I have over 200 boards. My main boards are obviously photography, but also have boards on decor, travel,plants, and foods. Just to keep it varied. I started aggressively marketing in October/November and as of this morning my Landscape Photography board ranked on the 6th row when doing a search. The higher up on the board rankings,, I believe the more opportunity to get pins seen. I started also using Pinpinterest over there back in October also. I thought it was too pricey so I looked into other programs. After countless hours of searching, configuring, scheduling and reprogramming other ones, I came back to Pinpinterest. Its the easiest to use for automation. And its rather simple for repinning, which is my main objective and I believe in why I have improved rankings. Repinning other pins and people repinning those pins seems to help..IMHO.
So to sum it up,,,im only using Twitter and Pinterest at this time..Both seem to be working well for me. Pinterest never seems to be done because now im about to start using Canva to create more vertical pins.