5 Tools for scheduling posts for social media for 2021

There are many tools that are available for scheduling the posts for free and or paid for means for either one specific social media platform or can schedule across several different social media platforms that you can use either for your professional or personal platforms accounts. These platforms can save you time if you want to schedule all post ahead of time.


These platforms can help you manage your social media accounts for the marketing of your businesses or even for your personal social media accounts in certain cases.


Here is a list of 5 social media scheduling tools that you could consider utilizing:


(1) TweetDeck (https://tweetdeck.twitter.com/)

Social Media platform(s) supported: Twitter 

Price: Free 


TweetDeck is a scheduling tool that was originally launched as a third party non-associated with Twitter interface so that users can look at multiple views of one or more Twitter account that you own and have set up or even are involved with managing for business.


Columns on the platforms dashboard can include a feeds of the home, user, notifications, search, list, likes, etc. for each of the specific accounts that you have linked to the dashboard. 


For further information on TweetDeck from Twitter - How to use TweetDeck? section of the Help Centre: https://help.twitter.com/en/using-twitter/how-to-use-tweetdeck


(2) Buffer (https://buffer.com/)

Social Media platform(s) supported: Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Pinterest (although, free plan doesn't include Pinterest (https://buffer.com/pricing/publish).


Buffer is a social media management software that can be set up to schedule your posts and range from free account to a business accounts paid monthly or on an annual basis and also there are analytics plans. 


For further information on Buffer and the prices for each plan:  https://buffer.com/pricing/publish


(3) Hootsuite (https://www.hootsuite.com/en-gb/)

Social Media platforms supported: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn and / or You Tube (Marketing Hub Enterprise only) (https://knowledge.hubspot.com/social/connect-your-social-media-accounts-to-hubspot). Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, You Tube, LinkedIn and Pinterest (https://help.hootsuite.com/hc/en-us/articles/204585410-Add-a-social-account-to-Hootsuite).

There are a number of services that are available for each plan. In the case of the introductory plan which is free the included elements of that plan is it includes: 3 social media accounts, 30 scheduled messages and 1 account (https://www.hootsuite.com/en-gb/plans/free-account). For further information on the other plans (Professional, Team, Business and / or Enterprise):  https://www.hootsuite.com/plans


 (4) CoSchedule (https://coschedule.com/)


Social Media Platform(s) supported: Twitter, Facebook (Page and / or Group), LinkedIn (Profiles, Pages, or Showcase pages) and Instagram (Profiles and Business Accounts) (https://coschedule.com/support/general/social-networks/social-networks-you-can-connect-to-coschedule/). 

There are two services that CoSchedule offers either a Marketing Calendar and / or Marketing Suite. ( https://coschedule.com/pricing). 


(5) Later (https://later.com/)


Social Media platform(s) supported: Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest

There are 5 types of plan (Customize Plan, Free, Starter, Growth and Advanced). In terms of the free version: 1 social set, 30 per social profile and 1 user (https://later.com/pricing/).


These are only 5 of these types of social media scheduling tools that are available for you to further explore and possibly utilise as part of your marketing efforts or your business or even for personal use.


These could be the tools that your current business uses or you could consider bring this to the attention of the decision makers within your organization or even potential employees and companies may be currently utilizing these tools and so potentially it may be a pre-request for you being employed in a marketing role within an organisation.   


It is advisable that you choose the right platform based on the budget you and / or your business have available to invest in this tool and the platforms that you and / or your business are present on. 


Good luck with making the decision of which of either these social media scheduling platforms or other scheduling tools that you are suitable for you and even your business' marketing efforts. 


David Mc Donald, BSc (Hons) 

Currently completing a MSc in Marketing  

LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3nrFh6M


Comments

  1. Ursula Moffitt1 February 2021 at 13:51

    This is really interesting. Will definitely be making use of some of these 😊

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    1. David Mc Donald1 February 2021 at 16:51

      Thank you for the for the kind words regarding the blog, Ursula. Each of these tools have different plans and so, I would advise to choose the one that falls into the budget of the project and or business that you are planning on using them for and the social media platforms you will be utilizing them with . I'm glad you found this post useful and interesting, good luck with utilizing any of these tools and there are others out there, David.

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