Just because Christmas is a great opportunity for marketing doesn’t make it an easy time for social media managers. On the contrary, it’s all too easy to get so wrapped-up (if you’ll pardon the pun) in the preparation that you overlook vital parts of your strategy. These Christmas social media tools could help give you some much needed assistance.
A lot of the time mistakes in social media marketing strategies don’t come as a result of poor planning, they occur within the execution of the strategy itself. Whether they manifest as formatting errors or come in the shape of missed deadlines or overlooked posts, avoidable strategy issues can spell the difference between success and failure. And the most frustrating thing? They are almost always totally avoidable.
Things always get a lot busier around Christmas. Having a meticulously organised plan is integral to getting the results you desire. But they can only take effect if you stick to them. When things get busy success is all about adaptability and proper time management.
These Christmas social media tools will help you keep on track and ensure you don’t totally lose it before the new year comes around.
Buffer is one of the best examples of social media management software and is the top choice of many industry professionals. It allows you to organise and manage profiles across various social networks, create custom posting schedules, design and share content, view rich reports and analytics and better understand the strengths (and weaknesses) of your strategy.
As far Christmas social media tools go, Buffer is great as it allows you to streamline your posting process and better manage your time. It also offers an app which means you can make use of your time on the go too. The free version has limited features – make use of the free trial over Christmas to see how much it helps you before you invest.
Any social media marketer who makes use of Everypost will be able to see that it was designed with simplicity in mind. It allows you to connect all of your social media accounts across different networks including Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook and Pinterest. It has a simple interface that empowers you to build unique visual content from a variety of sources.
Everypost allows social media managers to rework their business flow to save themselves time and energy. It offers a free version with limited features with four other pricing plans depending on your business needs. Give it a go over Christmas to see how much it improves your workflow.
Later is a simple app that allows you to schedule and manage your Instagram marketing. Instagram is fast becoming an integral part of social media marketing strategies – so as far as Christmas social media tools go, Later is a really useful tool. It is has been made to allow you to organise and schedule your visual content, so it could be great for ecommerce and product-focused users, and businesses who engage with visual content.
Worthy mention for the two staples of social media scheduling. Hootsuite is one of the best known pieces of social media marketing software around allowing you to link, manage, post, schedule and analyse. In reality, it requires you invest in a paid plan to get the most out of it. Tweetdeck is the staple post scheduler for Twitter. As Christmas social media tools that allow you to save time and streamline your posting strategy, they are both no-brainers.
