😩 Time to stop believing this social media myth! 😩

May 13, 2022

Has someone told you NOT to use a third-party scheduling tool because the platform will penalise you?
Yup, me too.

 But the good news is that advice is so 2019 and there is no evidence AT ALL that this is an issue for social media managers in 2022.

If you're not using a scheduling tool, all you’re doing is hurting yourself. Chances are if you’re not using a planner and you have more than one channel all you’re doing is robbing yourself of the chance to:  

- save time

- have multiple people contribute

- get an integrated inbox across your channels

- create better reports

- develop a more cohesive strategy

Want to know which scheduling tools I rate?  There are a lot of good ones out there and they have a wide variety of pricepoints. But I suggest taking up a free trial or two and figure out which one works for your needs.

 Here are some of the most popular ones with my students:

Hootsuite

Agorapulse

SkedSocial

Later

Buffer

SproutSocial

Happy social media scheduling!

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