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Thursday, February 14, 2013

Any Ideas??

I have spent a lot of time searching Google today looking for a free social media management tool, but have come up empty handed at this point. The #1 recommended manager out there seems to be HootSuite however, when I created my account and attempted to post a status update it repeatedly kept telling me I needed to link in my FB profile... Which I did... 10 times... Then, I gave up!

I tried a few other solutions, however, none of them offered a mobile application to go with it. One would think that in this day and age a mobile app would be a no brainier. Evidently this is not the case.

If you've read one of my earlier posts, you've learned that I originally started out here as a research activity for work. I'm in charge of managing the social sites we have and was looking to branch out a little bit in order to increase our engagement. FB does not allow businesses to interact with anyone unless they post to your page first (kinda of backwards in my opinion since engaging with people is what it's all about right?).

Either way, I have now jumped in neck deep personally and not just professionally. I've had a FB account for years and while I'm great at posting photos, I'm not so great at status updates. I seem to be far more interactive with the work page than my own (maybe because they pay me for it). However, I'm finding that I am becoming more active now that I've found a community here that holds my attention. Problem is... I'm now running two personal pages... Since I'm terrible at keeping up with one, two is more than I care to be bothered with honestly can manage effectively.

I'm on the go a lot and outside of work I don't spend a whole lot of time in front of an actual computer. I'm mobile. Currently that means in order to post to both pages (because my Blogger page is separate from my regular page) it requires that I log out of one account, then log into the other, and essentially do a double post. I don't technically have ADD, but in this case that's all I can equate it too.

Here's what I'm looking for:

  1. Free (this is just for fun and I don't see any reason to pay for a non-business related dashboard).
  2. The ability to upload to more than one FB page at the same time (FB is the only application I really need, seeing as how I don't Tweet and I've learned that Google+ is just a waste of time that nobody really looks at).
  3. A mobile app for the iPhone. 
It appears that many of you lovely ladies have been at this for some time and have managed to build a wonderful network. I'm certain that many of you, like me, don't have an unlimited amount of time out there to spend on all this. I'm hoping that you have also found the tools to help effectively manage it. I would be grateful for any ideas or suggestions. Thanks!

1 comment:

  1. I wish I could help you. I do all my posting through my computer. I am so cheap that I can't bring myself to pay for internet on my cell phone. I agree with you about Google + I have an account on it and I hardly ever get on it.

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