Instagram Apps
With Instagram being a mobile first product the apps are where it’s at to access all features and fully manage your account. Most are either the platform apps themselves or little creative apps to add movement and life to your post and stories
Make Content Faster and/ or Prettier
Video editing apps
Graphic Design and Pictures
Instagram Extras
Scheduling tools
Instagram worst feature is that you cannot schedule posts within the mobile app ( super annoying ) but Instagram has partnered with many ‘third party” providers of apps and scheduling tools to allow you to manage and schedule your Instagram posts. Our favourite tool is Planoly and we have included a detailed over view of it later in this module but there are many tools for Instagram and all offer great features
| Name | Schedule and Autopost | Saves #’s | Reporting | Cost per month | Extra features |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planoly | Yes and notifies for stories | Yes | Yes and easy to read | free – $19 USD | schedule for Pintrest and share to FB |
| Later | Yes | Yes | Yes | free – $24 USD | Link in bio feature |
| Tailwind | Yes | Yes | Yes | $14.99 | Hashtag suggestion |
| Buffer | No – only notifies | Yes | No – paid extra | $15 – $65 | reply feature |
| Creator Studio | Yes and for IGTV | No | Yes but hard to navigate | Free | Scheduling for IGTV |
Watch this video for step-by-step instructions to scheduling posts on Instagram with Planoly
Watch this video for an overview on Facebook Creator Studio
Useful Resources
More information and great resources
Instagram Newsroom – Instagrams official newsroom for all of it’s launches and updates
Social Media Examiner – learn new strategies from the worlds best social media experts ( little biased as we are one of them )
www.facebook.com/blueprint – Facebook’s very own online learning platform to show you how to do all things Instagram. Its full of short videos and case studies – totes interesting.
https://pro.iconosquare.com/ amazing Instagram tracking tool to tell you more about your audiences, followers and preferred posts. Costs about $200 a year for the full version but great if your in Food, fashion , home ware or fitness as these types of brands go nuts on Instagram!
www.canva.com super simple to use graphic design tool that allows you to quickly make social media banners, web tiles and small graphic design jobs. Free version and full professional version costs about $12 a month