Tweet,pinned?
Stumbled,shared?
Did I miss something?
When you are a mom with 31 things to do in 24 hours (of which 6 you probably should be sleeping) being”social ” is hair tearingly difficult.
“Write and they will come ” is great if it’s a hobby.Not so if you are planning a biz around it.Also even for a hobby you would like to help people right?
How will you help if your readers can’t find you?
The internet is with a shocking 1 billion (and more) websites .Do you want to leave it to chance,that your readers will find you.
Even if you have the whole day to spend on Facebook, do you want to?
What about blogging being fun?
What happens when you are travelling?
When there are festivals,can you tweet and pin throughout the day?
What about poor internet connectivity?
Maybe your server has some work being done.
If you can’t automate it .You are a slave to it.That’s the harsh truth!
If you are not an e-commerce giant or don’t have a blogging Godfather, it’s unlikely that you are willing to spend money on ads just yet.
Now we have a problem!
Your wants :
- You want people to find and read what you write (totally change their lives)
- Don’t want to spend money on ads and VA’s?
- Don’t have hours to spend on social media.
But you want to become wildly successful .
Yes that’s what I want too. That’s why I have read every social media hacks I could over the past 2 years.Since I really hate repeatedly doing the same activity(except reading Enid Blyton and Agatha Christie) ,I love automation tools.
If you are a mom you are already an expert on the impossible.
If not,maybe the following tools could help you.
1)Buffer
Great tool to schedule your blog posts by date and time.
Plus it is linked to all the primary social channels.
Con:The free plan is a tad limited.
Solution?
This is buffer on jet fuel.
Create a content library of all your post links.
Don’t tick the box saying schedule till.
This will go on.New readers will find your awesome content.The best part.Once a post is tweeted /posted,it is automatically sent to the end of the queueand will only be posted after all the others.
Great right?
Easy to set up and you just update the library.
Con:Right now only 2 social channels integrated twitter and Facebook.
3) IFTT
What IFTT can do ?
It can basically loop all your social media posts to make your life easier.
Check this post out.
The recipes I use:
- Instagram pics post to facebook and twitter.
- Tweets with specific hashtags to be collected in a seperate google spreadsheet.
- Make a spreadsheet of posts saved in pocket
- Backup starred Gmail automatically to Evernote
IFTT Favourite channels
4)Evernote
Can anyone stop talking about this tool?
I save links,whole articles,images bills,my Lybrate answers,blog post drafts and ideas everything here.
The best part you can share a link to your doc over Gmail.
5)Google Drive. Back up everything.Use IFTT recipes to sync your tweets and social posts to Google spreadsheets.
Can be synced across devices .Plus you can share documents .You can make seperate folders for different things.Access them anywhere .
6)Goolgle Doc:
Quickly make PDF E-books as content upgrades to your posts.
Make the #blogchatter community a part of your social media campaign and watch how your blog stats change.
I first started taking part in blogging challenges in July 2016.
My Alexa rank, social media followers changed drastically after the # MyFriend Alexa campaign.
Pinterest and Stumbleupon are some of my favourite social media sites.I don’t use automation here.Since I enjoy the activity.Who doesn’t like”researching “on Pinterest.
Also stumbleupon is temperamental and I haven’t found reliable tips to automate it.
What are your favourite tips for automating social media?
Comment below to let me know.
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Trust you to source out things to make life easier for her fellow bloggers! Thank you for this list, I plan to go with your suggestion and try Recur Post.
This post couldn’t have come at a better time. I haven’t been on Twitterfeed a month and they are shutting down. Grrr.
Thanks Valerie.Glad you found it useful
I like hootsuite too. great list though, should start using evernote!
Yes I have heard great things.But its not free:(
Thanks for your recommendations, I havent tried IFTT, and i think this is a game changer!
Those are so many ideas I haven’t heard of or thought to even try. I definitely need some help in this department. Thank you for the tips!
Thanks Melanie. Really happy ypu liked it
These are great suggestions! I like Boardbooster for pinning and LOVE evernote! These tools are so handy!
I do need these tips.., but these days I’m so tight with time that I never get a chance to explore options. Thanks for the helpful post.
Great information!
There are some great tips here! I have enough trouble keeping up without kids that I don’t know how parents do it! I’ll definitely have to look into some of those programs you recommended!
Kyla
Wanderlustkyla.com
Yes Kyla that’s the interesting part
I love this post! It is so hard to remember to do all this stuff while doing this 100,000 other things you have to do! Love this!
Yes that’s why I have a blogging to do journal coming up.Can’t keep all this in the head????
Thanks for all these! I am bookmarking this for the future when I have a little more time to go in depth with it all. I currently use Buffer, but I’m not familiar with some of the others yet. I think they’ll come in handy!
Thank you. So glad ypu are bookmarking it.I live stumbleupon for bookmarking
Thank you. So glad ypu are bookmarking it.I love stumbleupon for bookmarking
These are all such great tips. I’ll keep them in mind for sure because I’m always looking to build my social media accounts.
Thanks Amber
IFTTT has been a game changer in my blog promotion! Love being able to quickly share my instagram posts across all channels. I haven’t heard of a couple of these time savers, will have to check them out!
Yes IFTT is magic ????
Yes IFTT is magic ????.The best part is its easy to set up
I don’t know half of these. Damn I live under a rock!! Need to explore more. Blogchatter – I totally agree 🙂
Yes Blogchatter is a darling. It’s surprisingly human connect????
Informative and awaken write up.
love your hacks …they are very useful 🙂 to save our time
This is a seriously complex subject and you have done a fine job helping us out and finding ways to get the job done. Thanks for your hard work putting this together.
Kathleen
Bloggers Pit Stop
Thank you so much Kathleen.Knowing how much value ypu put in each of your articles,this is a definite morale booster.
very very helpful . Will look forward for more of this.
Thanks Anindya. Glad you liked it????
Omg! I have been missing on so much .. I seriously need to use these social media hacks to make my life easier as a blogger.
Thanks for sharing !
Thanks Manjusha glad ypu found these useful.
Great tips and hacks Amrita..but some things just went over my head. Will ask you to explain later. Thanks for this informative post:)
Thanks Deepa .Ask away .Will try my best
Amrita, you know you are totally awesome! Really admire how much help and free advice you are sharing through your comprehensive and well-researched posts! Kudos and many thanks!
Kalaravi you are making me very happy and a little embarrassed.
I am really encourageD that you liked the info
Thanks Kalaravi. Very happy and a little embarrassed. It’s encouraging that you found this useful ????
So mucj learning in this post
Glad you liked it
Wow!great amrita. ..am happy to have read this…I will use these tips surely
Thanks Menaka