Free and Low-Cost Tools for Instagram

Like any social platform, Instagram can be optimized with a few good tools. If you’re just starting out with Instagram for business, you may want to try a few free tools first and then check out some very helpful low-cost tools. This post is an overview of several popular tools we’ve used for our accounts […]

10 Easy-to-Use (Free) Tools for Content Curation

Posting to your social media sites on a consistent basis is an important part of a successful marketing strategy. But if all you share is your own promotional posts, you’ll most likely lose followers. A better way to have long-term success on social media is to curate and post other people’s content as well as […]

Share Instagram Posts to Twitter and Facebook with the IFTTT Tool

If you’ve never looked at the IFTTT (If This Then That) tool, then I recommend you check it out for lots of time-saving shortcuts, called “recipes”. Two recipes I want to share today will help you cross-post Instagram updates to other sites. The recipes will automatically post photos that contain a specific hashtag in their […]

3 Steps for a Social Media Automation Strategy

  Are you a small business owner or solo-preneur who finds it challenging to keep up with a social media posting schedule? Do you wonder if you should automate your posts? Spending a few hours scheduling content for the next few weeks sounds like a great time-saving solution, but there is a right way and […]

3 Free Tools to Help Manage Your Instagram Account

  Once you’ve created an Instagram account, and are posting on a regular basis, it’s time to check out some tools to help you manage it. There are a variety of paid applications that are usually geared toward big brands, but here are 3 free tools that any small business owner/solopreneur can quickly set up. […]