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Best Ticket Booking and Reservation System WordPress Plugin

admin · Apr 30, 2021 · Leave a Comment

Best Ticket Booking and Reservation System WordPress Plugin
This post is about a WordPress plugin which can be used for adding a seats booking, ticket booking and reservation system in your WordPress blog. By using this WordPress plugin you can add an interface by using which users will be able to book and select seats.

This WordPress plugin can be used for seat selection and booking for movie theaters, concerts and events. From the plugin settings page you can add different seat types with colors and pricing options, mark booked seats with a different color, limit seat bookings per user, provide an option to cancel seats to users, enable PayPal payments for seat bookings, offer free seats to users. Seat booking system can be added easily in your blog by shortcodes.

Here are the features of this WordPress plugin:

1) Add different seat types: From the plugin settings page you can add different types of seats. You also have the option to assign different colors for seat types so that it will be easier for the users to book seats. Also, you can select the border color and add price of the seat.

2) Mark booked seats: When a user books a seat it is marked with a different color so that users can easily find the available seats.

3) Limit seats per user: You have the option to limit the booking of seats per user.

4) Option to cancel seats: You can enable the option for the users to cancel their seats.

5) PayPal enabled: You can add your PayPal email address from the plugin settings page to enable PayPal payments for seat bookings.

6) Option to offer free seats: You also have the option to mark seats as free.

7) Shortcodes support: You can add the seats booking, ticket booking and reservation system anywhere in your blog by using shortcodes.

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List Of Best Social Media Management And Marketing Tools

admin · Oct 26, 2015 · 10 Comments

In this post, I have made a list of best social media management tools and software. By using these social media management apps you can manage your Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+, YouTube, Flickr, WordPress and any other social media accounts.

You can manage your followers and fans, schedule tweets, posts and messages, monitor social media comments and replies, manage social media monitoring tasks like monitor keywords and hashtags, track social media analytics, social media integration, monitor your brand name, track social media ROI, find latest social media trends, create and manage social CRM, manage leads and conversions, add team members to manage your personal and business social media channels and create custom social media reports.

These social media management tools simplify all your social media marketing tasks. You can pick a social media management tool from the list as per the features or as per the size of your business: Blogger, Small office / Home office, Micro businesses, Small and medium sized businesses and enterprises and large enterprises. By using these tools you can plan a social media strategy for your business and find relevant and targeted followers and influencers in your niche.

1) HootSuite: HootSuite is one of the best, free social media management tools. HootSuite supports Twitter, Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn, foursquare, WordPress, and mixi. Also, you can integrate apps in your dashboard like Tumblr, YouTube, Flickr, RSS reader, MailChimp, Blogger, StumbleUpon, Vimeo. etc. By using HootSuite you can manage all the major social media accounts and apps from a single dashboard. You can schedule tweets, posts and messages, create custom reports, schedule messages in bulk, Autoschedule social media posts, and post by using RSS feed.

Create and schedule a message in HootSuite

2) Buffer: Buffer is a free social media management tool where you can create queues to schedule your message. By using Buffer you can schedule messages in Twitter, Facebook page, Facebook profile, Facebook group, LinkedIn page, LinkedIn profile, Google+ page and App.net. You can also use Buffer to view social media analytics and post messages by email.

Schedule a message in social networks using Buffer

3) SocialOomph: You can use SocialOomph to manage your Twitter account, Facebook account, LinkedIn account, Plurk account, App.net account, RSS feed and Blog. By using SocialOomph you can create social media account groups to add related social media accounts in one group, add team members to manage your accounts, create and schedule your messages, create posts using email, export your posts and messages and move posts from one account to another.

SocialOomph supports recurring posts so that you can re-use the same message again. This is a time-saving feature. It also supports queues where you can shuffle and re-order your messages.

SocialOomph also has some unique tools like single shot delete of tweets and direct messages from Twitter and unfollow all members in Twitter. Other Twitter tools include automatically send direct messages, find relevant members based on filters, manage Twitter followers, create private groups of Twitter users, tweet and direct message digest notification emails, view Twitter mentions and retweets, create a stream of keyword search and twitter replies for multiple Twitter accounts and view Twitter statistics and analytics.

Create, schedule, save and publish posts in SocialOomph

4) Sendible: Sendible is a social media management, automation, and monitoring tool. By using Sendible you can post messages to Facebook, Plurk, FriendFeed, Bebo, Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Google+, FourSquare, WordPress (both .org and .com), Blogger, Tumblr, TypePad, MoveableType, Ning, Metaweblog, Flickr, MobyPicture, Scribd, SlideShare, YouTube, Delicious, Diigo, Identi.ca, Instapaper and Pocket.

You can monitor keywords, hashtags and your brand name on review sites, social networks, LinkedIn discussion groups, blogs and micro blogs. You can also set up notification emails and alerts.

By using Sendible you can schedule your social media posts, automate Twitter activities, create and manage queues, create custom reports, download social data, create social CRM (Customer relationship management), re-use social media posts and add team members.

Schedule a message using Sendible

5) Sprout Social: You can use Sprout Social to manage Twitter, Facebook page, Facebook profile, LinkedIn personal page, LinkedIn company page, Google+ page, Feedly and Google Analytics from one dashboard. By using Sprout Social you can create social media account groups, add team members to access your social media profiles and groups, create and schedule messages, assign tasks to your team members and create custom reports.

Create and schedule a message using Sprout Social

6) Pagemodo: You can use Pagemodo to create custom Facebook cover photos, Facebook sweepstakes, contests and custom Facebook tabs. You can also use Pagemodo to schedule posts in Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. You have the option to design your social media posts and view social media analytics.

Schedule posts in Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn using Pagemodo

7) NetVibes: You can use Netvibes to create custom social media dashboards for managing your social media accounts. You can add apps and widgets in these dashboards. By using NetVibes you can manage almost all the social networks and apps including Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Flickr, Reddit, WordPress, Gmail, Google Analytics, Calendars, Calculators, HTML editors, Bookmarks, Email apps, RSS feeds, etc.

Add apps and widgets in NetVibes

8) Oktopost: You can use Oktopost to manage your Twitter account, Facebook page, Facebook account, LinkedIn profile, LinkedIn company page and Google+ page. You can invite a colleague to manage your social media accounts. You can use Oktopost to schedule your posts and messages using drag and drop calendar, create social media campaigns, re-use social media posts, view social media analytics and generate reports.

Schedule social media posts by drag and drop calendar

9) Simply Measured: By using Simply Measured you can manage your Twitter account, Facebook account, Google+ account, Instagram account, LinkedIn account, YouTube account, Pinterest account and Vine account. Simply Measured can be used to analyze social media analytics, details of your followers, measure performance for your social media tasks, social media ad management, and to analyze your competitors by using charts and graphs. Simply Measured also provides free social media tools.

Create Twitter reports using Simply Measured

10) SocialDraft: SocialDraft is a dashboard social media management tool to manage Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram. By using SocialDraft, you can create social media profile groups, add team members to manage your social media accounts, Instagram image search, monitor your brand name in social networks and the web, schedule and re-schedule posts from the calendar and access SocialDraft from your cell phones and tablets.

Schedule social media posts using calendar with SocialDraft

11) HubSpot Social Inbox: You can use HubSpot Social Inbox to create and manage a database of your followers, manage leads and ROI, manage and reply comments on your social media posts, create live streams to monitor important conversations, and schedule tweets, social media posts and messages. By using HubSpot Social Inbox you can view posts in a calendar, assign tasks to your team members, compare social media platforms to find which ones are performing and create custom reports.

Schedule social media post using HubSpot Social Inbox

12) MediaFunnel: MediaFunnel is a social media management tool by using which you can manage multiple social media accounts like Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, WordPress and Tumblr. You can create real-time tabs for social media accounts, create and schedule tweets and messages, add team members based on user roles, assign tasks to team members, review social media posts before they are posted, view scheduled posts in a calendar, add signature for social media posts, create social media alerts and view analytics for posts.

Schedule and save tweets and messages in MediaFunnel

13) Spredfast: By using Spredfast you can create and add team members to manage your social media accounts. You can also assign permissions for your team members. You can reply and monitor your social media accounts in real-time, schedule posts by using data, view relevant social media content, view social media statistics and analytics, create both local and global calendars for your team members and option to connect with your commonly used CRM apps and analytics tools.

Spredfast social media management tool

14) Crowd Booster: Crowd Booster is a social media management tool to schedule your social media posts based on best time to post, create custom social media reports, find your most engaged followers and influencers, create graphs and charts based on social media analytics and option to export social media data in CSV format.

Schedule social media posts based on best time using Crowd Booster

15) Shoutlet: You can use Shoutlet to create and schedule your tweets and social media messages, access all your social media accounts from a single dashboard, quick access to social data of your followers and fans and view social media analytics.

Schedule social media posts using Shoutlet

16) Meltwater Buzz: You can use Meltwater Buzz to schedule social media messages to multiple accounts in a single shot, manage social media posts from a social inbox, create alerts for social media messages, assign social media posts to team members, view schedule posts and messages in a calendar, easily manage social media responses and comments, monitor sentiment of your followers and fans, filter social media messages based on location, language and social media channels.

By using Meltwater Buzz, you can view social media analytics, find most engaged people in your community, view social media influence of your followers and use tools like social CRM to manage your followers and fans.

Social media inbox to reply to posts in Meltwater Buzz

17) muWebfluenz: muWebfluenz is a social media management tool for enterprises. You can use muWebfluenz to schedule tweets and messages in Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn, analyze social media profiles in real-time, find influencers in your niche, multiple language support, monitor sentiments, competitive analysis for brands, view performance for your social media profiles, view social data by location, gender, channels and filters.

By using muWebfluenz you can search and monitor keywords and hashtags, monitor your brand name in social media, blogs, micro blogs, video sharing sites, news sites forums and photo sharing sites. You can access your social media accounts from a custom dashboard, add team members to manage your social media profiles, create and download detailed reports, create keyword, trends and custom alerts.

Features of muWebfluenz social media management tool

18) MavSocial: MavSocial is a unique social media management tool where you have the option to directly add stock images to your social media posts. You can also edit and add image effects to your stock photos by using Aviary photo editor. When you have added the stock image to your social media posts, you can schedule them. By using MavSocial you can schedule posts in Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, Facebook and Tumblr. You can also schedule posts by using RSS feeds.

Create and schedule a post in MavSocial

19) UberVU: You can use UberVU to manage your Twitter account, Facebook account, Google+ account, Flickr account and RSS feed account. By using UberVU you can schedule tweets and messages based on best time to post, find influencers for your niche, view social media statistics and analytics, track sentiment level of your followers, create custom reports, create charts and graphs based on social data and easily reply to social media comments from a single dashboard.

Manage social media accounts using UberVU

20) Dlvr.it: Dlvr.it can be used to manage and send posts to Twitter, Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn groups, LinkedIn company page, LinkedIn account, StockTwits, Tumblr, Status.net and App.net accounts. By using Dlvr.it, you can view click statistics for your posts, followers statistics for your social media accounts, social media posts statistics and popular posts.

Schedule tweets and messages in Dlvr.it

21) ViralHeat: ViralHeat is a social media management tool for enterprises. You can use ViralHeat to manage Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, Google+, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube, Tumblr, Foursquare, Glassdoor and Yelp. ViralHeat can also be used to track comments about your brand in social networks, measure brand analytics based on competitor analysis, monitor specific keywords and hashtags, view and optimize social media analytics, schedule posts and tweets, create custom reports, invite and add team members based on roles and permissions, find influencers in your niche, manage leads, integrate with Salesforce, Zendesk, SugarCRM and Desk.com.

Schedule a message in Viralheat

22) Sysomos: You can use Sysomos to schedule social media posts from one dashboard, monitor social media activity, create custom reports, manage and assign leads to team members, view social media posts in real-time based on keywords, find and connect with influencers and analyze your competitors.

Schedule social media posts using Sysomos

23) Gremln: You can use Gremln to manage your Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn accounts. You can schedule posts, add team members, assign posts to your team members, moderate posts by team members, monitor your brand in social networks, translate posts, schedule posts from calendar, bulk schedule posts, track social media ROI, find conversions based on posts, view social media analytics and schedule posts by using RSS feeds.

Schedule social media posts in calendar using Gremln

24) Bundle Post: By using Bundle Post you can schedule social media posts from RSS feeds and Google alerts. After adding your feed you can set up post time to publish your social media posts. Then, you can send curated social media posts from your feeds to your social media channels as per the schedule. You can also create and schedule social media messages in Bundle Post. You can use Bundle Post to add hashtags to your social media posts and schedule #FollowFriday or #FF posts.

Add a feed channel in Bundle Post

25) Komfo: You can use Komfo to schedule messages in Twitter, Facebook, Google+, Instagram and YouTube, monitor your brand name in social media channels, create SMS alerts, easily monitor social media mentions, track social media analytics, track conversions from social media channels and manage Facebook ads.

Schedule social media messages using Komfo

26) Sociota: By using Sociota you can manage your Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and LinkedIn profiles, group social media profiles, schedule social media posts, use Autoschedule to find best time to post in social networks, bulk schedule social media posts, view post analytics, view link analytics, manage your followers and fans, view social media feeds, and monitor keywords and hashtags.

Schedule social media posts using Sociota

27) Rignite: You can use Rignite to manage Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram and Google+ account. By using Rignite you can create social media campaigns to promote your products, events, contest and giveaways. You can also create and add team members to access your social media accounts, assign posts to team members, view posts in social media inbox, chat with team members and view scheduled messages in calendar.

Create social media campaigns in Rignite

28) SocialFlow: By using SocialFlow you can post relevant social media content at best times so that your posts receives maximum views and shares. You can create and schedule social media posts, track your social media campaign performance with Google analytics and increase the number of relevant followers and fans.

SocialFlow social media management tool

29) SocialClout: By using SocialClout you can create and manage social media campaigns and leads, monitor your brand name in social media sites, blogs, news sites and forums. You can also use SocialClout to monitor keywords in real-time, create custom reports, manage your social media accounts from a dashboard interface, track conversions, track sentiments, analyze your competitors and find influencers in your niche.

Create custom social media reports using SocialClout

30) Socialbakers Suite: Socialbakers Suite is a full-fledged social media marketing suite. You can can use it to schedule your social media posts by using a calendar, perform competitor analysis, assign social media posts to team members, create custom reports, view social media analytics, create and manage Twitter and Facebook ads, monitor keywords in social networks, monitor your brand name and find top influencers.

Social media competitive analysis using Socialbakers Suite

31) Plumlytics: Plumlytics is a social media management and analytics tool to schedule your social media posts by using calendar, track social media comments and replies, monitor top performing hashtags and measure social media performance.

Schedule social media messages using calendar with Plumlytics

32) SocialMotus: SocialMotus is a dashboard social media management tool by using which you can manage your Facebook account, Twitter account and LinkedIn account. You can schedule and save posts and messages, manage your followers, manage people who you are following, find relevant followers, create real-time feeds for your social media accounts, monitor a keyword or a hashtag, create custom reports and add team members to access your social media accounts.

Schedule and save tweets using SocialMotus

33) ReachPod: You can use ReachPod to manage your Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn accounts. By using ReachPod you can create and schedule posts, view live social media streams and feeds, view scheduled posts in a calendar, add team members to manage your social media channels, assign social media posts to team members and create custom reports.

Schedule a tweet using ReachPod

34) EveryPost: You can use EveryPost to curate social media content and schedule posts in your Twitter account, Facebook account, LinkedIn account and Tumblr account. You can also access EveryPost from your cell phone or tablet.

Schedule social media posts using EveryPost

35) Agorapulse: One of the unique value proposition of Agorapulse is a Social Inbox system that really makes it easy to respond to all Social Media messages very quickly, both on the web and on mobile. As a Social Media management platform, it also offers publishing, measuring (stats) and even user management (profiles, ranking).

Social Inbox system to repond to messages in Agorapulse

36) SocioBoard: By using SocioBoard you can view social media messages in smart inbox, add team members, assign tasks to team members, view sent messages and archived messages, view live Twitter feed, retweets feed and mentions feeds. You can also create and schedule messages, find influencers based on keywords, create custom social media reports and create social media groups.

Schedule social media messages using SocioBoard

37) Swat.io: By using Swat.io you can schedule social media messages in a calendar, add and manage team members to access your social media profiles, track actions of your team members, view social media messages in an inbox and assign social media messages to your team members.

Schedule social media messages in a calendar using Swat.io

38) Raven tools: You can use Raven tools to manage your Facebook account, Twitter account, LinkedIn account and YouTube account. You can also schedule and send tweets and messages, view social media streams and view social media metrics.

Schedule and send tweets using Raven tools

39) Buddy media: You can use Buddy media to schedule social media posts, track conversions from social media channels, find relevant followers, increase the number of followers and view social media analytics.

Schedule social media posts using Buddy media

40) Oracle Social Cloud: Oracle offers various products for enterprise social media management like Social Relationship Management, Social Engagement & Monitoring and Social Marketing. These products are helpful to manage different social networks from one interface, monitor social media conversations, publish posts, create reports and manage other social media marketing tasks.

Oracle Social Cloud Social media marketing and management

41) Adobe Social: Adobe Social is a social media management tool by Adobe. By using Adobe Social you can schedule social media posts, manage scheduled posts in a calendar, monitor keywords in social media channels, track social media campaigns and view social media analytics.

Adobe Social, social media management tool

42) Radian6: You can use Radian6 to manage your social media accounts, track your social media conversations, monitor your brand name in news sites, social media sites and blogs. You can also view social media analytics and manage leads.

Manage your social media accounts using Radian6

43) Engage121: Engage121 is an enterprise social media management tool to manage your social media accounts, monitor your brand in real-time, monitor social media comments and replies, create custom reports, find most engaged content in social channels and download your social media data.

Monitor social media conversations using Engage121

44) Engagor: You can use Enagaor to schedule your social media posts, monitor comments and replies in social media channels, add team members, monitor your team, view real-time social media analytics, monitor your brand in blogs, news sites, forums and web, create social media reports, access Engagor from your cell phone and integrate with third-party CRMs like ZenDesk, Desk and Salesforce.

Schedule and reply to social media posts using Engagor

45) Meet Edgar: By using Meet Edgar you can create custom time slots and schedule your posts in Twitter, Facebook account, Facebook page, Facebook group and in LinkedIn. You can categorize your social media posts and then save them. After that you can create time slots at which you want to schedule your social media posts.

Create and save social media posts using Meet Edgar

46) Awareness Hub: You can use Awareness Hub to schedule your social media posts in Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+, YouTube, FourSquare, Flickr and WordPress. You can monitor social media comments and replies, find influencers, track social media analytics and create social media marketing campaigns.

Awareness Hub social media management, marketing tool

47) MarketMeSuite: MarketMeSuite is a social media management tool which you can use to create custom social media inboxes based on filters. You can mark important social media posts as leads and with colors to easily manage them. MarketMeSuite supports Twitter, Facebook page, Facebook account, LinkedIn personal account, LinkedIn company page and Instagram.

MarketMeSuite contains useful Twitter automation tools and social media automation tools. You can also invite and add team members to access your social media profiles.

Inbox for social media accounts in MarketMeSuite

48) Sprinklr: Sprinklr is a social media management suite which you can use to schedule your posts, track social media posts for conversions, send posts to a specific country, schedule and manage social media posts and messages from a calendar, language support, view analytics for social media posts, find most engaged posts and tools to create quiz, polls and forms.

Sprinklr social media management suite

49) Social Report: You can use Social Report to schedule your social media posts and messages based on location, option to add images and buttons in social media posts, add team members, find best time to schedule your social media posts, schedule messages in bulk, schedule messages in a calendar, post messages by using RSS feeds and track number of clicks on links in your posts.

You can also track social media analytics, monitor keywords in social media channels, find top influencers, measure social media ROI, create custom social media reports and option to download reports.

Manage scheduled posts in calendar using Social Report

50) Social Volt: Social Volt is an enterprise social media management tool which you can use to publish social media posts and messages to your social media channels, add team members, make your social communications secure and backup social media conversations.

Social Volt, enterprise social media management tool

51) Postific: Postific is a social media management tool by using which you can manage your Twitter account, Facebook account, Facebook page, Facebook group, LinkedIn account, LinkedIn group, Google+ account, Google+ business page, Pinterest account, WordPress account, Tumblr account and Flickr account.

You can create social media campaigns to schedule posts, create social media groups, schedule social media posts by using RSS feeds, view live social media streams, manage social media comments and replies, use custom URL shortener to track clicks on your links, monitor keywords and hashtags and view social media analytics.

Create a social media campaign using Postific

52) Addvocate: Addvocate is a social media management tool by using which you can add team members to manage your social media profiles, moderate social media posts, track social media analytics and access Addvocate from cell phones.

Addvocate social media management tool

53) Lithium Social Web: Lithium Social Web is a social media management tool which you can use to send social media posts, track social media analytics, access posts from social media inbox and view social media profiles of your followers and fans.

Lithium Social Web, social media management tool

54) Yoono: Yoono offers desktop and browser social media management apps. By using these apps you can manage your social media accounts, view real-time social media feeds, publish social media posts and messages and monitor social media updates.

Manage social media accounts from Yoono desktop app

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Schedule Social Media Posts By Drag And Drop Calendar Tool

admin · Aug 31, 2015 · Leave a Comment

In this post, I will describe a social media management tool, Oktopost which you can use to schedule social media posts by drag and drop calendar. You can also edit, re-schedule and delete social media posts directly from the calendar.

By using Oktopost, you can create and schedule posts, create and save posts to re-use in future, automatically schedule posts in social networks based on date range and time range, view campaign analytics, create and add live streams, view comments on your social media posts and view social media reports.

1) Create and schedule posts: To create and schedule posts in Oktopost click on Campaigns in the dashboard. Then, click on New Campaign button, enter the name of the campaign and click on Create Campaign button.

Create a New Campaign in Oktopost

Then, click on New Post button and schedule your post in Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn or Google+.

Create and schedule posts in Oktopost

2) Create and save posts: By using this feature you can create and save posts which you can reuse in future. Click on Message Assets. Then, click on New Message button.

Message Assets in Oktopost

Then, enter your message which you want to reuse and click on Save.

Create and save posts in Oktopost

To reuse the message while scheduling a post, click on Message Assets and reuse the message.

Reuse messages in Oktopost

3) Automatically schedule posts in social networks: By using this feature you can automatically schedule posts in social networks. Click on Autoposter. Select the social media profile and select messages which you want to schedule.

Autoposter in Oktopost

Under Time Span, select the start date, end date and time range for posting messages. Click on Generate schedule button.

Automatically schedule posts in social networks in Oktopost

Based on the time range, Oktopost will generate a schedule for automatically posting your message based on the best time to post. You can approve or deny accordingly.

4) Campaign Analytics: You can click on Analytics to view Campaign analytics like click tracking for links on your posts.

5) Change campaign settings: To change campaign settings, click on Settings. Here, you can edit campaign name, campaign link and campaign color.

Change campaign settings in Oktopost

6) Schedule social media posts by drag and drop calendar: This is one of the best features in Oktopost. By using this feature you can schedule social media posts by drag and drop calendar. Click on Calendar in your Dashboard. On the calendar, you will see all your scheduled messages. To reschedule a message you can use the drag and drop interface on the calendar. You also have the option to edit or delete the scheduled posts.

Schedule social media posts by drag and drop calendar

7) Create and add live streams: To create and add live streams, click on Streams. Then, select a network for which you want to add the stream.

Create and add live streams in Oktopost

Then, add the stream. For Example, for Twitter you can add Mentions stream, Retweets stream, Feed stream, Search stream, List stream, Favorites stream, Messages stream and Home stream.

Add Twitter streams in Oktopost

8) View comments on your social media posts: To view comments on your social media posts, click on Inbox in your dashboard.

9) View social media reports: Click on Reports to view social media reports for your social media accounts. You can view number of posts, clicks and performance by social networks. You also have the option to download social media reports in a PDF format.

10) Add a social media profile: To add a social media profile in Oktopost, click on Profiles. Then, click on Add a profile button.

Add a social media profile in Oktopost

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Beginner’s Guide To Sprout Social Media Management Tool

admin · Aug 17, 2015 · Leave a Comment

In this post, I have created a beginner’s step by step guide and a tutorial for Sprout Social, social media management app. By using Sprout Social you can manage different social media accounts like Twitter, Facebook profile, Facebook page, Google+ page, LinkedIn personal page, LinkedIn company page, Google Analytics and Feedly from a single dashboard.

You can create social media accounts group to connect social profiles, add team members, change time zone settings, edit business settings, edit posting time in queue, integrate ZenDesk or UserVoice helpdesk and download Chrome browser extension, Browser bookmarklet, iPad bookmarklet, Android app, iPhone app, iPad app and keyboard shortcuts for Sprout Social.

Sprout Social can be used for creating and scheduling messages in social media, post messages automatically from RSS feeds, view messages from all your social media accounts, create and assign tasks to your team members, view social media feeds, follow and unfollow members and to create custom reports.

1) Add a social media account: You can add the following social networks in Sprout Social: Twitter, Facebook profile, Facebook page, Google+ page, LinkedIn personal page, LinkedIn company page, Google Analytics and Feedly. To add a social media account in Sprout social, click on Add button under Profiles.

Click on Add button under Profiles in Sprout Social

Then, authorize and add your social media account.

Add a social media account in Sprout Social

2) Create a social media accounts group: You can add social media accounts to a group in Sprout Social. To create a social media accounts group, click on Settings –> Users & Social Profiles.

Click on Settings, Users and Social Profiles in Sprout Social

Click on Manage Groups and Profiles tab. Click on create new group to add a new social media accounts group in Sprout Social.

Click on create new group in Sprout Social

Enter the name of the group, authorize and add a Twitter account or a Facebook account for this new group.

Create a social media accounts group in Sprout Social

3) Add team members: To add team members to your Sprout Social, click on invite new user. Then, enter the first name, last name, email address and permissions for the new member and click on Send Invites.

Add team members in Sprout Social

Then, you have the option to provide the following access to your invited member: Manager access, Allow to invite other members, Allow to manage message status, Access to basic reports, Access to engagement reports and access to team reports. Select the access options as per your requirements and then click on Done.

Provide access to your invited member in Sprout Social

You can edit the access options for your team members and remove team members from under Your Team tabs.

4) Change time zone settings: To change time zone settings in Sprout Social, click on Personal Settings tab. Select your time one and click on Save.

5) Edit business settings: To change business settings in Sprout Social, click on Business settings tab. Here you can enable cross-group assignments, enable task notifications and alerts, enable or disable prompt for Facebook audience confirmation, select default album for Facebook photo upload, enable URL tracking, connect Bit.ly URL shortener service and enable weekly summary email notifications.

Edit business settings in Sprout Social

6) Edit posting time in queue: To edit posting time in queue in Sprout Social, click on Sprout Queue tab and then click on Edit default post times from the gear menu. You can also disable the queue by clicking on Disable Sprout Queue.

Edit posting time in queue in Sprout Social

Check option Manual to manually add and edit posting time. Select the weekdays and weekends and enter posting time.

Manually add, edit posting time in Sprout Social

You can also check option Viral Post and let Sprout Social select the best posting time for your messages based on engagement pattern, audience usage and content velocity. Select the number of times you want to post messages on weekdays and on weekends. Add the time duration at which you want to post your messages in the day. For Example, here I am selecting the message to be posted 4 times per day on weekdays from 9 am to 9 pm.

Viral Post - Let Sprout Social select best posting time

7) Integrate ZenDesk or UserVoice helpdesk: To integrate ZenDesk or UserVoice helpdesk with Sprout Social click on HelpDesk Integration tab and connect ZenDesk or UserVoice.

8) Apps and extensions: Click on Utilities & Goodies tab for Chrome browser extension, Browser bookmarklet, iPad bookmarklet, Android app, iPhone app, iPad app and keyboard shortcuts for Sprout Social.

9) Create and schedule messages: To create and schedule messages in Sprout Social, click on Compose button. Enter your message, image and link. You can save this message as draft, add it to a queue, schedule this message or send this message now.

Create and schedule messages in Sprout Social

To view schedules messages, go to: Publishing –> Scheduled, to view messages in queue, go to: Publishing –> Sprout Queue and to view draft messages, go to: Publishing –> Drafts .

10) Post messages automatically from RSS feeds: To post messages automatically from RSS feeds, go to: Publishing –> Post via RSS. Click on Set up an RSS or Atom feed button. Enter feed URL, prefix text, check for new posts and your social media account. Click on Add RSS Feed button.

Post messages automatically from RSS feeds in Sprout Social

You can pause this feed anytime by clicking on Pause RSS feed button.

11) View messages from all your social media accounts: You can view messages from all your social media accounts in one place using Smart Inbox. Go to: Messages –> Smart Inbox. You can follow or unfollow a member and reply to a message directly from your Smart Inbox. You can also save a message from your Smart Inbox by clicking on gear menu and then Save message. To access Saved messages click on Saved Messages tab.

View messages from all social media accounts in Sprout Social

12) Create and assign tasks to your team members: You can create and assign tasks to your team members in Sprout Social. Click on Create Task button for the message to create a task.

Click on Create Task button for message in Sprout Social

Then, select the task type: General task, Sales lead or Support issue. You can add comments to the task, mark it as high priority and then assign it to a team member.

Create and assign tasks to your team members in Sprout Social

To access an assigned task, go to: Tasks –> Open Tasks. You can view General tasks, Sales lead or Support issue over here.

13) View social media feeds: You can view Twitter feeds, LinkedIn feeds and Feedly feeds in Sprout Social. Click on Feeds.

View social media feeds in Sprout Social

14) Follow and unfollow members: To follow and unfollow members in Sprout Social, click on Discovery. Here, you can find people who follow you along with their details, people with whom you have interacted with, people who have mentioned you, less active people, people who don’t follow you back and search people based on keywords.

Follow and unfollow members in Sprout Social

15) Create custom reports: To create custom reports in Sprout Social, click on Reports. Here you can create different types of reports like Group reports, Engagement report, Team report, Twitter profile report, Twitter trends and hashtags report, Compare two Twitter profiles by creating a Twitter comparison report and View sent messages. You can download these reports in PDF or in CSV formats.

Create custom reports in Sprout Social

You can also add a custom logo to your reports. Click on Customize branding and add a custom logo for your reports.

Add a custom logo to your reports in Sprout Social

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Schedule Pinterest Posts By Tailwind Marketing And Analytics

admin · Jul 27, 2015 · Leave a Comment

In this post, I will describe a Pinterest management tool, Tailwind by using which you can create and schedule your pins on Pinterest and view pin analytics. You can schedule pins by uploading it to Tailwind, design a pin using Canva, use the Tailwind Chrome browser extension to pin images from any website and schedule pins from Instagram.

You can also create queues for scheduling pins, reschedule published pins, view pins insights and organic activity, view profile performance and board insights and view all your pinned pins.

Here, I have created a beginner’s step by step guide and a tutorial to create and schedule your pins, create queues for scheduling pins and to change time zone settings in Tailwind.

1) Create and schedule your pins: To create and schedule your pin, click on Publish –> Drafts in your Tailwind dashboard.

Click on Publish, Drafts in your Tailwind dasboard

Here, you can design a pin using Canva, use the Tailwind Chrome browser extension to pin images from any website, schedule pins from Instagram or simply upload a pin from your computer.

Ways to create and schedule your pins

For Example, here I will upload a pin from my computer. Click on Upload Images. Then, select a board name to which you want to schedule this pin, enter the description of the pin and add pin source URL. Click on the Clock.

Create and schedule your pins on Pinterest

Then, select a custom time to schedule your pin.

Set up custom time to schedule your pins

Click on Add to Queue button. Now, you can view your scheduled pin at Publish –> Scheduled Pins. Click on the Pin Now button to pin this pin now.

View scheduled pins on Tailwind

2) Create queues for scheduling pins: To create queue for scheduling pins, click on Publish –> Your Schedule. Tailwind automatically adds optimized time slots for your queues. However, you have the option to add your custom time slots.

Create queues for scheduling pins on Tailwind

3) Change Time Zone settings: To change time zone settings, go to: Publish –> Scheduled Pins and edit your time zone settings on the right side.

Change Time Zone settings on Tailwind

4) View published pins and reschedule pins: To view published pins, click on Publish –> Published Pins. Here, you can view number of repins, number of likes, number of comments and option to reschedule this pin.

View published pins and reschdule pins on Tailwind

To reschedule the pin, click on Re-Schedule this pin button. Select the date and time to re-schedule and click on Schedule button.

Re-schedule published pins on Tailwind

5) View pins insights and organic activity: To view pins insights, go to: Monitor your domain –> Insights. Here, you can view number of pins, number of pinners, number of potential impressions and top hashtags. To view organic activity for your pins go to: Monitor your domain –> Organic Activity.

6) View profile performance and board insights: To view your profile performance, go to: Track your brand page –> Profile performance. Here, you can view number of followers, number of pins, number of repins, number of likes and charts. To view your board insights, go to: Track your brand page –> Board insights.

7) View all your pinned pins: To view all your pinned pins, go to: Optimize content –> Pin inspector. Here, you can view number of repins, number of likes, number of comments and option to reschedule pins for all your pinned pins.

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