7 AMAZING TOOLS TO SIMPLIFY INSTAGRAM FOR AUTHORS
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Instagram is by and far my favorite social media outlet. I know I’m not supposed to play favorites, but it is!
I know that trying to manage a thriving Instagram profile, a writing career, family, and other life demands can be time-consuming and completely overwhelming.
Who has time for it all?!?
Well, I’m going to share with you seven of my favorite tools that help us manage Instagram for our business and our clients that give us fantastic results.
TOOL #1 – ADOBE SPARK
I use this app every single day. And, to be perfectly honest, I love the app even more than using it on my desktop. I can easily create images and animated videos in just a few minutes a day. Adobe Spark helps you create amazing images that will help you attract new followers. One of my favorite features is that you can create one image and easily resize it for every social media outlet. Adobe automatically resizes the image for you. And best of all – IT’S FREE!!!
TOOL #2 – ONLYPULT
If you are on a deadline or don’t want to deal with a push notification to post to your Instagram account, OnlyPult is the answer. This is the only system I’ve found that doesn’t require a push notification for Instagram to your phone, so it posts directly to your page. We’ve been using OnlyPult for years and love it. They have a 7-day free trial that you can check out here.
TOOL #3 – AFTERLIGHT
I’m by no means a professional photographer – heck, I wouldn’t even consider myself a good photographer! But the Afterlight app certainly helps me make my photos look pretty darn amazing. It’s my favorite photo editing tool – it’s easy to use, straightforward and gives you great results.
TOOL #4 – REPOST
When you come across an amazing post that you want to share with your readers, Repost is the way to go. All you have to do is copy the link and it goes into the Repost app so you can share it with your audience. Straightforward, easy to use, and it works.
TOOL #5 – FOLLOWERS
This is a fantastic app to help you stay up to date with your Instagram analytics, find out who has unfollowed you, who is not following you back, and a lot more. You get a lot of features in the free version of the Followers app, but you get even more with the paid version. It’s the best Instagram community management tool I’ve used.
TOOL #6 – LATER
I have to give credit to CJ Bernstein for encouraging me to try this tool. I’ve been an avid Buffer fan for years, but I gave Later a try and I LOVE IT. It’s fantastic for Instagram because you can see how your posts will look in the layout before they go live. It helps you create a great flow of visuals and you can easily move them around to get the look that you’re going for on your page. And the scheduling features are fantastic! I’m still new to this app, but I’m already a huge fan.
TOOL #7 – LINKINPROFILE.COM
The only way to direct people to your blog or to a webpage outside of Instagram is the link in your profile. And if you’re sharing multiple blog posts or want to drive people to a particular page on your website, it can be a bit tiresome changing your profile link all the time. And when you change the link, you’ll miss out on traffic that your other posts point to. To fix this, we have LinkInProfile. If you want to see it in action, you can visit my Instagram page, but it’s very straightforward. All you do is include the URL in your post and LinkInProfile does the rest. It makes every URL you share viewable. It’s awesome.
If you sign up for Later.com, they have a similar feature called LinkIn.bio that comes with their plan.
So there you have it! I use these tools every single day and they have helped me not only manage and grow my Instagram following but have allowed me to focus my time on what’s most important.
