So I found an amazing website/app that I don't know why no one told me about it before! For anyone who does this posting thing Instagram that struggles with keeping up with posts and doing it consistently on Instagram well I found a solution, at least one that really saved my sanity! Planoly!
Planoly is a website/app that posts your Instagram posts for you! And what a game-changer it is! Ok so just to tell you how obsessed I became with this there is a free option where you can get 30 posts a month for any social media account. Well, I did that and I used all 30 posts in 4 days! Then I was like well it's the end of the month I can wait a couple days and get a new month (30 posts) for free and just make sure I like this enough to buy a subscription. Well ladies and gents I love it! So let's break down just what exactly is this thing.
Planoly allows you to freely plan out your posts, and I'm going to keep saying Instagram because that is what I'm using it for. However, you can use it on Instagram, Pinterest, Twitter, and even Facebook. But it is officially affiliated with Instagram and Pinterest. You are able to post your content to your social media through here as I've already mentioned by you are also able to plan ahead with their calendar and see what's coming out and when, sell stuff, and edit stuff. As you can tell the only things I've played with so far is the posting stuff. I love the calendar and how easy it is to see what is coming out and in what order. Those who have been with me since the beginning know that I struggle for real to make this all cohesive. At first, I was ahead on Instagram, then I got behind, then I got really behind, and now we are on a break! I really love that I can physically plan out my posts and see just how much I'm posting a day on my simstagram. Now I'm definitely not sponsored by this company at all I literally just found it on Twitter because one of the BookTubers I follow was asking what was the best company to post Instagram posts for her and I'm IS THAT A THING!?!? Well, it's a thing, and now I'm obsessed.
I have only really used two features on this thing so far. The free version doesn't unlock everything. It actually lets you publish 30 things but it isn't automatic but to be honest I'm fine with that. It gives you alerts to know when to publish them and my only complaint with it is that my alert could be more alerty. I miss them sometimes unless I know its coming and I'm looking for it I could miss it. My phone doesn't vibrate for them or even ring! I don't know if it's different for the paid service or if it is just like this. I've gone through my phone's alerts and the settings on the app itself and everything is turned on and alerted as loud as possible. So it really only pops up on my lock screen/notification wall. But even this flaw is still minor for me because I'm always thinking of posting I just don't know if its too soon or feel like going through my whole process. My original process is mega long and I don't think I've ever fully gone over just how much work I put into this so let me just show ya! I first upload my pictures from my computer to my Google account into a work in progress folder then to my blog for whatever post they are meant to be in then to another google folder for just Instagram ready pics! These are pictures that have already been published and they are just waiting to see the light of social media! When they get into this second folder I then go through them all individually and group the posts together, put their hashtags and posts into them so the only thing I have to do is download them to whatever device I'm on and then paste it all into the box when I'm ready to publish. Once I post them I either move them to yet another folder (my Disney family) or delete them. So this HUGE process can be intimidating and can take a lot of work, but I don't mind it, however, it slows down a lot of stuff. This is one of the things that really got my Instagram stuff so behind our story. All this is fine but sometimes I don't have the time to go dig these pictures out or I'm busy and I forget or whatever is going on. With this new program, I can let it post for me OR be like hey dude get your stuff and post! Literally, all I have to do once I have the posts made ON THE WEBSITE I just have to click on the notification or go onto the app and click on the post, and then the website/app automatically downloads and copies the posts and pulls up Instagram to the post section and I just select the pictures and there we go! I'm hooked on this thing!
I cannot wait to see what the paid subscription does, I know it unlocks a lot of things but I don't think I'll be able to post automatically because my Instagram isn't linked to my Facebook account. There are 3 different paid options PLUS the free one that you can choose from. The first one is only $7 a month if you pay for the whole year and then $9 if you do it monthly. With this plan, you unlock everything this service provides and you can post unlimited for one account and then 30 posts for a second account! For those of you that don't know I also have a book Instagram where we talk book stuff and its beautiful, both that Instagram and blog really match this Instagram and blog and that's on purpose I wanted to all match. I looked at the other plans and to be honest, the only thing that changes with the bigger plans is that one you can have 2 accounts that are unlimited posting and the other, and the most expensive, plan that they offer is completely custom. I'm not really sure what the custom profiles mean but it is unlimited posts. To be honest I only need 1 post that is completely unlimited. Yeah, it can be useful for my book account but I don't struggle with that one like I do this one. By book one I struggle to get a constant amount of content versus here I have tons of content and not a reliable way to use it. So I'm hoping this really helps me plan out things and keep everything more cohesive. I can see this doing amazing things for my blog and Instagram and I'm so excited. So I yeah I bought the year subscription for $85. I need it and I really want it so we can count it as a super early Christmas present!
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