Waste of money
The only thing that works is scheduling. The rest do not work at all e.g. the post writing and group posting. They say 'Facebook no longer allows any tools to post to Groups and we just created a workaround using our free mobile app.' However, you still need to add caption, photos, videos etc manually and post manually one by one! So this workaround is a false!
Craig_Sociamonials
Oct 8, 2024Hi Lizette,
I understand your frustration. As a fellow marketer, it was a devastating blow when Facebook took down their Groups API. Our mobile app solution is a far cry from the ease of the old 'set it and forget it' automation, but we built it (and use it internally) because there are still some advantages over posting directly to Facebook using your desktop:
- The first 5 links in your message will be automatically tracked and shortened, and any additional tracking codes you setup (GA parameters are added by default) will also be added to your links.
- Our Call To Action feature will automatically add a randomly selected CTA to your message before being pushed to the mobile device.
- Our Hashtag Groups feature will automatically add a randomly selected grouping of hashtags to your message.
- You can schedule the post for an optimal time and the mobile app will notify you when it is time to post. You can even choose 'Optimal' when scheduling and it will post when your clients are most likely to click through or convert to a lead/customer.
- Reporting of your click data will be included in the overall social media reports that you can generate anytime in our dashboard.
- Approval routing/workflows will be observed for your group posts too.
- Reposting can be turned on for your evergreen content.
- We will add watermarks to your images and videos before they are pushed to your mobile device and automatically added to the top of your phone's photo gallery.
- Unified posting experience. You will be able to post to all social networks in one post using our publisher so you aren't having to craft your post in multiple places.
- RSS feeds from your blog or other blogs can be automatically converted to social posts and pushed to your device.
- CSV Bulk Imports allow you to load up to a year of content in one upload and they can be pushed to your device at the correct times.