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A sub for professional discussion about social media, news, and best practices.

This is a sub for professional discussion about social media. It is best suited for people that are professionally working with social media. All other posts will be deleted.

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Create a new social media platform

Who has some programming skills and wants to create a new social media platform with me? Now’s the time.

3 Comments
2025/02/02
14:43 UTC

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Canadians: Will you unfollow USA brands/influencers?

Who will you unfollow?

How do you think this will impact your brand?

8 Comments
2025/02/02
13:46 UTC

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I need an opinion! How should I niche/brand my Social Media Image (Twitter) based on my expertise & interests?

I'm a 22-year-old soon-to-be college grad & I'm in a fairly unique position compared to most people my age.

I have made a substantial amount of money from learning to trade & invest since I've been 16 years old. I am also able to fly on Delta Airlines for totally free, as my mother is a Delta Flight Attendant & I'm a beneficiary under her account. I'm currently in college and I'm about to graduate with a finance degree, but I am currently able to comfortably support myself from the money I make on a weekly basis from my trading. Over the last 2-3 years, I've diverged away from who I've been all my life - I am now in love with academia, hearing the words great speakers (Krishnamurti, Alan Watts, Richard Feynman, David Bohm, Etc.), writing, & travel/beauty - and I feel that I have the fervent hope of becoming a name that binds together science, spirituality/faith, and the slow societal change of 9-5 to high-agency entrepreneurship.

Most of all, I'm incredibly eager to introduce spiritual truth to our current hyper-intellectual modern world - whether that be through monkhood, giving lectures at universities, writing books that move people, or by somehow building a social media image that allows me to work with large people in similar niches to create something wonderful.

So far, I am on twitter & I am working on writing for my new blog. I post quotes, musings, personal writing excerpts, & stories/photos of my travels, but I haven't yet given it much effort yet as I am uncertain of which direction I should take it - both in my content & my overall branding. I will be traveling for 6-8 months starting in May around Southeast Asia. I just recently bought myself a nice $700 camera & am looking forward to the journey & perhaps even dabbling in vlogs, etc.

What part of me do you think I should capitalize on in order to attract people? What type of content could I post that is different from what i'm doing? Any opinions or views are greatly appreciated. This is a matter of passion for me and I plan on using every last bit of the privileged position I am so I can aid people all over the world.

3 Comments
2025/02/02
03:08 UTC

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Linktree referrer question

In my my Linktree analytics I keep seeing Facebook as a referrer. I haven’t linked to my Linktree on Facebook. Does this mean someone else has linked to my Linktree there? Any idea how I can find out who it was?

1 Comment
2025/02/02
00:20 UTC

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Need a social media expert to run campaigns for a SaaS startup

Need a social media expert to run campaigns for a SaaS startup. DM me what work you have done for which companies/ brands. We need help across the board for FB, TikTok, Insta, X, Pinterest

2 Comments
2025/02/01
21:36 UTC

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What TikTok Editing Style Works Best for Gaming Content

Hey everyone,

I started a TikTok account focused on Marvel Rivals and want to grow an audience to eventually stream on Twitch or YouTube. Since getting noticed with 0 viewers is tough and the ranking system isn’t ideal for new streamers, I want to use TikTok as a way to build momentum first.

What editing style works best for gaming content? Should I go for fast-paced, high-energy cuts with memes and effects, or keep it simple and storytelling-focused? Also, any tips on building an audience with TikTok viewers into eventually stream followers?

Appreciate any advice!

10 Comments
2025/02/01
17:55 UTC

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Does anyone know any way to bulk upload onto Instagram? Does anyone know any way to bulk upload onto Instagram?

Hello there. I've decided I want to start breaking my streams up into constant array of short segments. And then I need to bulk upload into Instagram reels. I need it to be free (or at least very free) and able to upload videos. That's it.

8 Comments
2025/02/01
00:16 UTC

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Metricool Thread Planner alternatives?

Metricool now requires payment to link a Twitter account but I need to plan/save threads with pictures. Any free alternatives?

2 Comments
2025/01/31
23:47 UTC

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Why embracing ChatGPT can save you from content burnout

Imagine this: The Hulk, frustrated with the endless demands of content creation, smashes his laptop in a fit of rage. Sounds absurd, right?

Now, let’s flip the script. While the Hulk might lose his cool, ChatGPT offers you the perfect solution to keep your head in the game. Stay focused, stay calm, and stay efficient with your content strategy—without the chaos.

Step 1: Break Through Creative Blocks (Efficiently)

Creative blocks are a major headache for any content creator, especially if you're faceless and constantly looking for new ideas. Instead of wasting hours brainstorming, simply ask ChatGPT to generate 100 content ideas in seconds. You might feel overwhelmed at first, but more options mean more freedom to pick and refine the best ones. Fresh content? Done.

Ever had one of those days when you’re staring at a blank screen, desperately searching for inspiration? That’s where ChatGPT steps in. No more pulling your hair out. Just type in a few prompts, and boom—ideas flow like magic. It’s like having a supercharged brainstorming partner right at your fingertips.

Step 2: Automate and Keep It Authentic

It’s not easy keeping your content authentic while managing everything else. But here's the kicker: ChatGPT lets you automate your content creation. From generating captions to coming up with post ideas, it handles the tedious parts—without compromising your unique voice. It’s like having a behind-the-scenes assistant that helps you stay consistent and faceless.

You don’t have to sacrifice authenticity for efficiency. Automate the grunt work with ChatGPT while keeping your unique style intact. The best of both worlds.

Step 3: Maintain Consistency and Avoid Burnout

While specific data on automation and burnout may be scarce, creators who use tools like ChatGPT to streamline their processes consistently report feeling more balanced. The ability to automate tasks gives them the mental space to focus on creative work. Less stress, more consistency. Simple as that.

Staying consistent is key to growth, but it’s also the quickest path to burnout. Here’s where ChatGPT can truly help: By generating content for the next month in just minutes, it saves you tons of time. Time you can now use for engaging with your audience, experimenting with new formats, or simply taking a well-deserved break. Content creation doesn’t have to be a grind.

Final Thoughts: Let ChatGPT Streamline Your Process

If you're not using ChatGPT yet, you’re missing out. Rather than letting content creation overwhelm you, let it empower you. With the right tool, like ChatGPT, you can streamline your entire process. Consistent content, less burnout, and more growth—it’s that easy.

Don’t wait until burnout hits. Take control now. Let ChatGPT do the heavy lifting while you scale your faceless brand with ease.

11 Comments
2025/01/31
22:46 UTC

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Social Assets: Canva Vs InDesign

Part of my role at work owns the social strategy and I’m debating whether to use Canva or InDesign for social assets. My role is very busy so it makes sense to use Canva however I know InDesign produces better quality assets. But it’s more time consuming AND I’ll need a lot of training. The plan is for majority of my content to be reels/video but I’ll still need some typical carousel posts etc.

I’m also debating paying a designer to make templates that I can simply edit on InDesign, but I’m not sure!

Interested to see what others think would work best?

5 Comments
2025/01/31
21:36 UTC

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Looking for ballpark figures on creative production for social video

Hi everyone, I'm working with a brand on developing some 9:16 videos for social and wanted to see if anyone had a rough idea of the cost to produce these from a raw video asset with text into a ready-to-launch ad on Meta, TikTok etc. I'm acting as a consultant on this, and I've received a few hourly quotes but I'm not sure how involved the build would be. Some details:

  • Automotive brand
  • Raw assets include video + a static image and legal copy as an end card
  • We'd be looking for one video to start as a template, and adding more from there.

Appreciate it!

3 Comments
2025/01/31
20:35 UTC

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If your main medium was short video, which platform would you migrate to?

I'm on the metaverse - insta and fb. But I want out.

I made a pixelfed account and love the platform even with its bugginess, but tried posting a 55" video and it was arduous.

Is bluesky better with videos? Or, is there another platform that's more suitable for video? Or, do I stick with pixelfed and hope the experience becomes smoother?

Would love to hear others' takes.

6 Comments
2025/01/31
16:11 UTC

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building a digital persona for a law professor

Hi, everyone! I’m a law professor (34 years old) who will soon be teaching an online course on taxation. The legislation in my country has recently undergone radical changes, and there is a huge market for teaching this new legislation. I would like to ride this wave and sell my course, which is currently in production.

I have somewhat of a different background in law, straying from the typical role expected of a doctor of law. For example, I have been coordinating a research group in information design at a design college where we study the relationship between design and the communication of complex information, and how law can be enhanced through the consistent application of design principles.

In this context, I would like to create a digital personal brand on Instagram to promote the course and my career as well. The problem is that I have no patience for social media (my personal instagram is totally closed and I use the app, at most, once every two months). At the same time, I understand that in my position, social media can help me a lot to publicize my work. And although I don't want to become an influencer (in Brazil, "legal influencers" are a thing!) I think it's possible to take advantage of social media without disrespecting your image or discrediting your work in the academic world.

Is there any way to make the task of creating a digital persona lighter and more bearable for someone who doesn’t enjoy exposing themselves on social networks? How would you professionals approach this task? Any tips?

Do you think it would be a good idea to combine both content under the same personal brand? Taxation (focusing on the course) and design (emphasizing the need for simplification of the law)? Intuitively, I feel that posting about information design can make the content eye-catching to a broader audience due to the appeal of the subject and the aesthetic potential of the related posts. On the other hand, I worry that the final result might end up feeling schizophrenic and lacking direction...

3 Comments
2025/01/31
14:47 UTC

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Need advices for my Internship in luxury

Hey,

I will begin an internship as a marketing assistant in a huge high end retail store in france (call "grands magasins") and my intership is on content creation on their instagram (20k followers). I know a lot on video editing and filming and i scroll through insta reels once a day but never made actual reels. Do you have advices? and how can you make good audience without being cringe ? Like I don't want to make voice over or memes. Some high end brands do it anyway but I think it destroy the artistic direction of the whole thing

2 Comments
2025/01/31
13:32 UTC

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Completely removing information stored about yourself from social media platforms?

Im looking for if there is a way to delete all the information a social media platform, such as facebook. I know it would probably be difficult since they obviously store a shit ton of data on you but what would be the most effective route to delete as much as possible? For example chat history? Does recalling a message do the same as simply deleting the messages? Recalling a message removes the messages on both sides, im not sure if simply deleting them does the same?

5 Comments
2025/01/31
13:03 UTC

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Kid stealing my Instagram highlights pictures

So to keep it short, this Indonesian kid aged probably between 14 and 16 has been stealing almost all of my Instagram highlights pictures (pics of my car, lifestyle, holidays, food, and even myself) and is passing them as his. I am 20 yo Italian guy and I really don’t even know how he got to my account (which I now privated). I reported the thing to Instagram twice but it was useless. And this kid seems quite popular as well since he has 1900 followers and is profiting off my pics. Any advice on what I should do?

48 Comments
2025/01/31
12:10 UTC

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A Comprehensive Review of DeepSeek—OpenAI’s New Challenger!

For the past few years, OpenAI has dominated the AI space, but a new contender has arrived: DeepSeek. With its advanced features and powerful technology, DeepSeek is making waves in the AI world. But is it a real competitor to OpenAI? Join us in the comment section as we explore DeepSeek’s features, strengths, and potential impact on the AI industry.

10 Comments
2025/01/31
06:58 UTC

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Am I being screwed by social media agency I hired?

Like the title says. I feel like I just got over billed at a high hourly rate but I’m not totally sure. Thought someone here could weigh in.

I hired a firm to help build my social platform and create brand awareness for a new product line. They launched a simple campaign recruiting 23 influencers using a 3rd party site.

They scheduled and posted the content that came in. I ask for a breakdown of the invoice and I was floored. I was charged 35k, $10,500 was for their fees. They claim it took them 80 billable hours @125 an hour to complete.

I thought no way that could have taken 80 hours. But I’m no expert.

So I thought I would get your opinion. Is $125 an hour reasonable and are the number of hours 80 a normal amount for executing this?

48 Comments
2025/01/31
04:08 UTC

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Any Strong Social Media Pages For Sale??

Looking for US based audience!! Drop your info below!

7 Comments
2025/01/31
03:40 UTC

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[Help Needed] How To Grow On Instagram?

I know im not alone in this and hopefully others can find value in the responses. I know this question is asked a lot but I'd love to get help for my unique situation

I have been trying to grow on insta but it seems like no one will engage or my posts dont reach people. Im willing to share my IG handle to anyone who is willing to help. Also for context, i have a faceless coffee theme page that is also my actual business. If you have anything to add, tips, tricks, advice, or anything else, the help would be greatly appreciated.

Advice like consistency is something I already know and will work on, however, I do have concerns about 1: using Instagram schedule to schedule my posts, and 2: Remixing reels. Do either affect how my post will perform? Also, the brand is faceless so I'm re-uploading content (remixing & giving credit of course) so the content I upload isn't "original" (made by me). It seems like growing on IG has only gotten more difficult and confusing. What can I do to see growth?

11 Comments
2025/01/31
02:42 UTC

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Is there an app worth going live on that’s as good as TikTok was?

I’m not going to be around the bush: TikTok is different now, and I just want to go live and play my songs, sprinkle in some songs that other people ask me to play and gain followers who like my music. I gained over 1200 more followers on TikTok from going live over the span of a few months, which probably isn’t a lot to some content creators, but I think it’s a damn good start. My band has a good bit of social media profiles, but I’m just trying to find a good site - if I don’t already have it - that’s good to share my music and get people excited to hear something new. Thank you in advance.

34 Comments
2025/01/31
01:11 UTC

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Best Social Management + Listening Tool for a Mid/Large Tech Company?

Hi! I’m evaluating social listening and engagement tools for a mid/large tech company and would love input, especially if you know what combination of tools tech companies are using and liking!

We need a tool that:

  • Pulls in listening data from ALL major social platforms (Twitter/X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Reddit, etc.). (would love to have tiktok too in a perfect world, sigh)
  • Has API access so our internal analytics engineers can extract data for deeper analysis.
  • Supports customer service workflows, allowing teams to manage cases and respond to fans.
  • Enables social marketing for scheduling, monitoring performance, and owned analytics reporting.
  • Is scalable and enterprise-ready, we’re an engineering-focused org and need flexibility.

Right now, we have Talkwalker + Khoros, but it’s not fully meeting our needs, and I hear a lot of complaints across the org, from CS to Marketing to Analytics. I've used almost every tool in my years doing this, Sprinklr and Sprout Social seem like strong contenders, but I haven’t done a full evaluation yet for this particular company. Meltwater might work for the social listening piece of this but I think I'd have to package it with something like Sprout which is frustrating because, overlap. Does Saleforce still have a social management/listening integration? Last time I worked with them was 10 yrs ago.

Are there any platforms you’ve had success with in a data-heavy, tech-driven environment? Would love any insights, especially if you have intel. Thank you!

12 Comments
2025/01/30
23:27 UTC

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Need tips/advice for WhatsApp chat backup and transferring to another phone

The problem is that I was trying to back up my chat history on WhatsApp and it has been stuck for quite a few months and wouldn't go past 17%. I don't know how to cancel it. And due to this, my last chat back up is from a year ago. I saw this option where you can transfer your chats through WiFi. I wanted to know how effective that method is. And considering the fact that the current backup is stuck on 17% + the last backup is from a year ago, will I be able to use the WiFi method WITHOUT losing any chats from the previous year, as well as before that. Just wanted to know if the usual chat backup affects the WiFi method. Pls do let me know.

1 Comment
2025/01/30
21:34 UTC

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Actor fees

Hi guys!

Was debating with a friend about this:

What should be actors fee for instagram reel?

He is looking to shoot few reals with few actors(amateur,students nothing pro) it would be few hours work max. Some kind of promotion/add for his store.

What is reasonable fee for that kind of work?

Thanks!

2 Comments
2025/01/30
17:45 UTC

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What's the biggest problem you face in your industry or line of work?

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27 Comments
2025/01/30
16:55 UTC

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Facebook friend suggestion

Hi guys i have a little bit of problem , i set a new pfp of myself and now there is like a ton of new friend suggestion so that means they are visiting my pfp or its just normal?, my older pfp was a cat and i did not got any friend suggestion . ((Sorry for my bad english))

1 Comment
2025/01/30
16:07 UTC

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LOOKING FOR SMALL INFLUENCERS

Looking for Small Influencers for a Gifted Collab! 🎁⚽🎲

Hey everyone! We’re Blue Orange Games, best known for our board games, but we’ve recently launched two brand-new fidget/sports toys: Zipzy and Footzy—and we’re looking for small influencers to help us promote them!

We’re offering a gifted collab where we’ll ship you Zipzy and Footzy (or, if you prefer, a board game of your choice) in exchange for a joint giveaway post with us.

How It Works:

✔️ You create a Reel announcing the giveaway. ✔️ Tag us as a collaborator so the post appears on both of our pages. ✔️ Your followers must follow us and share the post to enter.

Requirements:

✅ USA-based influencers only 🇺🇸 ✅ Preferably 1,000+ followers with an average of 100 likes per post

This is a great way to boost engagement and introduce your audience to some super fun new toys! If you’re interested, shoot an email to Melody@blueorangegames.com ✉️

Can’t wait to team up! 🚀

3 Comments
2025/01/30
14:17 UTC

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Communications Specialist Needs Help Accessing Org's FB

Long story short, my organization lost access to their Facebook page. I know I have to submit ID, a signed attestation letter, and an ownership document to FB. However, I'm not sure how exactly to contact support via Business Support Home when I cannot log into my organization's Facebook account. I do have access to our Meta Business account, but I can't find the right support page that way. Any advice? If there's no solution along these lines, can I somehow get FB to just take the page down, so I can make a new one? (We don't have very many FB followers currently, so it would not be too onerous to start from scratch.)

2 Comments
2025/01/30
14:14 UTC

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Social Media for Client - Restaurant/Coffeeshops - help

Hey there, was wondering if some people could link their client's social media from restaurants and coffeshops and how they make it look nice. Looking for inspiration here as I wanna step it up with my clients and I'm sure there are people here with 5-15 years of experience .

Thanks!

1 Comment
2025/01/30
12:01 UTC

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Struggling to get views on tik tok.

I’ve began posting on tik tok but i can’t seem to get more than 700 views and 40 likes, how to blow up?

15 Comments
2025/01/30
11:56 UTC

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