ContentStudio

Better than I knew!

Comments: After an initial disappointing experience a long time ago, I've returned to ContentStudio and am pleased that I have. All of my social media accounts for different brands are now under one virtual roof.

Pros:

I was looking for a substitute for Buffer; while I loved the platform, I was reaching the limits of my current subscription tier, and I needed a solution that had as many of Buffer's features as possible, while not being as prohibitively expensive. Enter ContentStudio (CS). I bought a lifetime subscription through AppSumo a few years ago, used it for a while, then abandoned it, probably because at that time it wasn't as feature-rich as it is now. Then I recently remembered I had it, and tried it again. So far, any feature I loved or needed that Buffer had, showed up in CS as I used it.

Cons:

Sometimes, it's difficult to come from another platform where you're used to finding things in certain places, and while CS has good onboarding, it wasn't always easy to figure out what I wanted to do. Thankfully, support was very responsive, getting back to me within a couple of hours at most.

A solid platform and a rising star

Comments: Overall I'm happy with my weekly use of CS, and recommend it, not only due to their above average features, but also due to their ambitious road map and the team behind.

Pros:

I love how ambitious the team is, and how solid and well thought out new features are, when they are rolled out. The CS content planner give you a nice and easy to use overview. While the system has a very strong 'Content Discovery and Insights' feature, it also post to several social channels (9 at the moment if I remember right). Their 'Automation Recipes' module is quite unique and let you find, schedule and post relevant content on autopilot, based on the rules you setup. As any serious tools it is also important that CS include 'approval features', so wrong content don't go online

Cons:

As for almost every tool who have entered the market within the last years, Content Studio don't allow direct posting to Instagram. It has nothing to with the tool or the team behind, as they have worked extremely hard to make this happen. IG have simply 'closed the door' temporary, and don't let relative new tools get the needed access to their API. However I know the team continue to work with IG, but also look for any legit alternative. I would love you could post the same posts in more than 1 language (so your followers can read your post in their own language), and as far as I understand, this is already on their road map.

Complete functionality

Comments: It has been very smooth and allowed me to fine-tune our content strategy to drive better engagement.

Pros:

It is a one-stop shop. It has a content calendar that most applications offer, but ContentStudio has content suggestion and discovery.

Cons:

No particular major problems encountered.

Content Studio have made it possible to make a studio content

Pros:

Ease of use , Satisfaction of customers making use of content Studio with lots of quality features

Cons:

Glitches sometimes with frequent loss of data and requires great skills

All in one platform to manage social media channels

Comments: As traditional advertising gets more expensive, we were looking for a way to increase our social media presence to create more engagement and get more opportunity to interact with clients/customers. Content studio lets us do that and more. We pre-populate and schedule posts, and have one platform we can use to manage responses. It also allowed us to use analytics to see what was performing best and do more of that.

Pros:

Easy to read and organize content. Ease of connecting social channels and scheduling posts and updates.

Cons:

Switching between planner and other segments of the platform felt laggy, but we solved with an additional monitor.