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Want the down low on my 6 must-have Instagram marketing tools? Being an Instagram manager, there’s lots of things I need to do as part of my role. Content creation, hashtag research, content plan & management, content scheduling. And this is just the Instagram part, never mind the business admin side of things. I’m sure you can relate for your own business too.
Ever since starting my own business, I’ve tried and tested many tools to find the best ones that work for me and my business. And I thought I’d share them with you just in case you want to test them out yourself and see if they are suited for what you need.
The list could go on, and you can find other resources/tools that I use in other aspects of my business here, but I thought I’d keep it simple for now and give you my top five tools for Instagram marketing.
Instagram Marketing Tools You Need In Your Business
Canva
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last few years, I’m sure you’ve already heard of Canva and what it is for. But for those who haven’t, Canva is a graphic design platform which makes the graphic design process simplified. It’s perfect for those who don’t want to have to navigate a professional design platform like Illustrator. In my opinion, Canva has everything you need to create amazing and eye-catching designs for all aspects of your marketing. I’ve been using Canva for several years now and think it would be the tool I would miss the most if it ever disappeared.
Sign up for a 30 day free trial here
Planoly
Another tool you may have heard of is Planoly. This is the content scheduling tool I use for my business. I usually swap between this or posting manually if it’s a last minute post. Planoly is great for you if you prefer to see the visual layout before scheduling all the content. You can play around with the layout of your plan before you finalise it all.
Purchase one of the plans here
Later
If you are not a fan of Planoly, I suggest trying Later as an alternative. Along with great analytics, you have a clear calendar view of what’s happening in your content plan and when, you also have the ability to post to other platforms; Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, LinkedIn and Tik Tok, making it really easy to repurpose your content across multiple platforms. As well as Planoly, you can store all your hashtags within Later or use this function to store generic captions that you like to use regularly and just tweak depending on the content which will make creating content a little quicker.
Airtable
I introduced Airtable into my business in summer 2021 but it’s been an absolute game changer for planning my Instagram content. I have created a content planning board which covers every element of the post creation process so that I don’t miss a thing and can be mega organised ahead of time. There are sooo many more functions that Airtable can do, including lots of automation processes, but at the moment I’m keeping it really basic as I learn more about the platform.
Flick.Tech
If you’re looking to stay on top of your hashtag research then THIS is the tool you need in your business. I’m sure you know by now how important hashtags are for Instagram to help grow your business. Well, Flick.Tech makes this process so much easier for you. It saves you time as you’re able to find top performing hashtags in a matter of minutes, it analyses every hashtag used in each post so you can quickly figure out which hashtags are working and which aren’t, and you can categorise your hashtags in folders under each content pillar. Sounds good, right?
InShot
For all you reel makers out there that want to take your reel editing to the next level, or just simply hate the functionality of the Instagram editor, then InShot is the app for you. With a wide range of transitions, more functions to play around with, and less fidgety, using InShot in my business was a no brainer. With the paid version, you even get the option to apply your own branding so you can keep all your reels on brand instead of having to use one of the 9 fonts Instagram gives you, 3 of which aren’t great from a readability perspective. I use this app to create majority of my reels and my clients reels!
And those are some of my favourite Instagram marketing tools I think you should be using in
your business too! Trust me, some of these can be such a game changer for your business and make things so much easier for you. Why not try the tools that offer free trials and go from there?
