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Social media management is the process of creatingschedulinganalyzinglistening, and engaging with content posted on social media platforms, such as Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. It involves developing a strategy for your social media presence, creating content that resonates with your target audience, and tracking your progress over time.

If you use a social media management service, a professional social media manager will take everything off your hands. They’ll come up with your strategy, post content, and essentially take care of every aspect of your social media process. As with any specialist service, it can be a pricey option, which is why we’d encourage you to before committing to a service.

On the other hand, social media management tools like Zoho Social will allow you to streamline your strategy in-house by helping you automate posting, engage with users, and analyze trends, as does HubSpot’s all-in-one social media and marketing tool. They can be employed by pretty much anyone on your team.

If you don’t have time to read our deep-dive into the top social media management tools currently available, have a look at the table below, where we’ve summarized the essential information about each provider:

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5 out of 10
Core Benefit
Starting Price
Free Plan

Does this platform offer a free plan?
Unlimited Posting

Does this platform allow you to post as much as you like without imposing monthly limits?
Browser Extension

Is there an extension that allows you to use the software through a browser?
Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn

Does this platform support management on all four social media networks?
Other Platforms

What other platforms are supported by this platform?

Hootsuite

Sendible

Loomly

Sprout Social

Constant Contact

Buffer

CoSchedule

Best for social planning

Best value for money

Best for large businesses

Best for publishing social media posts

Best for affordable listening tools

Best for managing multiple social profiles

Best for providing customer service

Best for small business marketing

Best for flexible pricing

Best for collaboration

$99/month

$29/month

$26/month

$249/user/month

$9.99/month

$5/month

$29/user/month

YouTube, Google My Business, and TikTok.

Pinterest, TikTok, YouTube

YouTube

Pinterest, Tumblr, YouTube, TikTok

Pinterest, Tumblr, YouTube

Pinterest, TikTok, YouTube

Pinterest, Reddit, YouTube, TikTok

None

Pinterest

Pinterest, Tumblr

Social media plays an integral part in the business landscape. According to Hootsuite, 3.2 billion people use social media around the world, with 11 new every second. The software discussed in this article can help you reach this huge audience and make running a social media campaign decidedly simpler.

In this comprehensive guide, we’ll explain how you can take advantage of tools for managing social media accounts and traverse the media landscape in style.