I’ve been on WordPress since October now and I can confidently say that switching over from Blogger to WordPress was one of the best decisions I made when it comes to my blog! You can read more about that process in my 5 Tips for Your Blog Redesign Post! Yes it was a bit of a learning curve to learn a new platform, but the benefits of WordPress outweigh the change. Today I want to talk to you about Coschedule because it seriously is the best scheduler for social media out there and if you are not already using it, you should change that!
Why you should use Coschedule
Coscheudle is a social media scheduler that seamlessly fits in with your blog post writing. CoSchedule starts with a free trial so that you can check it out and play around with it before you start paying monthly. I honestly think that you would never need more than the cheapest payment option ($15 a month) unless you have a bigger team that you want to be able to use it. What I love about CoScheudle most is the ability to use the plugin to link with my blog posts. While I write a blog post I can continue scrolling down and schedule all the posts I want related to that post! I can link pictures schedule announcing posts for when it goes live, and even schedule out a couple for months down the road! Chunking in your scheduling with the actual post writing is genius and a huge time saver for me! So at the same price as a lot of the other scheduling services out there you can get it all in one place!
How to use CoSchedule
This part is the fun part! Once you start the trial, you can download the CoSchedule plug in and get to playing around with all the things it can do! You can see all the posts you have scheduled on the Calendar view & you can see which of your post are performing best on Top Posts view. I like it because almost anywhere you are there is an opportunity to schedule more social media posts! You can do it from the calendar or from the Top Posts – like when I went to take a screen shot for my top posts, I went ahead and scheduled some new social media shout out for those posts in my top!
The best feature though is in you post editing view. When you go to write any new post, at the bottom of the page you will see a way for you to schedule social media for when the blog goes live! You don’t even have to open up a new page or website – it is literally all there! I make this part of my blog post writing time. Write the post, make sure images are entered, check categories & add tags, schedule the social media, set the date, and schedule the blog post! Easy as that. I don’t have to worry about scheduling all the social sharing once the post goes live! It is truly magical and saves me time & sanity! HAHA!
PS: This video is a really great outline of CoSchedule if you are still trying to see if CoSchedule is right for you!!
Yes!! I love CoSchedule! It is such a time changer and definitely automates the blogging and social media process. I am also excited to start working with their Pinterest integration and scheduler feature.
Yes!!! It is so nice! And also yes. I’ve been trying to play around with their Pinterest integration!
Hi Elizabeth!
Thanks for writing this awesome review of CoSchedule! The entire office really enjoyed reading it!
Happy CoScheduling!
Thanks so much Ryan!!
I completely agree about switching to WordPress! I had a blog on wordpress.com and just recently transferred to a hosting site/wordpress.org. It’s so fun to customize your site & add plug-ins! I’m a little obsessed. And I have heard about other bloggers using co-schedule, and I’m thinking about trying it! Thank you for the tips. 🙂
xoxo – Kathryn
Down-Home Damsel
Yes! Oh girl! You will LOVE it!!!! Seriously, it is so easy and you can schedule posts from the same page that you write the post!! All in one place! PLUS they just got Pinterest scheduling set up!!
I really need to get on scheduling things… I may have to give this a try and finally cross it off my to do list!
Yes! Try out CoSchedule! You’ll love it! Especially if you are already on WordPress because it fits in so well with what you are already doing!
CoSchedule has been so helpful these past few months I’ve been using it! It saves SO much time and helps me stay much more organized with blog things!
Yes! I so agree!
Scheduling is an area I need to work on so I am looking forward to checking this out
Yes! I’ve found it SO helpful!!! Let me know how it goes!
You stop it right now. THIS IS AMAZING!!!!
Yes! I really think you’ll love it! Like so much!
hhmmmmmm i’m going to have to think of checking this out!
Yes you do!
Grrrrrrrrreat tips! I was trying to be Tony the Tiger! hahaha!
hahaha! You make a great Tony!
I love coschedule! Big fan of that! 🙂 Tho I also love how you’ve put everything in this post! even tho that I’ve been using coschedule already a few months – I still found something new in this post, whoaaah! Thanks for sharing this! You’re a star!