What a great share! I did not know much about ContentCal, but some of my friends were using it sometime back and they recommended it to me as well. At the time, I thought of trying it, but I never really did. After reading your post, I was reminded of this tool, and I gained several insights that will help me decide better. Thanks a lot for sharing this amazing review. I learned a lot from it, and I think I will be checking out this tool soon.
Hi Craig, Thanks for your comments. First of all, I don’t work for ContentCal – they’re just a tool I revied. Unfortunately, I’ve not looked at SocialPilot for a while, so I can’t give you a comparison. Hopefully the guys at ContentCal can help!
One that helps with engagement, one that gives better reporting and analytics. Perhaps a listening tool as well. But ContentCal has been growing in functionality, and now that it has built-in analytics, it may be closer to an all-in-one tool now.
Thanks, Priya. Yes, ContentCal does have built-in analytics now. It’s not going to be as powerful as a full analytics tool, but for the basic stuff, it’s great.
Well, I have never used ContentCal to post my content on all Social Media platform from one place. I have used Buffer, Hootsuite, Tailwind and they all are also good and nice platform to post your content on all social media from one place.
Joe
3 years ago
Great write up! I plan on using the free version for now then upgrading once my business gets up to that point. What do you recommend as a secondary tool for a solopreneur who is watching his budget as far as a service that helps with tracking replies and responding to posts?
Hi Joe. Sorry for the late reply. That’s a great question. Well, the good news is that ContentCal is working on a social inbox, so that might well be helpful for you. At this stage, I don’t know if it will be included in the free version. But you can apply to test the beta version via the website.
Check it out! For Twitter, you could use TweetDeck. There’s even the free version of Hootsuite which could be an option. Sendible is also an option – but it’s not free and it’s another social media management tool. I think the problem is that all the really good social inboxes that help with what you are doing aren’t free or cheap. Hope that helps. Ian
Thanks for this “easy-to-read-and-understand” review,,, I’m so techno-phobic but am having to drag myself into the 21st century for the benefit of my business,,, and someone put me into Content Cal so your frank review has been of huge benefit,,, many thanks sharon
Hi Ian!
First of all thanks for your effort and time that you give in your articles it always help me.I just want to say that keep posting article like this.
The aspect I’m not seeing is finding content – I don’t think contentcal has this curating feature which smarterqueue and meet edgar do. I do like the sound of how they’re doing things but the UI put me off as did the lack of evergreen functionality. Glad to be corrected though – do you know anything about these aspects?
Hi Sue, great question. I’ll ask ContentCal about that, and maybe they can respond directly to you here. You’re right in saying that ContentCal doesn’t directly help with this, but you could use another tool such as Feedly and bring the content into ContentCal fairly easily. I prefer to use separate tools to be honest because I use a number of different content sources including Facebook groups – and it wouldn’t be possible to automatically bring in content from a private group.
Hope that helps!
Thanks for your question Sue and great reply Ian. We’ve got some exciting new evergreen functionality coming in the next few weeks, but it’s an area that we are thinking about very carefully given the latest updates to Twitter’s terms of service (re-posting of Tweets is now banned) which will really impact the way SmarterQueue and MeetEdgar work. MeetEdgar are already busy working on a new solution to address this. Never a dull moment in social! That said, the UI is usually the reason people move to us as it feels the most intuitive way to manage social, but I can understand it’s not for everyone. 🙂
First time I am visiting this blog. I found so many entertaining stuff in this blog, especially its discussion. From the tons of comments on your articles, I guess I am not the only one having all the leisure here! Keep up the excellent work
Even though I’m a solopreneur, I think ContentCal could be a life saver for me!! I currently use AirTable for planning and coordinating blog posts, social media posts, and product management. It has advantages as a data base, like linking info, but not the sophistication I’m seeing, here, for ContentCal in the actual planning and calendar perspective. I’m definitely going to give it a try!
Thanks, Elizabeth. I think ContentCal can work really well for solopreneurs too. We still need to plan our content – even if we’re working on our own.
Working with a planning and workflow set up can really boost our productivity and efficiency. Then, when we expand and hire VAs or other people, we can fit them easily into the setup. Let me know how you get on!
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Hi Ian,
What a great share! I did not know much about ContentCal, but some of my friends were using it sometime back and they recommended it to me as well. At the time, I thought of trying it, but I never really did. After reading your post, I was reminded of this tool, and I gained several insights that will help me decide better. Thanks a lot for sharing this amazing review. I learned a lot from it, and I think I will be checking out this tool soon.
I’m currently using SocialPilot, what extra features does your platform have?
Look forward to your comments
regards
Craig
Hi Craig, Thanks for your comments. First of all, I don’t work for ContentCal – they’re just a tool I revied. Unfortunately, I’ve not looked at SocialPilot for a while, so I can’t give you a comparison. Hopefully the guys at ContentCal can help!
One that helps with engagement, one that gives better reporting and analytics. Perhaps a listening tool as well. But ContentCal has been growing in functionality, and now that it has built-in analytics, it may be closer to an all-in-one tool now.
Thanks, Priya. Yes, ContentCal does have built-in analytics now. It’s not going to be as powerful as a full analytics tool, but for the basic stuff, it’s great.
Well, I have never used ContentCal to post my content on all Social Media platform from one place. I have used Buffer, Hootsuite, Tailwind and they all are also good and nice platform to post your content on all social media from one place.
Great write up! I plan on using the free version for now then upgrading once my business gets up to that point. What do you recommend as a secondary tool for a solopreneur who is watching his budget as far as a service that helps with tracking replies and responding to posts?
Hi Joe. Sorry for the late reply. That’s a great question. Well, the good news is that ContentCal is working on a social inbox, so that might well be helpful for you. At this stage, I don’t know if it will be included in the free version. But you can apply to test the beta version via the website.
Check it out! For Twitter, you could use TweetDeck. There’s even the free version of Hootsuite which could be an option. Sendible is also an option – but it’s not free and it’s another social media management tool. I think the problem is that all the really good social inboxes that help with what you are doing aren’t free or cheap. Hope that helps. Ian
Thanks for this “easy-to-read-and-understand” review,,, I’m so techno-phobic but am having to drag myself into the 21st century for the benefit of my business,,, and someone put me into Content Cal so your frank review has been of huge benefit,,, many thanks sharon
Thanks, Sharon, I’m so glad my review was helpful. Let me know how you get on!
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So glad the post was helpful for you!
Hi Ian!
First of all thanks for your effort and time that you give in your articles it always help me.I just want to say that keep posting article like this.
Hi Ian,
I am currently using Hotsuite, but this Contentcal is looking great,and there are some cool stuff in this tool I will surely use it.
Thanks for the comment, Edward. Let us know how you like Contentcal!
The aspect I’m not seeing is finding content – I don’t think contentcal has this curating feature which smarterqueue and meet edgar do. I do like the sound of how they’re doing things but the UI put me off as did the lack of evergreen functionality. Glad to be corrected though – do you know anything about these aspects?
Hi Sue, great question. I’ll ask ContentCal about that, and maybe they can respond directly to you here. You’re right in saying that ContentCal doesn’t directly help with this, but you could use another tool such as Feedly and bring the content into ContentCal fairly easily. I prefer to use separate tools to be honest because I use a number of different content sources including Facebook groups – and it wouldn’t be possible to automatically bring in content from a private group.
Hope that helps!
Thanks for your question Sue and great reply Ian. We’ve got some exciting new evergreen functionality coming in the next few weeks, but it’s an area that we are thinking about very carefully given the latest updates to Twitter’s terms of service (re-posting of Tweets is now banned) which will really impact the way SmarterQueue and MeetEdgar work. MeetEdgar are already busy working on a new solution to address this. Never a dull moment in social! That said, the UI is usually the reason people move to us as it feels the most intuitive way to manage social, but I can understand it’s not for everyone. 🙂
I am currently using Hootsuite, but this ContentCal is attractive, the features are good and I think I must try it out next month
Great! Let me know how you get on! Ian
First time I am visiting this blog. I found so many entertaining stuff in this blog, especially its discussion. From the tons of comments on your articles, I guess I am not the only one having all the leisure here! Keep up the excellent work
I think ContentCal could be a lifesaver for me!! I currently use AirTable for planning and coordinating blog posts, social media posts.
Regards
Isabella
Hi Ian,
I am currently using Hotsuite, but this Contentcal is attractive, the features are good and I think I must try it out next month.
Thanks, Donna. Let me know how you get on with it. I’d love to know how you think it compares to Hootsuite. Ian
Hey Donna, so sorry for the slow response, always happy to run your through it. Would be great to get your thoughts! Andy
Even though I’m a solopreneur, I think ContentCal could be a life saver for me!! I currently use AirTable for planning and coordinating blog posts, social media posts, and product management. It has advantages as a data base, like linking info, but not the sophistication I’m seeing, here, for ContentCal in the actual planning and calendar perspective. I’m definitely going to give it a try!
Thanks, Elizabeth. I think ContentCal can work really well for solopreneurs too. We still need to plan our content – even if we’re working on our own.
Working with a planning and workflow set up can really boost our productivity and efficiency. Then, when we expand and hire VAs or other people, we can fit them easily into the setup. Let me know how you get on!
Thanks so much Elizabeth, always happy to help and let us know how we can improve in any way.
Would you advise the free trial? Not sure the product is for us, but want to try.
Hi Mary, it’s certainly worth a try. What is it you are concerned about? Ian