Hey guys this is for all the content creators at different platforms out there ,actually I wanted to know like how are you managing your account a different platforms at once like for YouTube you have yt studio to use and for Instagram I guess there might be another app as well and for tik Tok to,so how are you able to manage it properly and are you facing any kind of difficulties or problems while managing different account in different apps and do you assign someone to manage your account for different platforms?

What do you think about having a personal AI assistant which will have access to your accounts in different platforms and will manage it through one single app It would be just like an AI assistant that will help you decide which content is booming and which content is being pushed by the algorithm and it will recommend you video ideas and it would also be helpful for you to Boom your social media account.

So looking forward to an open discussion and open problems that you want to share that you face while using these apps and we can discuss it

Many creators say consistency is the key to growing on Instagram, but does that mean posting every day?

Would you rather post daily content or publish three high-quality posts per week?

For people who manage social media accounts, what has worked best for you?

Hola chic@s, tengo
Aproximadamente un año, que comencé a crear contenido en Facebook (7k) y tiktok (13.7k) mi contenido se trata de, vender en el tianguis, grwm, maternidad en si Lifestyle, entonces quiero hacer una técnica o dinámica que pueda ayudarme a ganar un poco más de seguidores y vistas, ya monetizó en Facebook y me gustaría llegar a más personas, ustedes me ayudarías como que tipo de dinámicas les gusta ver en los videos o que estaría chido e entretenido hacer 🫣 les agradecería de su ayuda🩷

I want to know what are your favourite profiles that you follow. Where do you get inspiration? I am looking for more niche profiles than the classics (like Ryanair and Duolingo).

Also where do you search for current trends without scrolling for hours?

Actualemnte estoy comenzando en el mundo del cliping, subi mi primer vídeo pero no le fue muy bien que digamos. Entonces necesario consejos que como hacer que esos vídeos de la campaña se vuelvan famosos. Mas que todo en instragram y tik tok

Would you all like to use a social media which is ad free but it will require subscription fee? Primarily it will be video based. 5 sec videos will be free to post and consume But videos higher than that will incure subscription depending on the length of the video. For ex 30 sec video will have some nominal subscription fee and then 60 sec will have even higher rate. Only distinguisher from tiktok or instgram reels will be ad free distribution of content.

Share your honest feedback about it.you are free to roast.

lowkey, i’m just wanting advice and feedback. I was wondering what everyone was using for instagram posts and what worked the best for cheapest. i’m using SCRL right now and have used canva in the past. both work well, just wondering what else was out there that worked well for other people.

thanks yall!

When you see a contest that says "enter to win by following our page", how are they tracking the accounts of new followers? Is it all done manually? Is there a good third party software?

I used to wait until January to look back at my client year, which meant I was pitching renewals and new clients at the exact same time I was realizing half my retainers were priced wrong.

This year I did the audit last week, while there is still time to act on it. It took about two hours and I kept it simple. For each client I wrote down the hours I actually spent, not the hours in the contract, what they paid, which reports they actually replied to, and where extra work kept creeping in that was never in the original scope.

Three things stood out fast. One client who felt like my biggest account was my lowest revenue per hour once I counted approval rounds. One quiet client who barely messages me was my best hourly rate and used maybe half of what they paid for. And most of my scope creep was not big asks, it was small ones I never wrote down.

So my 2027 list is different than it would have been in January. The quiet client gets a renewal conversation first, with a plan to actually use what they are paying for. The approval heavy client gets either a higher price with a cap on revision rounds, or a smaller scope at the same price. And I am not pitching new clients in the niches that burned the most hours this year, even though they are the easiest to find.

The part that helped most was doing it early enough to have calm conversations, not January conversations where everyone feels rushed.

Do you audit your clients before the new year, or do you just roll the same retainers forward and hope it feels better?

Something I keep noticing when I click through from a brand's Instagram or TikTok: all the good stuff (comments from happy customers, people wearing or using the product, creator videos) lives on the social profile. Then I land on the website and it's a plain product page with studio photos and maybe three reviews.

The moment someone is deciding whether to pay is on that product page or at checkout, not while they're scrolling. So the proof is sitting in the one place the buyer has already left.

A few patterns I've seen people try:

• Pinning a "customers wearing it" highlight and linking it from the bio. Helps people who are still browsing, but almost nobody goes back to it once they're on the site.
• Putting a few tagged customer posts or short clips directly on the product page, close to the add to cart button.
• Quoting real comments (with permission) in the product description instead of writing more marketing copy.
• Using the same UGC in retargeting ads, so the proof follows people back.

For those of you who manage social for brands: do you have any say over how your content gets used on the website, or does it stop at the platform? And if you've moved content onto product pages, did anyone notice a difference, or is it hard to measure?

Spent about a year making an app, did paid adds via google and apple some downloads now I’m trying to gain followers on IG to not only help with looking more legit but being able to spread my reach further. Granted I am terrible at social media , I was semi lucky that I have a friend with a pretty big following do a collab with me so that helped a little bit. But knowing that I need likes and shares and comments to get further reach it feels nearly impossible at the beginning with only having like 15 people following that page. Any tips on actually getting started would be tremendously appreciated.

I’m looking to scale up a side business on FB, LI and Insta. I’m curious about referrals. Do these work best for adding clients in a particular industry or client size? I was thinking they were more active when targeting business with other solopreneurs. Do they work equally well for corporate or small biz?

For those managing social media for multiple clients, I'm curious where most of your time goes outside the actual creative work.

Is it:

• Researching content ideas?
• Creating monthly content calendars?
• Repurposing content for different platforms?
• Preparing client reports?
• Keeping up with approvals and revisions?

I'm researching how much of this work can realistically be simplified with AI.

If you've already tried automating parts of your workflow, I'd love to know what you found useful and what was more trouble than it was worth.

Especially interested in hearing from freelancers and solo social media managers.

Hello! I want to start freelancing in iPhone content creation aimed at all things brands, events, weddings and lifestyle. I’m trying to choose a name, but everything I think of seems to be taken. I have two options so far, please help and give opinions! (Happy for anymore recs too at this point).

1. ‘The Social Pap’
   I liked this one and the idea of your own personal paparazzi, but I asked a girl at my work and she didn’t like the word pap! Now I’m not sure…

2. ‘Candidly Content’

Please can you tell me which will be better and if they’re ok or just awful? I just want to start creating the content really but the name is giving me a blocker!

Thank you!!!

Most of my client endings used to be messy in a quiet way. Not a fight, just a slow fade. Last posts go out, I send a final invoice, they still have my logins in some doc somewhere, I still have access to accounts I should not have, and neither of us is quite sure if we are done.

Last month a client wrapped up after about eight months and I decided to actually run a handover instead of fading out. I confirmed the end date in writing about two weeks out. I put one final package together with what we delivered, the files and where they live, what was still open, and who owns what next. The final invoice was paid before the handover call, which made that call a lot calmer.

On the last day I removed my own access from their accounts and tools and told them exactly what had changed and when. Then I sent one short closing message with the end date, where the final package lives, and what to do if they need something later.

The part I got wrong for years was the testimonial ask. I used to tuck it into the same email as the final invoice and wonder why nobody replied. This time I waited four days and sent a separate short note asking just two things, what the problem was before, and what changed after. They replied the same day, and two weeks later they sent a friend my way.

That referral surprised me more than it should have. Clients remember the ending. A clean close seems to be the thing people talk about when they recommend you.

How do you close out a client? Do you have a set handover you run, or is it still a fade out like mine used to be?

I want to create content around self-improvement, productivity, habits, and personal growth, but I don’t want to show my face.
What platforms would you recommend starting on? I’m curious about what works best for this niche, whether it’s short-form videos, text-based posts, carousels, or something else.
If you’ve tried creating this kind of content, what has worked for you?

llevo casi un año en esto y duro como mínimo 2h o 4h si me distraigo mucho, editando 1 solo video de 30 a 1min. (siento que ahi facilmente deberia hacer 2 o 3 videos completos)

a veces me encargo desde el guion, filtrado, toda la edicion y buscar la musica. Videos basicos sin ia o motion graphics. Solo subs y cortes dinámicos, sonidos y efectos basic.

Mi laptop es ryzen 5, 8 ram casi totalmente consumidos por capcut.

Que dicen, tardo mucho o es lo comun?

Did algorithms change in a significant way 18 months ago, about May/April 2025? Is it possible those changes have radicalised people or made them more prone to abuse and violence?

Does anyone else feel like social media has changed so much since the pandemic? I feel like the pandemic didn't just change our lives offline. It changed how we live online, too. Short form videos and apps like TikTok became huge.

Now it feels like every platform is trying to copy TikTok. Instagram and Facebook have Reels, YouTube has Shorts, Snapchat has Spotlight, and even other apps like Twitch are pushing short videos everywhere. It's like every company saw what worked during that time and decided that every app needed to work the same way.

I miss when different platforms had their own purpose. You went to YouTube to watch longer videos, tutorials, documentaries, or someone's vlog, and storytelling. Instagram was more about photo sharing and keeping up with friends, family and a place for small businesses to grow. Other platforms had their own style, too. Now, no matter which app I open, I feel like I'm looking at the same endless feed of short clips.

We lost the actual social part of social media. These apps aren't really social networks anymore. They feel more like algorithmic machines designed to keep you hooked. You barely see posts from people you actually know because your feed is filled with people chasing clout, platforms cramming ads everywhere and charging subscriptions just to remove them, and endless recommendations forced on you by an algorithm.

I miss when feeds were chronological and you could actually catch up on what your friends posted, reach the bottom, close the app, and go on with your day. Now there is no end its a big loop.

YouTube is probably the biggest example for me. I miss when it felt like a place to sit down and watch a proper video. Now there's so much focus on Shorts, views, and keeping people watching for as long as possible. Even already established creators like MrBeast post clips from their old content to recycle views instead of focusing on future content. They are just spamming 5 to 10 short clips a day to chase algorithmic reach and stay relevant. Small, aspiring creators are told to do the exact same thing for growing and becoming big; they are not told to post vlogs or stories explaining themselves and make meaningful content and organically grow. It’s just post clips, get views, and hope for exposure; even tutorials are now shrunk to 30 seconds from 30 minutes because that's what gets attention. It feels like generating quantity matters more than the quality of the content.

A lot of us got used to having time to watch something everyday. Whenever we're bored, we open an app and start scrolling. There's always another video, another trend, another thing to react to. It can make it harder to enjoy slower things or sit with our own thoughts without reaching for our phones.

I'm not saying short videos are always bad, or that everything was perfect before TikTok. But I don't want every platform to be built around the same kind of content. I don't want to open YouTube for a tutorial and end up with a 30 second sped up tutorial that doesn’t explain anything but forces me to endlessly start scrolling Shorts. I don't want every app to feel like it's fighting for my attention in exactly the same way. We need this to stop before it gets worse and ruins what made these platforms enjoyable.

It is taking a serious toll on our mental health, too. The constant stream of short clips and endless scrolling is destroying our attention spans, making it almost impossible to focus on a single task, read a book, or watch a full video without feeling restless. On top of that, being fed non-stop highlight reels and viral trends fuels constant anxiety, self-doubt, and intense FOMO. Instead of relaxing, you just end up feeling drained, overstimulated, and like you're always missing out on something.

I wish these platforms would remember what made people use them in the first place. Let YouTube be YouTube. Let Instagram be Instagram. Give people more control over their feeds, and let us turn off features we don't want instead of forcing them into every corner of an app.

I genuinely miss when the internet felt more varied and less focused on keeping us hooked all day. The pandemic changed more than our offline routines. It changed how we spend our free time online, and I wonder if we'll ever get back some of that balance.

If you agree with this, please share this post with your friends and family so maybe these corporations will actually look into changing how they design these apps.

I am a product designer and builder drawn to social products, social networking and culture.

Every other day, I think about mainstream social platforms, what they offer and what they are missing.

Twitter and Facebook, for example, are legacy platforms that have been there for a while.

Most established platforms, as they focus on growth and scaling the product, they end up solving the “priority” pain points, which may not address our specific problems.

In addition, there’s this phenomenon I call the “Goliath effect” where the existence of such platforms imply the problem space they exist is solved.

This leaves creates platforms that do not really meet you at the point of your need

Let me know your thoughts!

Which legacy platform(s)? How do you use it? What do you think Twitter/Fb would have done to improve your experience?

My longest client has been on the same $1,500 a month retainer since we started. I kept telling myself I would raise it at the next renewal and then the renewal would come and I would just send the same invoice again because the work was steady and I did not want to rock it.

Last month I actually looked at my tracked hours instead of guessing. That retainer was taking about 26 hours a month once you count the quick calls, the approval chasing, and the little edits that never feel like real work until you add them up. At that pace I was earning well under the rate I quote new clients now, and I had not noticed because the payment itself felt fine.

So at renewal I gave them notice about six weeks out and laid out two options in plain terms. Keep $1,500 and we trim the scope to the core posts and one report a month. Or keep everything they actually use and move to $1,900. No big pitch deck, just the hours, what was included, and what each option covered.

They picked the higher one in the same call. Their exact words were basically that they had assumed I would raise it sooner.

That part has stayed with me. I spent over a year worrying about a conversation that took maybe ten minutes, and the thing that made it easy was not confidence, it was the numbers. When the hours are right there, it stops feeling like asking for a favor and starts feeling like fixing a mismatch.

I am doing the same review for my other retainers now. Check the real hours, if the scope grew quietly then name it, and offer the trim or the raise instead of just discounting or absorbing it.

How did your first raise with a long term client go? Did you offer a smaller scope option or just name the new price?

I’m currently planning the launch of an online-only perfume brand later this year, and I’m trying to figure out the best way to get our first customers without an actual retail store.

The biggest challenge is obvious: people can’t smell through a screen. Because of that, running ads directly to an expensive, full-size bottle feels like a fast way to burn budget when nobody knows the name yet.

Right now, my plan centers around selling low-priced discovery sets first. The idea is to offer a sample pack with three to five scents for around $15 to $25, and then give customers 100% of that money back as store credit toward their first full-size bottle. For marketing, I want to focus mostly on aesthetic, mood-driven short videos on Reels and TikTok that capture a feeling or scene rather than just listing scent notes. I'm also planning to gift sample kits to smaller, authentic fragrance reviewers rather than paying large influencers.

For anyone who has marketed perfume, beauty, or similar products:

If you had to launch from scratch with a modest budget, how would you prioritize your strategy in the first three months? What specific creative hooks have actually worked to get cold traffic to order a sample kit? And most importantly, what kind of email or SMS follow-up works best to turn those sample buyers into repeat full-bottle customers?

I’d really appreciate any tips, lessons learned, or mistakes to avoid.

I recently started an insta for my dog after doing her TikTok for about a year. One of her videos did pretty well. I’m getting dms from pages with millions of followers asking to post it, with the stipulation I upload it to animalvideossubmission.com. I was wondering if anyone has experience working with these and if it is worth it, or if there are any reasons I should not submit. Thanks for any help