You run a business page on Instagram and do not have time to keep track of who has unsubscribed from you and who has become a new subscriber? Comments are lost, and it takes several hours to select a list of hashtags?

Then the tools from this article will definitely come in handy, which will simplify working with clients, tracking comments and likes, analyzing the reputation of your brand and planning posts for several months in advance.

We already told you about  60 useful SMM tools for a marketer and business owner , but not all of them are suitable for Instagram. Therefore, I have prepared for you a new review of the top 10 applications that will help in doing business on Instagram.

1. Buffer
Instagram does not allow you to configure the layout of posts without the participation of the author, so Buffer acts as an Instagram alarm clock . With other social networks, it works as a service for automatic delayed posting.

What Buffer can do:

Prepare posts with photos, descriptions and hashtags in advance. You set the day and time when you would like to place it, and the service will remind you of this with a notification. You will only need to confirm the publication (if desired, the post can be edited). It's easy, even if you're on the go or at work.
Work on both PC and smartphone. But alerts will only come on a smartphone.
Remind you to check which profile you are currently on Instagram on (relevant if you have multiple pages). The function can be disabled.
Price:  there is a free tariff plan that allows you to work with only one social network and create no more than 10 posts in advance. Can be found on the website of the tariff plans more .


2. Hootsuite
Hootsuite started supporting Instagram recently, but has already established itself as a good tool for planned posting, monitoring your audience and its preferences. You will be able to publish posts in several social networks at once . The application supports not only Instagram, but also Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, etc.

What Hootsuite can do:

Harvest content in advance. You can create Instagram posts (day, week, month) and indicate when they should be posted. A notice will be sent to the Hootsuite on the appointed day and time. By clicking on it, you will be taken to a field with a post blank - here you can edit a picture already loaded for social posting, insert another and hashtags with one click.
Analyze audience behavior. You have access to the lists of users to which you are subscribed, and a list of followers. In addition, you can set up monitoring of all uses of your brand’s unique hashtags.
Keep track of company mentions. Set up streams with the geolocation of your company. This will help you keep track of posts from customers who take photos of your product and put geotags, but forget about the brand hashtag. Another plus - you can find potential customers who are often celebrated near your company.
Price: there is a 30-day trial version, all other tariff plans are paid (from $ 19).



3. Crowdfire
This service will greatly simplify the work with subscribers: you will be able to see everyone who has subscribed or unsubscribed from your profile, create white / black lists and even find customers who are definitely interested in your business by analyzing profile subscribers' feeds with similar topics.

What Crowdfire can do:

Show people who don’t follow you back. Convenient buttons to the left of each user in the application menu will quickly remove them from the list of unfollowers.
Create lists of those who have subscribed to your profile, but whom you have not added to the following. This will allow you to easily monitor new users and subscribe to them in response with a single button (it is also located to the left of each profile in the list).
Copy lists of users who are subscribed to profiles that are similar to yours by topic. This will help you quickly find “warm” customers. The application shows you a complete list of subscriptions for any brand, and right from this window you can add any pages to the following in a couple of clicks.
Post pending posts at a given time. In every post prepared in Crowdfire there will be a hashtag “via Crowdfire” (regardless of the tariff plan).
Price:  there is a free tariff, the rest - from $ 10. You can see all the prices only after registration or on the screen below :)



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4. Social Insight

This service offers mainly analytical functions. With Social Insight, you can easily create posts in advance, develop a content plan yourself and as a team, choose the best time for posting based on the analytics of the service, keep track of your most active fans and analyze which content is the best to enter.

What Social Insight can do:

Keep track of full statistics for your profile. The service even provides statistics on the most popular photo and video filters. You will see:
who subscribed / unsubscribed;
when was the biggest growth of subscribers;
total number of comments, likes;
what content did your subscribers like the most, etc.
Provide tips on the best time to post based on statistics for your profile.
Draw up a content plan on the PC and post the necessary content on time.
Price:  there are  3 paid tariffs ; You can evaluate for free whether the application is right for you in 14 days.