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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Compendium (discontinued)

    Score9.9 out of 10
    N/AFormerly Oracle Content Marketing of the Oracle Marketing Cloud, Compendium was a content marketing solution to create and distribute compelling content across multiple channels to a targeted audience. Users could plan, produce, and deliver content across multiple personas and channels throughout the customer life cycle. Oracle acquired the product in 2013. A legacy product, Compendium is now end of sale.N/A

    Hootsuite

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/AHootsuite is a social media management platform for building brand awareness, engaging with customers, and driving business results. Users can schedule posts across multiple social networks (including Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest, and YouTube ), manage organic and paid social content together, keep track of customer conversations, integrate with over 200+ applications, and gain actionable real-time insights from social media to make critical business decisions from…

    $249

    per month per user

    PromoRepublic

    Score7.4 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    PromoRepublic is a social media marketing solution with content distribution workflows for small businesses, agencies, franchise and multi-location brands. Their products allow users to distribute editable content, schedule it based on AI, manage multiple clients or locations, run local ads, and stay on top of the results. According to the vendor, key capabilities include: AI-driven scheduling to the main social media networks Library with 100,000 posts…

    $9

    monthly

    Pricing
    Compendium (discontinued)HootsuitePromoRepublic
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Standard
    $199
    per month (billed annually) Starts at 1 user, 10 social accounts
    Advanced
    $399
    per month (billed annually) Starts at 1 user, unlimited social accounts
    Enterprise
    Custom Pricing
    per year
    Solo
    $9
    monthly
    Standard
    $49
    monthly
    Professional
    $99
    monthly
    Business
    $599
    monthly
    Enterprise
    Custom
    monthly
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Compendium (discontinued)HootsuitePromoRepublic
    Free Trial
    NoYesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Plans can be paid monthly or annually, with a discount for annual pricing.—
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    Community Pulse
    Compendium (discontinued)HootsuitePromoRepublic
    Considered Multiple Products
    Discontinued Products
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    Hootsuite
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    PromoRepublic
    Chose PromoRepublic
    PromoRepublic is more built for agencies and was also more affordable than Hootsuite and Buffer. Price was a factor in my search, but usability was just as important. PromoRepublic created ease by separating each of my clients' accounts. Can save posts so I could reuse at …
    Incentivized
    Chose PromoRepublic
    Hootsuite is what my office primarily uses and it's good. I just prefer the way you can see all the posts in the calendar dashboard on PromoRepublic and I like that it has fresh curated content for me to peruse.
    Incentivized
    Chose PromoRepublic
    We primarily use Promo Republic for clients who have smaller budgets as the cost for PromoRepublic is less than some of the competing platforms.

    PromoRepublic does make it easier to track separate locations/pages that may fall under one company. This can be great for an …
    Incentivized
    Chose PromoRepublic
    Ultimately I selected PR because I was able to get it for a one-time cost rather than a subscription, but now that I'm used to it I couldn't imagine life without it. I've only used the free versions of the other platforms, so my experience with PR is obviously superior. …
    Incentivized
    Chose PromoRepublic
    The post ideas and creator definitely make PromoRepublic more of a one-stop shop. I can create, post, and study analytics all in one spot.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    93%
    Would buy again
    328 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    92%
    Delivers good value for the price
    283 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    94%
    Happy with the feature set
    333 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    93%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    280 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    98%
    Implementation went as expected
    316 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    Compendium (discontinued)HootsuitePromoRepublic
    Content Creation
    Comparison of Content Creation features of Compendium (discontinued) and Hootsuite and PromoRepublic
    Feature
    Compendium (discontinued)
    7.2
    6 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Hootsuite
    -
    Ratings
    PromoRepublic
    -
    Ratings
    Ideation6.36 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Approval workflows9.16 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content collaboration7.66 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content calendar7.56 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Network for content licensing/production5.54 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content Publishing
    Comparison of Content Publishing features of Compendium (discontinued) and Hootsuite and PromoRepublic
    Feature
    Compendium (discontinued)
    6.6
    6 Ratings
    17% below category average
    Hootsuite
    -
    Ratings
    PromoRepublic
    -
    Ratings
    Content hub6.56 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Forms / Gated content6.14 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Embedded CTAs7.15 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content distribution7.25 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content promotion6.14 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content automation6.75 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Content Reporting & Analytics features of Compendium (discontinued) and Hootsuite and PromoRepublic
    Feature
    Compendium (discontinued)
    6.6
    6 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Hootsuite
    -
    Ratings
    PromoRepublic
    -
    Ratings
    Audience profiling and targeting6.15 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Closed-loop tracking and reporting6.14 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content performance analytics8.26 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Campaign optimization dashboard6.45 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Competitive analytics6.35 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Listening/monitoring
    Comparison of Listening/monitoring features of Compendium (discontinued) and Hootsuite and PromoRepublic
    Feature
    Compendium (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Hootsuite
    7.0
    324 Ratings
    9% below category average
    PromoRepublic
    -
    Ratings
    Boolean keyword searches00 Ratings7.0212 Ratings00 Ratings
    Filtering out noise/spam00 Ratings6.4224 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sentiment analysis00 Ratings6.7224 Ratings00 Ratings
    Broad channel coverage00 Ratings7.7298 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publishing
    Comparison of Publishing features of Compendium (discontinued) and Hootsuite and PromoRepublic
    Feature
    Compendium (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Hootsuite
    8.1
    447 Ratings
    1% below category average
    PromoRepublic
    -
    Ratings
    Content planning and scheduling00 Ratings9.0447 Ratings00 Ratings
    Audience targeting00 Ratings7.2304 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content optimization00 Ratings7.7368 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow management00 Ratings8.4379 Ratings00 Ratings
    Engagement
    Comparison of Engagement features of Compendium (discontinued) and Hootsuite and PromoRepublic
    Feature
    Compendium (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Hootsuite
    7.5
    359 Ratings
    8% below category average
    PromoRepublic
    -
    Ratings
    Automated routing and prioritization00 Ratings7.4260 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer interaction histories00 Ratings7.3280 Ratings00 Ratings
    Bulk actions00 Ratings7.9311 Ratings00 Ratings
    Marketing
    Comparison of Marketing features of Compendium (discontinued) and Hootsuite and PromoRepublic
    Feature
    Compendium (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Hootsuite
    7.0
    338 Ratings
    10% below category average
    PromoRepublic
    -
    Ratings
    Lead generation00 Ratings6.6208 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content marketing00 Ratings7.6305 Ratings00 Ratings
    Paid media management00 Ratings6.8206 Ratings00 Ratings
    Campaigns and promotions00 Ratings6.7256 Ratings00 Ratings
    Channel coverage/integration
    Comparison of Channel coverage/integration features of Compendium (discontinued) and Hootsuite and PromoRepublic
    Feature
    Compendium (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Hootsuite
    8.1
    438 Ratings
    3% below category average
    PromoRepublic
    -
    Ratings
    Twitter00 Ratings7.6393 Ratings00 Ratings
    Facebook00 Ratings8.5421 Ratings00 Ratings
    LinkedIn00 Ratings8.0369 Ratings00 Ratings
    Google+00 Ratings8.960 Ratings00 Ratings
    Instagram00 Ratings8.6376 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pinterest00 Ratings7.2182 Ratings00 Ratings
    YouTube00 Ratings7.6175 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting/analytics
    Comparison of Reporting/analytics features of Compendium (discontinued) and Hootsuite and PromoRepublic
    Feature
    Compendium (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Hootsuite
    7.8
    360 Ratings
    1% above category average
    PromoRepublic
    -
    Ratings
    Campaign success analytics00 Ratings8.2333 Ratings00 Ratings
    Real-time tracking00 Ratings7.7335 Ratings00 Ratings
    Competitor analysis00 Ratings7.6231 Ratings00 Ratings
    Account management
    Comparison of Account management features of Compendium (discontinued) and Hootsuite and PromoRepublic
    Feature
    Compendium (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Hootsuite
    7.9
    369 Ratings
    0% below category average
    PromoRepublic
    -
    Ratings
    Role-based user permissions & privileges00 Ratings8.3317 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile access00 Ratings7.5336 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Sendible
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    Medium-sized Companies
    CoSchedule Marketing Suite
    Score10 out of 10
    Emplifi
    Score8.9 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Enterprises
    PathFactory
    Score8.3 out of 10
    Salesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio (discontinued)
    Score8.1 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
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    User Ratings
    Compendium (discontinued)HootsuitePromoRepublic
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.3
    (6 ratings)
    8.4
    (510 ratings)
    7.4
    (9 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.6
    (89 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.3
    (149 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.8
    (21 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.8
    (19 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.0
    (263 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (17 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (39 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.2
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.6
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.1
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.9
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.3
    (18 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Compendium (discontinued)HootsuitePromoRepublic
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Discontinued Products
    Oracle is great for a very basic blog. The look of ours was designed and built on the back end/code side, so I'm not sure if there are a lot of clean, modern templates like you see in a lot of blogs today to choose from or not. It has been great having a number of authors who can write content directly in the platform and then submit it to our content managers for scheduling and publishing. I think the biggest issue people may have with it is the look of the interface. It needs an update.
    Incentivized
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    Hootsuite
    Hootsuite presents my team everything we need to manage the social media function. Even writing the "what can be improved" section strained me, because there really isn't a whole lot to complain about. At this point, I (and my social media manager) need to explore the platform more, specifically OwlyGPT, campaigns, and listening. It's pretty much everything we need right now
    Incentivized
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    PromoRepublic
    In terms of well suited for our business, it saves a good amount of time focusing on other tasks instead of sitting on one task alone for a long time. For less appropriate scenarios, if a keyword search would give the best result, that would help to even save more time. But great and good going.
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    Pros
    Discontinued Products
    • Permission levels are also nice so a random user cannot just post without a certain level of access.
    • I also like being able to update the code if necessary.
    • It's easy for users to access and write, and there's a nice workflow to review any content before it gets published.
    Incentivized
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    Hootsuite
    • Reporting. We are able to pull accurate and concise data points on our channels.
    • Planning and calendaring. We love that we are able to have our teams plan out content across months so that we are never feeling behind schedule on getting content out there.
    • Creating content natively in the platform!
    Incentivized
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    PromoRepublic
    • Calendar overview for all platforms per client is great.
    • Image creation tool is fairly robust.
    • Analytics dashboard is excellent and easy for clients to understand.
    • Support is super quick.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Discontinued Products
    • Templates are a good thing, but hard to set up and require a lot of work. (Other Oracle tools are more user-friendly when it comes to template design.)
    • While they did a good job updating the interface, I still believe more work can be done to make it more user-friendly.
    Incentivized
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    Hootsuite
    • TikTok is an area for improvement as it's newer to Hootsuite. It would be beneficial to be able to link non-business profiles on TikTok to Hootsuite as many businesses use personal accounts to access TikTok's expansive music library.
    • Hootsuite does have room to improve the analytics capabilities. There could be more ways to customize each aspect of their reports. There isn't much manipulation of data in each type of data set.
    • Simplicity is an area of improvement for Hootsuite. The streams are one example of an area that is super cluttered and difficult to view. Their platform could really use an aesthetic overhaul to make things look more pleasing.
    Incentivized
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    PromoRepublic
    • I wish there was a way to bulk upload posts.
    • There are some ways that they could save time by removing unnecessary pop-ups.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Discontinued Products
    Easy to use, and supporting several permutations, the CM suite is an excellent solution for a mid to large size business. It's meant to be used by a team, and the functionality can work across websites and landing pages. There's also the high benefit of translation management, providing support for localized products.
    Incentivized
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    Hootsuite
    At this time we are satisfied that Hootsuite offers the most of what we are looking for at the most reasonable price point. As the social media landscape and monitoring/scheduling software changes, so do our needs. We re-evaluate our tools semi-annually or as new tools emerge onto the market. If we find at any point that we aren't gaining an advantage, then we are open to switching products.
    Incentivized
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    PromoRepublic
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Discontinued Products
    It has never been down since we have used this software.
    Incentivized
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    Hootsuite
    I will give Hootsuite a rating of 10/10 because it has delivered measurable business impact through social media. It helps centralize and streamline content planning, approvals, scheduling, and reporting in one place. It has significantly reduced manual workload and improved team efficiency. We achieved higher engagement rates, faster customer response times, and improved lead quality through social channels. It has also helped us with centralized reporting across different social media channels.
    Incentivized
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    PromoRepublic
    The user interface is very straight forward and easy to use. They also make it incredibly simple edit premade post ideas as well as create your own. You can connect all of the basic social media platforms which makes it great for individuals looking to streamline their scheduling process to get more content out
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    Discontinued Products
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    Hootsuite
    Gliches have made it a bit of a bind, particularly when you just want to 'click and send' a web article after you have read it - and then you have to deal with support (a great team but not always able to solve the problems with the gliches). Gliches with it loading properly, gliches with 'double ups in FB on the posts (the personal page and the business page if both clicked will lead to 2 lots of postings to each page!)
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    PromoRepublic
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Hootsuite
    HootSuite does everything it is designed to do very well: the product's performance is very reliable and efficient. Like other tools, there is always a room for new developments and updates, and the HootSuite team recognizes this and focuses on new development as well.
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    PromoRepublic
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Discontinued Products
    To be perfectly honest, every one of my concerns and problems has been handled by the support team in a very timely manner. If they could not fix my issue they assured me it be addressed in future updates.
    Incentivized
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    Hootsuite
    I can manage all of my accounts on one site! It's absolutely amazing!
    The dashboard is helpful to see how you are doing as well. Still
    getting to understand the analytics and may need to reach out for help
    on this
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    PromoRepublic
    No answers on this topic
    In-Person Training
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Hootsuite
    Very easy to teach and learn
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    PromoRepublic
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Hootsuite
    The online training is decent; however, it takes a lot more time to search for answers to my questions. Having a training session with a live person was much more effective as they were able to quickly address the business needs I have.
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    PromoRepublic
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Discontinued Products
    Don't forget about customer service once you have a closed the sale with a customer. Oracle seemed to not care about our needs/timeline after we gave them our Purchase Order
    Incentivized
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    Hootsuite
    Simple and easy to use, and have never had any issues. We like how it saves me time and allows me to plan in advance. I plan on using this for as long as I can and will encourage others to use it too. If you haven't tried it you should. I hope my review is helpful to everyone.
    Incentivized
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    PromoRepublic
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Discontinued Products
    While OCM was a lot more money, they were able to prove to us that they are a much better solution to use and worth the extra cost. The reporting, capabilities along with the analytics that was easy to download was a big discussion factor for us.
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    Hootsuite
    Hootsuite offers a wide range of tools at a somewhat steeper cost. If you manage multiple platforms and want to survey the content being shared and interacted with across all of them, Hootsuite seems to have an easier platform to do that with. HubSpot CRM allows us to integrate our social platforms into our existing CRM, which is a cost saver, but Hootsuite is social media-focused, so the set-up is easier.
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    PromoRepublic
    Ultimately I selected PR because I was able to get it for a one-time cost rather than a subscription, but now that I'm used to it I couldn't imagine life without it. I've only used the free versions of the other platforms, so my experience with PR is obviously superior. However, there is absolutely nothing about PR that would make me consider switching to an alternative.
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    Scalability
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Hootsuite
    We are only using in marketing and have been able to scale.
    Incentivized
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    PromoRepublic
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Discontinued Products
    • Everyone had their own plan and executed them without taking into consideration the impact of another ongoing project. Compendium has created communication between teams that were not communicating before.
    Incentivized
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    Hootsuite
    • For our organization, all ROI was on time saved and efficiency: for creating posts, for scheduling and publishing, for interacting with users, and for analyzing performances. It all comes in one place and this makes a very huge difference in your workflows. We would say that Hootsuite went beyond our expectations on this front, for example with the dynamics UTMs and the media library. Saving time was the main reason why we wanted to purchase the platform and it did not disappoint at all.
    • The ROI in time was also fast to get. The learning curse is very short and this is also an important element. Benefiting from the platform did not take long to be experienced.
    Incentivized
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    PromoRepublic
    • Consistency is key and having PromoRepublic has helped fill in the gaps when I don't have original content ready. The consistency has helped increase our engagement.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Compendium (discontinued) Screenshots

    Screenshot of Content marketers can see every aspect of their content production process at a glance, which is essential for a successful content marketing strategy.Screenshot of Leveraging Oracle Content Marketing’s Business Units feature results in improved marketing alignment by empowering marketing leaders to view one unified content calendar, content repository, and analytics dashboard across the entire organization. Corporate executives can drill down on content creation, distribution, and impact for individual business units in order to make necessary changes to drive success at the divisional level.

    Hootsuite Screenshots

    Screenshot of Monitoring: Monitors social media profiles and tracks the topics that matter to the brand.Screenshot of Publishing: Create, publish and schedule engaging posts across social channels.Screenshot of Customer Engagement: A consolidated stream of messages across networks that can be triaged and assigned to respond to customers faster. Provides optional chatbot handover for automated responses.Screenshot of Scheduling: Social content can be planned as a team with a shared calendar that features collaborative post drafts and built-in approval workflows.Screenshot of Analytics & Reporting: Measures the effectiveness of a social media strategy to help turn strategy into execution with meaningful and actionable insights. Reports can be customized and shared according to unique business goals and objectives.

    PromoRepublic Screenshots

    Screenshot of Content planning & social media calendarScreenshot of Graphics editor to edit ready-made templates or create your ownScreenshot of Ads and retargeting automation for Facebook & InstagramScreenshot of Social Media CalendarScreenshot of Content OrganizerScreenshot of Work Coordinator