CoSchedule Review. Editorial Calendar Aimed At Writing SNS And Blog.

Coschedule

Coschedule review. If you want to try the Editorial Calendar service in WordPress…

However, the functionality itself is not that special…

As I use WordPress, there is one term that I often come across, which is Editorial Calendar. Just as the name suggests, this is a calendar specialized for writing or marketing in various ways, such as when to post on SNS, when it was posted, which SNS platform such as Facebook or Instagram it was posted on, or which person in a group wrote a certain post, etc. It’s different from a regular calendar.

There are many related services, but there was a software that caught my attention because it was optimized for blogs, especially WordPress, to some extent, but I couldn’t use it because it was paid. But nowadays, they’ve changed their marketing strategy and the basic features are free to use. It’s Coschedule! App Store link Google Play link

Coschedule review. If you want to try the Editorial Calendar service in WordPress…

Coschedule is especially good to use with WordPress among editorial calendars to some extent.

As mentioned in the previous paragraph, Coschedule is a calendar specialized in marketing, so it needs to be linked with various services such as Facebook and Twitter to provide its basic functions. But the difference between Buffer and Hootsuite, which are known for this, is that they basically integrate with social media, and they don’t integrate directly with WordPress. To be precise, it is linked through a little cumbersome process. However, this Coschedule basically supports integration with WordPress, as if it has specialized in blog-related functions. There is also a Coschedule plugin within WordPress. Heavy WordPress users tend to want to do everything within WordPress without using any other external services, and this seems to appeal to them to some extent.

And I’m not sure about other services since I haven’t used many, but there are many useful parts to refer to when writing, as it also supports integration with various productivity tools such as Google Analytics and Trello in the integration part. And like other Editorial Calendars, it is also possible to write articles on its own and post them on SNS or WordPress, and the performance of its own editor is decent. It’s better than just writing on social media, but it’s not as good as a professional editor such as a block editor . I’d say it’s not too bad.

I understand the direction the app is pursuing, but I’m not sure if the function is that good.

There are really tons of to-do apps, and there are a lot of calendar apps as well. However, this editorial calendar is optimized for things that are specifically related to writing, not just a bunch of to-dos, so it can be said to be somewhat different.

In addition to posting or managing posts from above, you can add other tasks, and on mobile, you can see your own Instagram status immediately. It seems that you can also view SNS statistics for free on the web, but I only post text on SNS… It seems that you need to receive some messages to be counted in the statistics.

However, the to-do function above is not that great because it only allows you to specify the task, description, and date. However, it seems that this part is not related to using the free version… I understand how the app is generally used, but I’m not sure if the function itself is well-made.

The free version is too limited in features. Honestly, just for testing…

The paid version of Coschedule is a bit expensive.

However, I was a bit disappointed when I actually used it, as I had high expectations for Coschedule since I had been watching it for a long time. First of all, the free version is practically only a demo version level. You can simply add tasks and events, and it will display when a post is made on registered SNS such as WordPress. That’s why it’s so disappointing with the free version.

But is the price of the paid version appropriate? that’s not it either. The price is very expensive. If it is like this, I don’t think there are many advantages compared to similar services such as Buffer and Hootsuite, even if Google Calendar or Outlook does not come out. Of course, this may vary depending on the person, but I was really disappointed in terms of cost-effectiveness.

It is somewhat rare, but… Would it be a better tool if used as a group?

To be honest, I’m still a bit unfamiliar with this editorial calendar. Apart from the fact that this calendar is somewhat easier to manage SNS, I still don’t understand what’s good about it compared to Google Calendar or Outlook.

It seems that this Coschedule can be used most appropriately when used by a small group of about 4 to 5 people rather than individual users. Or it could be a useful tool for coordinating the schedules of multiple authors for reasons such as using several guest bloggers on a blog or using a team blog. However, even if you want to use it properly by guessing like this, the free version only has basic functions. o when I used it alone, it was surprisingly disappointing.