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What is Socialflow by Piano?

SocialFlow is a social distribution and monetization platform that is purpose-built for media companies. Our technology enables the world's most successful publishers to easily distribute engaging social content while providing them monetization opportunities across multiple social networks. Our publishing software is used by tens of thousands of journalists across the world and extends the reach and engagement of editorial content and stories to the social sphere. When you see a news item in your social feed, the odds are good that it came through SocialFlow. SocialFlow's advertising products help publishers create new revenue streams from their social efforts. With native solution sand AttentionStream sponsored post ads, SoicialFlow helps media companies leverage the unmatched scale and distribution of social channels. Founded in 2009 and based in New York, SocialFlow's client roster includes half of the top 150 media companies including Conde Nast, Time, Inc., The Associated Press and the BBC. To learn more, visit SocialFlow.com

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Socialflow's technology solutions aim to improve brands and publishers' ability to be successful in using social platforms such as Facebook and Twitter.


Seller Details
Seller
Piano
Year Founded
2016
HQ Location
Marlow, Bucks
Twitter
@piano_io
1,465 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
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757 employees on LinkedIn®

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Cassie S.Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
3.5 out of 5
"Highly recommend"
Quality of product, easy to post and to edit it, it also gives us ability to manage multiple accounts at once,
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4.0 out of 5
"An efficient and effective tool for scheduling social posts"
I like that you can quickly schedule posts on the top social platforms (I used it for Facebook and Twitter) and then see a queue of those posts. An...
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Verified UserMid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
4.0 out of 5
"Condensing social posting"
I love being able to post on several Facebook pages in one fellow swoop. Using the platform to post all at once saves so much time waiting for page...
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What do you like best about Socialflow by Piano?

I really Loved the real time statistics Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Socialflow by Piano?

A big investment for a startup company, but it is definitely well worth it for companies that want social media know how. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Socialflow by Piano solving and how is that benefiting you?

I really Know what to write about or plug to gain new followers from posts on many social media platforms Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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I liked SocialFlow's intuitive design and ease of use! Very easy to understand and use quickly. Small learning curve! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Socialflow by Piano?

Sometimes buggy and clunky, export options were limited. App sometimes crashed or didn't reflect certain metrics. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Socialflow by Piano solving and how is that benefiting you?

Metrics and learning behaviors is super easy with SocialFlow! Realized the benefit of posting at certain times. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Socialflow by Piano?

I love that you can post native video directly to Facebook using SocialFlow. I also like the ability to view analytics on a post in real-time. It's nice that the "queue" and "messages published" are side by side. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Socialflow by Piano?

When we started using the platform, we thought it was supposed to be the end-all, be-all for social media scheduling tools. SocialFlow touts themselves as having this crazy algorithm which can fully predict the most optimal time for your post to go out. We've used SocialFlow for almost a year, and we've dialed back a lot (as we've experimented and FAILED using the optimization tool) so that now we only let the tool optimize posts for an hour to two at a time. So we're basically back to pushing posts at super-specific times....Just like with our last tool. Other headaches: I wish the toggling between accounts/social platforms was a better experience. Sometimes I get confused about which one I'm on (FB, Twitter, G+) and end up scheduling something for a different channel. Also, I would like to be able to view the author of a specific post without having to click to edit a post. The resonance predictor tool isn't helpful either--don't think it is actually right. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Don't trust the optimization tool. When we first started using the product, we let our posts optimize for a whole week--meaning we set a post and gave it the option to go out from first thing Monday morning to last thing on Friday night. The algorithm would push all the posts out as late as it could, and our clicks were TANKING. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Socialflow by Piano solving and how is that benefiting you?

Honestly, not a whole lot. We have a lot of team members sharing the responsibility of scheduling to social media, but SocialFlow makes it extremely hard for us to stay organized as a team, so we've had to revert to scheduling, coordinating, and planning via a Google spreadsheet and then we transfer our posts over to SocialFlow when they're ready to go. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Socialflow by Piano?

SocialFlow makes managing multiple social media accounts a breeze with their long list of great features and ways to stay on top of your posts. SocialFlow is a backend system that feeds into any and all social media accounts under your brand and comes with a scheduling and optimizing tool to send out posts. It also has a great reporting feature to track analytics. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Socialflow by Piano?

The Pinterest scheduling characteristics could be improved. Sometimes the tool lags or gives error messages. Also, sometimes videos fail to post. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Socialflow by Piano:

SocialFlow is a powerful tool in the realm of social media management. It's tracking abilities and optimization algorithm allow for a very smooth social media landscape for users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Socialflow by Piano solving and how is that benefiting you?

SocialFlow keeps users on top of social media needs and helps organize, track, and easily filter and find posts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Socialflow by Piano?

At the time we were using Social Flow, the company was one of the only social media optimizations service providers to have access to Twitter's "Fire House." This means the company has the ability to analyze every tweet in real time.

At Boxed Water is Better, we had a variety of news/rss feeds that we would share content across our Twitter accounts. Social Flow analyzes the contents of these RSS feeds in real time an determines which content to share based on what users (followers) are currently tweeting about. This maximized our follower engagement and drove metrics up as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Socialflow by Piano?

Social Flow is rather complex to use and took some training time to get used. to. The bulk of the features vastly outpaces the need of smaller organizations and this is really tailored to those who already have large audiences. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Socialflow by Piano:

I would recommend taking maximum advantage of the Social Flow support and training.

Additionally, this isn't software for small businesses and they will tell you up front if your audience is too small for the platform. I've never been given a specific number, but can imagine that 100k+ followers is needed to really implement the software in a successful way. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Socialflow by Piano solving and how is that benefiting you?

As a startup, we were looking for was to engage our followers without having to spend a lot of human hours on social media. By using social flow, we allowed the software to make decisions when it came to when the best time to share information was. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Socialflow by Piano?

Good user interface and scheduling tools Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Socialflow by Piano?

No way to post on Instagram, limited insights Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Socialflow by Piano solving and how is that benefiting you?

Great for scheduling posts off work hours/days. Good tools for social team to organize. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Socialflow by Piano?

The social insights aspect is top notch but otherwise limited. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Socialflow by Piano?

Restrictions outwith social. I could have spent more time to explore the limits. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Socialflow by Piano solving and how is that benefiting you?

No longers using program due to restrictions, Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.