Social News Desk

RATING:

4.9

(8)
Overview

About Social News Desk

Social News Desk is social media management software specifically designed to support local news companies, municipalities, schools, and other important businesses. With its user-friendly interface and features, the software enables organizations to efficiently share critical communications across their social media accounts. From automated publishing and scheduling calendars to consolidated reporting and analytics, Social News Desk provides essential tools for effective social media management.

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Social News Desk Reviews

Overall Rating

4.9

Ratings Breakdown

Secondary Ratings

Ease-of-use

5

Customer Support

5

Value for money

4.5

Functionality

5

Most Helpful Reviews for Social News Desk

8 Reviews

User Profile

Greg

Verified reviewer

Broadcast Media, 1,001-5,000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

4

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed February 2024

SND contributes to effective social media campaigns

PROS

SND is easy to use and incorporates all social platforms across all my properties, making one-time simultaneous posting a breeze. It also features all the metadata options I need to create an effective post. The main reason why I enjoy using SND is because the support staff is very responsive and thorough.

CONS

As with any program, there are sometimes bugs that hinder tasks. Over the years, however, I have not experienced a widespread, long-term outage.

Reasons for switching to Social News Desk

Corporate decision/groupwide license purchased

Andrea

Education Management, 1,001-5,000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed February 2024

Social Media Success in Education

I started using SND when I worked in government for a Township. When I moved over to my current position in Education, I knew I needed to continue using the product. It is the most user friendly of all the social media management tools, and I have used many. It is convenient, efficient, and helps to improve engagement. As a county-wide ISD, we need to connect with parents. Knowing when to post what critical. SND has allowed us to work smarter, not harder.

PROS

Social News Desk provides a "one stop shop" for all your social media accounts and platforms. As a social media management tool, you can quickly post, add photos and video.

CONS

Social News Desk has been so responsive to the user community that of course we want more. I would love to be able to post directly to the Nextdoor platform. I love that I can monitor the chatter on Nextdoor, but it would be helpful to post, as well. I also wished that I could tag partners and collaborators on LinkedIn, but I am positive it is coming in the near future.

Ray

Newspapers, 201-500 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

4

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed February 2024

Easy to use, saves me labor

PROS

The auto posting is the most valuable asset Social News Desk provides for me.

CONS

Not really a con, but I want Social News to look into connecting to Next Door, which my community uses a lot.

Scott

Newspapers, 1,001-5,000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

4

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed February 2024

SND automation really works

Like the social world in which we live, SND continues to evolve with new products and services.

PROS

We use SND's AutoPilot feature across our many social accounts. This customizable feature lets our journalists focus on gathering the news.

CONS

I wish the permission settings were more customizable by top-end users so we could select which features various users can access.

Travis

Online Media, 5,001-10,000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed February 2024

Good for large social media portfolios

It has been an overall positive experience with very few drawbacks from a product and support standpoint.

PROS

Social News Desk allows us to utilize a large portfolio of social media accounts to coordinate publishing, scheduling and analytics.

CONS

The biggest issue may be not having ease of access in the Post Manager feature for extremely large datasets while using the Social News Desk dashboard, but there are workarounds to get the necessary data.

Natalie

Online Media, 5,001-10,000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed February 2024

We love SND

I love SND and would prefer to use it no matter where I work.

PROS

Social News Desk is a great tool to use when publishing to several platforms. I've used SND at just about every phase of my career. From being a hands-on digital producer, social media manager, digital strategist and more.

CONS

The only issue I have with SND relies more on the social media companies.

Jordan

Media Production, 201-500 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed February 2024

Social Media Management - News

PROS

SND makes it easy to ensure that important content is published even when I am unable to manually schedule. As a news organization, we need to be able to get breaking news out at the drop of a hat - and SMM’s don’t always have time to do that.

CONS

I have had some issues with link scrubbing. For older news stories that have been updated recently, SND sometimes pulls old images that are no longer relevant. This is a minor, fixable issue though.

Denise

Broadcast Media, 1,001-5,000 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

4

VALUE FOR MONEY

4

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed February 2024

Social News Desk Does It All

PROS

Social News Desk is very comprehensive. Almost all our social media functions are available within the platform. It has made user management and security turnkey, and the customer service is exceptional.

CONS

There are sometimes too many functions to keep track of within the dashboard, but recent efforts to improve the organization have been very helpful and well received.

8 Reviews