Become a better social media communicator

Introducing Publishing Calendar, the fastest way to win at social media planning!

We’ve all been there: A social media post you had scheduled to go out, well, didn’t. Or maybe you had several (if you’ve ever planned

If you syndicate content across multiple websites or news markets, you know the challenge of making sure each social post contains a link back to

New SND is here and you’ve probably already noticed there’s a new Post Composer that’s much more streamlined. While we’ve moved some things around to

This might just be your new favorite feature inside SND Dashboard… you can now use Post Manager to keep an eye on how other markets

We’ve come up with something different. A brand new SND Auto Pilot with the perfect blend of automation, data-intelligence and YOU. It’s an innovation we’re

Out with the old, in with the new. NEW SND is about to refresh and amplify your SND experience! There are lots of small enhancements

Our team has been hard at work, taking your suggestions and feedback – it’s one of the most important jobs we have. And we’ve made

We’ve showed you how to add Reddit RSS feeds to your SND Dashboard, but what about your favorite content from YouTube? Yep! You can add

One of the comments we often hear from new users of the SND Dashboard is, “There’s just so many bells and whistles!” It’s true, there’s

We’ve heard a lot of great feedback on our automated publishing solution: SND Auto Pilot. Newsrooms tell us it’s saving them tons of time by

What defines social media success for your newsroom? It’s a big question that doesn’t always have a simple answer. Measuring goals across markets, talent, communities

Newsrooms tell us SND Auto-Pilot is a great tool to fill gaps in the daily posting schedule or simply get more content out to the

We know news people are creatures of habit – they thrive on rundowns, morning meetings, A blocks, B blocks, layouts, predictability. But we also know

Hi! It’s been a minute since my last blog post. How the time flies. But now the gears have turned and the time has come

Crossposted video is one of the secret weapons of major media groups on Facebook. Basically, it allows you to repost an already-posted video without having

Now you can use SND’s new Post Meta-Tagging feature to categorize, sort and filter your social media content. This is a clever way to identify sponsorable

One of our most-requested features ever is now LIVE in SND Dashboard – Post Meta-Tagging! This new feature allows you to tag posts by category,

SND Dashboard features Autopilot, which allows you to use an RSS feed to automatically send content to any Facebook or Twitter account. But what if

We’ve received amazing feedback from users about our latest Insights tool, SND Reports. One wish-list item repeated over and over again by group-level users was

It’s here! SND Reports is a report that can be automatically generated by your SND Dashboard and sent to you and your staff via email on

According to Digiday, up to 85% of Facebook video is viewed without sound. As video becomes more widely distributed on Facebook and more users watch

We’ve made some exciting enhancements to SND Auto-Pilot! You now have even more fine-tuned control over your automation schedule. You can exclude, prioritize and manage

Maybe you’ve seen it, maybe you haven’t… Recently, we’ve made some updates to the SND Dashboard that focuses on some of the finer details of

Quick Posts have been part of SND Dashboard since nearly the very beginning, but it’s still one of our clients’ favorite features. Creating templates for

The new SND Auto-Pilot feature is designed to help you increase traffic and engagement around the clock, even in those hours where you don’t have staff dedicated

The SND Analytics Leaderboard widgets for both Facebook and Twitter are great for encouraging competition in your newsroom. They’re meant to be displayed on a

The beta test for our new RSS reader tool has reached phase #2! You’ve had a lot of great feedback and awesome feature requests, thank

At Social News Desk we sometimes create new features that are so cool, we almost wish we were back working in a newsroom so we

Ready to take your social-data game to the next level? We’re here for you with a few “Pro Tips” for using the SND Analytics library to mint your guru

The November book is a fond memory – or distant, depending on how the numbers came back – and it seems like a quarter of

Editors Note: Rachel Page is a freelance journalist and Social Media aficionado with a knack for finding great stories to share with the world and

The second presidential debate of 2016 is in the books, for better or worse. Are you keeping up with the weirdest presidential election year yet?

As Hurricane Matthew rolls up the Atlantic coast, your audience is looking for timely updates on the storm. Right now, hundreds of newsrooms are relying on SND

What a weird and active political season it’s been. Social media is vibrating with buzz on all sides. Here’s a convenient and powerful way to

The brand new SND Analytics Library includes the Top 10 Facebook Post widget which, as you might imagine, displays the top ten posts by post actions (Likes

This just in from the Social News Desk development team… New features and tweaks to the new SND Dashboard based on YOUR feedback and requests! Brand

The crown jewels of the new SND Dashboard are the new SND Analytics tools: powerful widgets that easily deliver actionable analytics. Among them is the Social

Here’s the latest from the Social News Desk development team. New features and tweaks to the new SND Dashboard based on YOUR feedback and requests!

Meet Patrick Tolbert, Digital Director at KXAN in Austin, TX, and member of our Early Adopters beta testing group. Patrick and his team have been using

We’re on a roll with SND Early Adopter training and the team at WKOW in Madison, WI is giving the new platform high marks. One of

Meet Amber McDonald, Social Media Director at The Tampa Bay Times, a member of our SND 2.0 Early Adopters Test Group. Amber got her hands on the