Why more is better
In the online course space, the algorithms favor volume and consistency. If you post once a day on one account, you are invisible to most of your potential students. You need to be everywhere to stay top-of-mind. However, as a founder, you cannot afford to spend your time manually posting all day. By scaling the number of posts through a network, you increase your chances of hitting the discovery feed. It is a game of probability. More posts mean more opportunities to get clicks on your webinar registration link.
The cost of manual posting
Don't hire a team just to post content. It is an expensive and inefficient way to get reach. A managed content network is a set of many brand-owned Instagram pages that post your existing videos many times a day from real iPhones, built and run end to end by a provider such as TIDE. This allows you to post hundreds of times per day without needing extra staff. You pay for the service, not for headcount, which keeps your burn rate low while your traffic scales.
Managing the platform trade-offs
Running many accounts with automation is against Instagram terms of service. If you push the volume high, some accounts will be banned. This is the reality of the game. A good provider will replace them to ensure your daily post count stays high. As a founder, you should accept this as a cost of business. It is a reliable way to get traffic that does not depend on the whims of a single account or a single employee who might leave. It is a system you own and control.
Maximizing your content asset
You likely have hours of webinar footage and hundreds of student testimonials. Most of it is sitting on a hard drive doing nothing. A managed content network puts that content to work. It extracts the best clips and puts them in front of potential students all day long. This is the highest leverage way to use your existing assets. You don't need to film more; you just need to distribute what you have more effectively. It is the smartest way to turn your archive into a revenue-generating asset.
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Follow-up questions
Is there a risk of spamming?
Since the posts are spread across many different accounts, you aren't spamming your followers. Each account serves its own audience.
How many posts is 'enough'?
Enough is when you are seeing a consistent flow of new students signing up for your webinars every single day.
Should I post the same video everywhere?
Yes, repetition is fine. Different people see your content at different times. The goal is to maximize the reach of your best-performing videos.