StoryChief

Pros

It is a comprehensive yet easy to use content management software system

Cons

Really not much - works very well but does take some set up

Alternatives Considered

Reasons for Choosing StoryChief

Switched From

Reasons for Switching to StoryChief

Pros

Story Chief has increased my blogging and website development ten fold with it's ease of use, simple design and multiple integrations with social services like Facebook, Blogger, etc.

I didn't know it at the time of purchase how much this software will become a part of my business processes and systems.

One of the great features I like to use is the collaborators function where I can invite external people to help contribute and review my articles before I send it off from with in Story Chief to publish on multiple platforms with a click of a button.

I also like the way the support team are coming up with new functions and innovations in the software to keep it up to speed with the latest trends in the space.

But the one feature I love about Story Chief is it's ability to make writing simple. I have other software to help me write content for my websites, however I always come back to Story Chief because for some reason I can really focus and pump out the work when I really am under tight timelines.

Cons

With one of the features they have recently added (editing images within Story Chief) I am finding it a bit buggy. Often when I try to edit an image while writing it will freeze or blank out my whole story. Thankfully the software has an auto save function that saves everytime I stop writing (which has saved me a few times). However it is a newish feature so I'm sure they are just ironing out the kinks.

Alternatives Considered

Reasons for Switching to StoryChief

Pros

Story chief present a simple editing interface that helps write articles to optimize for SEO and readability. This helps us make sure that our blogs are as effective as they can be in reaching audiences on search.

Cons

We had 2 main issues with StoryChief.

1. Their SEO tools are primarily geared towards english. We write blogs in English, Korean, and Mandarin and the tools did not work well for the non-English content.

2. Their customer service has an aggressive no refunds policy that is not friendly to small businesses. We had an issue cancelling our account and it got renewed for 1 year. They were not willing to help out in this situation when we no longer needed their product.

Pros

What I love about StoryChief is how everything is organized. You have a hub where you can create blog articles, events, and schedule social posts. Plus, the analytics tied to this is so important as well. To put it simply, the software just makes sense.

Cons

My only complaint is that it is difficult to schedule video social media posts sometimes.

Pros

Easy to use, clearly laid out and well organised. Both desktop and mobile formats are useful, although I like seeing all my work on the larger screen.
I really enjoy the share/invite people option as my work is always better when it's collaborative.
StoryChief has great tutorials and tips on using their product and their feature upgrades really impress me...like when they added the ability to post to social media platforms and assign a blog post to the social media campaign.

Cons

It would be great if Story Chief could integrate with Trello, as this is the main management program my company uses.
Also, it's great to be able to add youtube and Vimeo videos, but would also be very useful to have the ability to simply upload a video into the blog post, direct from the device.
Also, I use Movavi and WeVideo for editing and those videos don't seem to be supported in StoryChief either, or Instagram and Facebook videos/photos

Pros

I came to StoryChief from Wordpress. Wordpress itself isn't too much of a drag but it's all the hoo has around it that causes such time wasting admin. I love that with StoryChief I can just get on with writing the content. It's easy to add media without going round the houses. The SEO section is invaluable and SC guides you through it. The publishing option is a godsend. Off it goes to all the different SoMe areas you would want it to. The SoMe publishing is getting better all the time too with improvements all the time e.g. scheduled campaign to boost your posts.

Cons

Would like a little more flexibility for the front page of the blog e.g. have just requested the ability for a post to be pinned. But to be honest I'm not sure I ever knew how to do that myself in Wordpress. Oh, and I would like it to have a better menu bar option for linking to my main site. It would be cool if there were a few more areas of flexibility like this.

Pros

The software is easy to use for multiple users. It's great for social media posting and blogging. It has a ton of integrations.

Cons

Overall a fantastic product, has very little drawbacks.

Pros

We use StoryChief almost daily and it's become a key part of our content marketing workflow. We create, manage and publish dozens of articles per month and StoryChief makes the creation and publishing of blog posts so much easier. The editor is rock solid, they have tons of integrations, the social publishing tools allowed us to cancel our Buffer subscription, and the Wordpress connection is flawless. Not only that but the analytics it kicks out are very helpful.

Cons

The only thing we've not been able to do with StoryChief is setting custom statuses or workflows around our posts. They have a couple of options but you can not configure a whole workflow with status settings.

Pros

I absolutely love StoryChief. Very easy to set up and use, and when a Blog needs updating simply log in and it also changes the version within WordPress.

Although I have been a Blogger for many years StoryChief has saved me hours because I no longer need to spend time fighting with layouts, plugins, or formatting. Simply log in, type, complete the various field and boxes, and publish.

If you are short on time when it comes to finding images there is an image library contained within the program.

Cons

I would like to be able to embed custom code so I can add my own forms and plugins.

Pros

The biggest difference with other tools is for me the ambassadors list and the way you can easiliy make social posts from your blogposts.

Cons

The instagram workaround is not my favourite, hopefully the api opens up soon.
We've had several problems with links and metadata not displayed in a similar way as it is shown in the preview. Customer service is usually quick to respond, but this is then only afterwards.

Pros

I have been using StoryChief as a guest writer and I am a fan. You can quickly load your article and, aside of giving you some pretty interesting SEO tools, it also rates the readability of your piece! The "problem" areas are highlighted and you can edit them on the spot :)
I also feel like the fact that it has a workflow which allows for content review and schedule the posts is very useful for the folk who "own" and manage the content.
I'm thinking to actually become a customer myself, if I decide to write for other people. It will give me some confidence that my piece is both useful and we'll written:)

Cons

Sometimes the content review can lag a bit and it would be useful to index all the problematic areas, especially around readibility. If an article is longer you might find yourself scrolling up and down not knowing what you've edited or not.

Pros

StoryChief allows us the ability to real-time view our SEO and readability scores as and when we create content, which is great. It also suggest edits and changes if the scores don't meet the necessary numbers, which is intuitive, a really good tool to have.

Planning/scheduling our content is helpful and receiving weekly insights (and on demand) on how our content performed is great too.

Cons

There currently aren't integrations with platforms like Discord and Reddit which are essential for Technology companies. This means that we have some content being scheduled out of StoryChief and the rest on their individual platforms. This also means our engagement metrics and numbers aren't centralised.

Website performance is also disparate and on Google hence having to use multiple platforms to actually assess our social media engagement metrics makes it a fragmented experience.

The pricing currently only works because we are on a Startup plan, otherwise for it's current features it covers only half of our content management demands and would be very expensive. But the startup plan locks you in for a year which means we have to use the platform.

It has a slightly steep learning curve. The platform isn't as intuitive.

Alternatives Considered

Pros

I love that content writers and editors can easily collaborate and communicate through the software while drafting an article.

Cons

Although you are able to use the website on your phone, I would appreciate a more mobile-friendly version or mobile app to use.

Pros

StoryChief is the best platform that allows you to collaborate on differetn content campaigns from beginning to the advanced level. You can publish articles to your website. Even you can also create social posts and you can analyze the performance in one place.

Cons

The features and options of this platform are really easy to understand and use. Publishing and creating both things are best in this platform without any kind of cons.

Pros

So easy to use - really like the blog tool with the SEO elements

Cons

There are a few things which need to amended

Calendar a bit clunky to look at

IG grid preview - is there one?

Keyword clusters need to be taken into account and or support keywords - only looks a one keyword right now

Pros

StoryChief allows me and my team to ensure the content we're creating for our clients is 100% SEOified BEFORE we send the content to them for review. This cuts a huge chunk of time and revisions out of the process. Plus, the ability to distribute the content out with built-in data tracking is amazing! One report every week to wow the clients - I'm a happy camper. :)

Cons

There are a few quirks about the software that are a bit contrary to typical user behavior. For example, when leaving a comment, I naturally hit "Tab" and then "Return" to submit my comment – like I would on any other platform like Google Docs. There are other little glitches with the saving feature and such, but they're minor nuances that you get used to over time.

Pros

This online platform is very user-friendly and saves me a lot of time. You just need to input your content and image 1 time and it appears on different channels!

Cons

There is not really something to not like...

Pros

StoryChief is a tool that not only does very well what it was designed to do, but it keeps growing and getting more features. Now they are expanding to social media sharing with a well-designed content calendar.
The tool if evolving to be a must-have Content Marketing and Social Media tool for agencies.

Cons

The only thing I miss about the tool e not having it in my native language (Portuguese), but it's expected and it does not impair me to use it for Portuguese content.

Pros

A few of my clients use StoryChief for content marketing purposes. Initially, I didn’t think I would use it because I already have a good content creation and distribution platform. But, within weeks, I realized that StoryChief truly is a great tool for content editing and social media management. It’s very easy to collaborate with colleagues and post to all their social channels. There’s also an editorial calendar. We’re a remote team so it’s a win-win for us.

Cons

I’ve experienced a few bugs but the issues were quickly resolved. It’s a very nice platform, especially if you blog.

Pros

It offer a website and Seo articles and stories publishing, Seo mean redirect word to other websites, crating interactivity
ability to review and collaborate before publishing on article and images
comprehensive set of social media accounts to publish to and also blogs like wordpress
schedule your posts and reuse them,planning for month in advance
the team regularly add news features

Cons

You need some times to learn how to use it due to lot of features that other tools doesn't offer

Pros

Usually you write a blog post and then you have to copy and past it to all your different channels. With Story Chief you only once set up your channels. Afterwards you are writing your post once, and with one click you send it to all of your channels and social media you want.

No more pain to use different editors with different options. No more pain to log in in each and every channel or social media platform to spread your word.

Cons

What did I least like? That I did not know earlier that this software exists. ;-) To be earnest: To me there is no "con".

Pros

Story Chief has an awesome feature set that truly delivers exceptional value for money

Cons

The entry level plan is a little restrictive if you are a keen content creator

Pros

That we can publish from one central place to all different kinds of channels. It's very intuitive.

Cons

It can be slow sometimes when loading all publication channels. The dashboards need some more structure.

Pros

This tool resolves a major modern problem which is that everything nowadays has to be Searchable. Storychief provides inbound content marketers the ease of content that is great as well as searchable.

Cons

The only thing is that when this tool is used too frequently, there's a lot of stories and it gets a bit messy to find them unless you create a campaign. Also, i think the product is not promoted as well. Not everyone knows about this tool. I believe the marketing of this product could be improved.

Pros

It's very easy to use and is super helpful for a content marketer like me. I use social posts to schedule in our different social media platforms, and I love that I can tailor the description for each channel! There are SO many ways to distribute your content and I love that I can even see the stats on which channel performed best. Highly recommend!

Cons

I wish I could change the thumbnails of my links when sharing in social for a truly tailored experience! Back then, they didn't have any video sharing and connection with Instagram. But now I believe they have. I haven't tried it though so I hope it works well!