A brand new startup is addressing the necessity for an all-in-one toolset constructed for individuals who need to develop, handle, and observe their Bluesky presence and following. The subscription service BlueSkyHunter, which launched Friday, introduces a web-based dashboard that mixes entry to analytics and different instruments to schedule posts and automate DMs (direct messages), alongside different options.
Designed by Slovenia-based Borut Udovic with outsourced improvement help, the new service goals to place skilled development and analytics instruments into the fingers of Bluesky customers — together with those that could have switched from the bigger social community X the place such instruments have lengthy been obtainable.
The providing will make it simpler for particular person creators, manufacturers, and small to medium-sized companies to reap the benefits of Bluesky, the rising social community that now reaches over 31.5 million customers.
Udovic says he was excited to work on a toolset for Bluesky due to the chance the market presents.
“Often, I’m already too late as a result of large corporations have already got the market share,” he explains. “That’s one of many [reasons] I went to Bluesky: as a result of it’s nonetheless fairly early … so I imagine it will likely be simpler for me to enter the market, hopefully.”
Whereas there are different companies that assist to schedule social posts, BlueSkyHunter goals to supply an expanded function set the place scheduling is only one of many choices obtainable.
At launch, the service additionally affords instruments like a thread composer and one other that may automate sending DMs to your followers — like thanks messages to new followers. An choice to ship follow-up messages will later be obtainable to toggle on, too, for these recipients who didn’t reply to your preliminary DM.
Monitoring your Bluesky efficiency is one other key facet of the service, as BlueSkyHunter affords a wide range of metrics and charts in its dashboard, together with these for monitoring complete follower rely, posts per thirty days, engagement charges, development charges, greatest posting occasions, high niches (classes), matter engagement, and extra. These might be filtered for the previous day, week, month, three months, or all time.
Instruments for monitoring analytics round your opponents are additionally within the works, with an eye fixed on enterprise use circumstances.
Past measurement and content material administration instruments, BlueSkyHunter goals to assist customers perceive what’s trending on Bluesky. A piece referred to as Viral Posts will showcase the extra fashionable posts on the social community. This might assist content material planners decide up on traits and memes or discover templates which can be fashionable with different customers that they may undertake.
Over time, Udovic plans to increase the instrument to filter these posts by subjects, like enterprise, journey, politics, and extra. (Proper now, political posts are inclined to dominate this part, he notes.)
BlueSkyHunter might be obtainable via a subscription, with a 14-day free trial obtainable. A launch particular reductions the service to $15 per thirty days, although it would usually value $29. The low cost will embrace entry to approaching options, as nicely, like viewers evaluation and an AI assistant.
Udovic says that if BlueSkyHunter takes off, he’d love to rent a full-time programmer to work on the mission, however for now, he’s taking a leap of religion.
Correction: This text was up to date after publication to point the trial is 14 days not 40.