Facebook, TikTok and Hootsuite

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I have several questions, all about Social Media Marketing.

  1. I have a private and a business facebook account. More than 1 year ago I made a mistake with a new account.
    I wanted to advertise a special offer on amazon and wanted to earn from the affiliate link.
    This seems to be against the facebook rules and my account was partially blocked. Since then I can not make any advertisments anymore. I even paid now meta premium but no chance. I dont get it back.
    For a new FB business channel it would be very important to do advertisement.
    Do you have any suggestion what can I do?
    They dont check it, because I am not verified.
    I needed to verify to get the premium, but this verification seems not to help to get another check.

  2. TikTok: I started a TikTok Account and got around 1k views on each of the first videos. After one week, my new videos have got not just one single view. Am I shadowbanned? What can I do?

  3. Is there another good option to hootsuite?

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  1. This is tricky because they tend to track IP, Mac and payment method etc… I will defer to others on this.

  2. I’ve had similar experiences on TikTok I feel like they do that to hook you and then pull the rug out. TBH I’ve never cracked the code there either.

  3. Publer without a doubt. https://publer.io

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Thank you Chris.

Yeah we realized, that meta is really tough by creating a new account.
It was directly shutted down afterwards.

The problem is, that I dont even get a chance to explain it to somebody.

In terms of TikTok it is important to know this, if you sell this to a new client, that has no TikTok, and after a few videos the views go down to zero. This is horrible.

Will try out Publer. Thanks.

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I am with you and I know how social platforms really know how to test your patience sometimes. Been there more than once, so here’s what I’d suggest based on your points:

  1. Facebook can get weirdly sensitive about new accounts, especially if there’s any hint of affiliate stuff. Even if you pay for Meta’s tools, they usually won’t help unless your account ticks all their boxes. If it’s been over a year, honestly a fresh business account that’s fully verified might save you a lot of stress.
  2. That TikTok drop does sound like a shadowban. If your first few videos were doing fine and then it suddenly flatlined, it’s usually the algorithm acting up. Try switching devices or networks, play around with hashtags, or take a short break and post again with something different to test the waters.
  3. Instead of Hootsuite, I’d check out Buffer or SocialBee. Buffer’s clean and super easy to use. SocialBee gives more control if you want to schedule things a bit more strategically.