The Social Bee blog

Social Bee guidance on exact-account operations, approvals, allowances, AI generation, trend research, and publishing.

A simple UTM naming convention for social links

· Guides

Three parameters, lowercase, decided once: utm_source is the platform, utm_medium is social, utm_campaign is the content slug. Why boring consistency beats clever taxonomy.

The 30-minute social media audit

· Guides

A fast, honest audit any brand can run monthly: profiles, connected accounts, content mix, engagement signals, and the security questions most teams never ask.

Do hashtags still work in 2026?

· Guides

Mostly no, occasionally yes. Discovery has moved to content understanding — the algorithm reads what your post is about. Where a few specific hashtags still help, and what replaced the other twenty-five.

How often should a brand post on social media?

· Guides

Post as often as you can maintain quality and review — for most small brand teams that is three to five posts a week, not three a day. How to find your number and why consistency wins.

The best time to post on social media in the GCC

· Guides

There is no universal best hour, but there is a best hour for your account. How regional rhythms actually shift, and a two-week method to find your own answer with data you already have.

Why drafts should never auto-publish

· How it works

The gap between a finished draft and a published post is where brands protect themselves. What an approval gate actually checks, and why removing it saves minutes while risking much more.

Ramadan 2027 content planning for GCC brands

· Guides

Ramadan is expected to begin around mid-February 2027. The brands that do it well decide their calendar, tone, and approval discipline months earlier — here is a practical sequence.

Plan a month of social content in one afternoon

· Guides

A working sequence for monthly planning: anchor the calendar on real events, turn pinned trends into briefs, batch the creative, and let approvals run on their own clock.

AI trend research with real citations

· How it works

Social Bee researches trends from the live web for each brand, keeps the sources attached, and lets your team pin or dismiss what should shape the next brief.

The exact-account publishing guide

· Guides

Exact-account publishing means choosing the precise Page or profile at connection time, keeping permissions per brand, and confirming the destination before a post leaves the workspace.

Prepaid video credits, explained

· How it works

AI video generation costs $10.99 for 5 seconds, $13.99 for 10 seconds, or $15.99 for 15 seconds at 1080p. Each clip uses a prepaid, duration-specific unit outside the subscription.

Run your social media from ChatGPT

· How it works

The approved Social Bee app lets you connect your workspace and move from a brief to a reviewed draft and exact-account publish from a ChatGPT conversation.

Social Bee is live: plans and pricing

· Announcements

Public checkout is open. Here is what Creator, Starter, Growth, and Enterprise cost, what each plan includes, and why every Social Bee workspace is paid.

How Social Bee meters AI honestly

· How it works

Reserved before, settled after, recorded at actual cost. What it takes to make sure you are never charged for a generation you did not get.

Social Bee is now in ChatGPT

· Product

The Social Bee app is approved and live in ChatGPT. Brief a post, make the visuals, schedule it and publish it without leaving the conversation.