Tried automating my social media with AI and got results, but no real traction

[loonbeanz]

Following.

[Loud-Beginning-3191]

When you will provide value and target audience who really needs it, they will interact.

If you provide average, specially AI generated content that people can easily get from chatgpt then people will skip it.

In social media people usually don’t come with buying mood. You have to grab their attention. And if they engage you need an automation to handle all engagements for you. For scheduling posts I would suggest to use good content and schedule.

You may try Buffer, RepliBee for having all of it. Buffer doesn’t have engagement management that level but RepliBee could be good choice for you.

[bundlesocial]

tbh its hard, niche dependend and person dependent for example. We live in a world that has shit tons of CTA’s that should be working but personally I’ve never went trough with one, the same goes for following, commenting liking posts. I simply don’t do that, there are more people like that. Mostly men if Im being hnest, I find that people engage more with women content more even if numbers are smaller the % are bigger. We do social media API some of those observations are based on numbers that I see in the db

[trillbo]

Honestly, the key to real growth often comes down to understanding your audience and tailoring content.

Automating is good, but without that insight, it’s just noise.

I’ve been working on something that might help, a tool called WaveScoop.

It generates on-brand ideas and predicts engagement. It could help you get real traction.

[thatsocialguy]

You’re noticing what a lot of us are seeing: TikTok still gives you “reach lottery” for new accounts, while Instagram/FB throttle until you’ve built trust signals. Threads and LinkedIn care more about conversation starters than polished posts. Same content everywhere doesn’t mean same results.

[Crescitaly]

Cheap follower promos feel good on paper but don’t translate to watch or clicks. What helped me: tighten the first line of copy and the opening 2–3 seconds, then leave 10–15 thoughtful comments daily in your niche so people meet you outside your feed. If I add any ‘assist,’ it’s tiny and only on posts already showing above-average retention—using Crescitaly strictly to avoid the dead-start effect while I iterate.

[Key-Boat-7519]

Manual engagement plus native, face-forward short video beats AI rewrites and cheap follower promos every time.

On fresh accounts, I ditch quotes and post 20-45s Reels/TikToks with a 1-second hook, on-screen keywords, and a clear CTA to comment or save. Aim for 4-5 Reels a week on IG and 1 TikTok a day; edit inside the app; pin your top 3 Reels. Right after you post, leave 20-30 genuine comments on niche posts and reply fast to all comments; DM every new follower one specific question to start a convo. Run one micro-collab a week using IG’s Collab feature or TikTok duets/stitches. Go search-first on IG: put the keyword in the first 3 words of your caption and on-screen text; use 3-5 tight niche hashtags. If you pay, skip follower campaigns; use $5/day engagement or video view ads to seed and retarget viewers.

I use Later for batching and Flick for IG SEO; Path Social has been a light discovery nudge when I’m stalled, but content and conversations did the heavy lifting.

Keep it human and platform-native, with consistent manual engagement and small collabs.

[Worried-Cat7692]

teach and help people

[Specific_Ant_7428]

Growing accounts organically in 2025 is brutally hard, close to impossible. The platforms are built in a way that makes organic reach shrink unless you already have traction or push with paid. I read about a creator who posted on TikTok every single day for 3 months, was about to quit, and then finally saw traction in month 4. Consistency can still pay off but it is more of an exception than the rule.

My personal take is you need at least a small but solid organic base. Once you have that, paid campaigns can blow up like a rocket. Without it, even paid growth tends to fall flat because there is no authentic engagement to fuel the algorithm.