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Smartposts allows users to schedule and publish posts on Facebook, Instagram and other social media such as Twitter, Linkedin, Reddit, Wordpress(self-hosted), and Medium. Users can schedule and publish multimedia post, text post, image post, video post, CTA post, Carousel/Video post, Link post, Html post, Auto post — Rss Feed and Youtube video post. 

In this article, I will explain the process of using the Social posting feature of SmartPosts to schedule and publish posts on various social media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, and others. We will explore the steps involved in scheduling and publishing posts on different social media platforms.

To create Facebook, Instagram, and other social media posting campaign, First, go to the Dashboard of the SmartPosts. At the left-sidebar of the Dashboard, you will a menu called Social Posting.

Click on Social Posting and instantly a page will appear. The page is divided into two sections – Facebook & Instagram Poster and Social Poster. To create a Posting campaign on Facebook and Instagram, you have to work on Facebook & Instagram Poster section.

Facebook & Instagram Poster

Multimedia Post

To create a Multimedia Post (Text, Link, Image, Video), click on the Multimedia Post. Instantly, the Multimedia posting page will appear with a create new post button. And already created campaigns will be displayed here as a list.

To create a campaign, click on the create new post button. Instantly, a page will appear with some fields. To create the campaign, you have to fill-up the fields. First, you have to select a Facebook page the post will be published. Also, you can select an auto-reply template for the post.

Text Post

Text option is already selected by default. Therefore, if you want to create a campaign for text post, just write the name of the campaign in the field called campaign name. Then write your text in the field called Text.

Post now is selected by default. Therefore, if you want to publish the post immediately, click on the submit button. And without delay, a successful message will appear on a box.

On the other hand, if you want to schedule the post, turn off the radio button called Post now. To see the details of the posting time, hover your mouse over the tooltip button.

As the post now button has been turned off, some additional fields will appear. Now you have to fill out the fields.

In the schedule time field, you have to provide the date and time the post will be posted on. Just as you click on the schedule time field, a calendar with the date and time will appear. From the calendar, you have to select the date and time.

After that, you have to select the time zone. Click on the Time Zone field and instantly a drop-down menu of different time zones will appear. From the drop-down menu, you have to select your time zone.

Now you have to specify how many times the post will be re-posted. Give a number on the re-post this post fields. And this post will be posted the number of times you specified.

Click on the time interval field and a drop-down menu of different time intervals will appear. From the drop-down menu, select a time interval.

Click on the submit button and the post will be scheduled and you will see a successful message.

Link Post

To create a campaign for Link post, select link option. Instantly, an extra field called Paste link will appear. You have to provide a URL in the Paste link field. Instantly, the preview of the URL will appear at the right side of the page. Other than that, everything is the same as the text post.

Image/Video Post

To create a campaign for Image/Video post, select Image or Video option. Instantly, a field called url and upload button will appear. By clicking the upload button, upload an image/video. Just as you upload an image the url field will be filled with the local link of the image and miniature version of the image will appear under the upload button. And the preview of the image/video post will appear on the right side of the page.

By clicking on the upload button, you can upload more images but there is a limit of the size for videos. The uploaded files will be saved for later use. And the miniature versions of the files will appear. By clicking on an image, you can select it for an image post the same applies for videos.

Also will appear two buttons called edit and delete. By clicking on the edit button, you can edit the image. Click on the edit button and instantly, an image editor with the image will appear. On the editor, you can edit the image. After you have edited the image, just as you click on the Save image button, the edited version of the image will appear. And by clicking on load button, you can upload another image to edit. Other than that, everything is the same as the text post.

Call To Action Post

Let’s see how to create a campaign for Call To Action (CTA) post. Now click on the CTA post and a page called CTA poster will appear with a button called Create new post.

Click on the create new post button and a page called add CTA post will appear with some fields. To create a campaign for CTA post, you have to fill-out these fields.

First, give the campaign a name in the Campaign name field. Then write your message in the message field. This message supports spintax. In the paste link field, paste a link where the user will be redirected to. Then you have to select a button from the cta button type. Click on the cta button type field and drop-down menu of different button types will appear. From the drop-down menu, select a button type.

The CTA button action link field will automatically filled with the link you have pasted on the paste link field. From the pages to post field, select a page you want to post on. Of course, you can select multiple pages.

You can also select a template from the auto-reply template field. Click on the field and a drop-down menu of different pre-defined templates will appear. If there is no predefined template, you have to create a template first.

Posting now button is turned on by default. By turning off the post now button, you can schedule the post. Turn off the button and some fields will appear. And like before you have to fill-out these fields to schedule the call to action post.

Now click on the create campaign button, a successful message will appear. That is, the campaign has been created.

Carousel/Video Post

To create a carousel/video post, click on the Carousel/video post option and a page called carousel/slider poster will appear with a button called Create new post.

Click on the create new post button and instantly, a page called video/carousel poster will appear with some fields.

To create a campaign for carousel post, select carousel option. After that, give the campaign a name in the campaign name field. Then select a page from the pages to post field. In the slider link field, give a link that will appear at the last of the slider. In the message field, write a message.

Then you will see slider content option with some fields. Give a title in the title field. Then paste a link in the action link field. Give a description in the field called description. Then upload an image. After uploading an image, the local link of the image will appear in the image link field.

To create a carousel post, you have to add at least two slider content. Well, to add another slider content click on the add more content button. And instantly, another slider content option will appear. And like before you have fill-out the same type of field.

After that, if you want to schedule the post, just turn off the post now button and some field will appear. Now like before, you have to fill-out the field.

Now click on the create campaign button and you will see a successful message. That is, the campaign has been created.

Video Slide Show

To create a campaign for video slide show, please select the video slide show option.

Then you have to give a campaign name in the campaign name field. After that, select a page in the post to pages fields. Of course, you can select multiple Facebook pages.

Then come the video-slide section. In the message field of the section, write a text message. In the image duration field, select an image duration in seconds from a drop-down menu.

In the transition duration field, select a transition duration in seconds from a drop-down menu. Then in the image content section, you have to upload an image by clicking on the upload button. To make a Video Slide show campaign, you have to provide at least three images and corresponding information.

You can provide more images by clicking on the Add more image button and click on the create campaign button and you will see a sucessfull message.