Today we are thrilled to announce a very exciting update to Socialdraft: You Can Now Schedule Posts to Instagram Using Socialdraft
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Pretty much everyone was asking for this feature, so we’ve worked with Instagram’s API to come up with a way that you can schedule reminders when you need to post to Instagram.
How to schedule posts to Instagram using Socialdraft (iOS & Android)
Connect Your Instagram Account & Mobile
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1.Connect your Instagram account by clicking the blue band on the top of the home page.
2. Add a mobile number: Settings >> Social Settings >> Social Connect
Create Your Post
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1.Create a post: enter caption >> enter link (if desired) >> enter image >>
2. Click the Instagram icon & select your Instagram account
3. Choose either “Schedule Post” to schedule for later OR “Share Now” to publish immediately
4. Check your smartphone for an SMS
5. Click the link to open the Instagram template
How to schedule posts to Instagram using Socialdraft (iOS)
1. Softly tap the image
2. Save the image to your camera roll
3. Click “Select Message”
4. Copy Message
5. Click “Proceed to Instagram”
6. Instagram will open up the image
7. Click “Next”
8. Edit the image if desired
9. Click “Next”
10. Paste your Caption
11. Add location if desired
12. Click “ok”
13. Click “Share”
How to schedule posts to Instagram using Socialdraft (ANDROID)
1. You will be redirected to your post details
2. Tap the “Proceed to Instagram” button, this will automatically copy your caption to the clipboard, save the image to your mobile, and open Instagram app
3. In the Instagram app, select the image, paste the caption and follow the regular Instagram posting instructions
NOTE ***There are a few Android devices that will not pull in the images correctly. If your Android device happens to do this, then follow these steps:
1. When SMS is sent, click the link on the message
2. ‘Tap ‘Download Content’ button
(this will auto copy caption and download the image)
3. Open the downloaded image
4. Tap the ‘share icon’
5. Select Instagram
6. Paste the caption and post
Are you Ready to Give Socialdraft A Try?
If not, you should be. Socialdraft is not just an Instagram scheduler. It is an all-in-one social media tool that can be used by teams. With Socialdraft you can:
- Schedule posts to Instagram, Facebook pages, LinkedIn Business Pages, Pinterest Boards and Twitter.
- Search Instagram by hashtag and schedule reposts to ALL your connected social networks
- Schedule posts individually, in bulk, or recurring
- Duplicate posts
- Set up different types of users with different permissions and restrictions
- Pull reports
- Download your content calendars as PDF
- and tons more.
Even with the drop on Instagram reach, we still recommend marketing your brand or business on the platform. Why? Instagram does not restrict you the same way when it comes to reaching out to potential customers. It’s incredibly easy to engage them into a conversation. If your business has not yet created an Instagram account, go ahead, take the plunge and establish a business profile on Instagram so that your brand is visible to another new market. Then, take a second to read this post. It’s a quick guide for absolute beginners (we’ve got plenty of advanced articles for you to read once you’ve mastered these basics).
Instagram Beginners Guide
We’ve mentioned this before but it bears repeating — Instagram is still one of the fastest growing social media platforms, with 15 times more user engagement than Facebook, and 40 times more engagement than Twitter.
1. Double tap a photo to like it.
2. Create an Instagram Business profile. You’ll hear that this decreases your engagement, but you can’t be fully in the game unless you keep score. When you create a business account, you’ll be able to:
- Get insights on performance for stories and promoted posts
- Get information on your followers and how they engage you
- Add more information about your brand or business (example – hours, location, contact info)
- Run ads and get reporting on your ads
- Include call-to-action buttons
3. Choose an aesthetic look. This will help you keep consistent branding and increase brand recognition.
4. Make sure your images are always easy to read (clear, simple and to the point)
5. Click the raindrop to use tilt-shift focus on the photograph. What does this do you ask? This allows you to select part of your image to be in focus, while the rest is slightly blurry. This gives an edgy and unique to particular pics.
6. Use your phone’s camera to take all of your photos and then upload them to Instagram. This provides agents more control over design.
7. Use hashtags in your image captions. This groups the photo with other photos of similar themes and makes it easier for your audience to find you.
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8. Once your picture is published, click the three dots under it to delete it, share it, copy the photo’s URL, or to email it to someone.
9. Respond to any comments under your photo by holding down the user’s name. You can mention the user or be taken to their profile. By doing this they will get a notification that you have responded.
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10. Keep your comments area spam free. Leaving those crummy “nice pic” comments makes it look like you don’t care about your business. Besides, as you can see in the above video, it is super easy to remove spam and block spam commenters.
11. You can delete comments that you’ve left on another individual’s photos by clicking the top right-hand corner, and then clicking the red circle next to your name. Remember to take your time and use discretion to avoid needing to do this often.
12. Want to put a filter on your photos and save them to your photos? But you also do not want to publish them on to your Instagram feed? Use this trick: Put your phone in “airplane mode” and load your photos as you would normally. Your photos will be saved to the camera roll.
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13. Use a strong Instagram tool like Socialdraft. With Socialdraft you can:
- Schedule posts to multiple Instagram accounts
- Have multiple people create and post content
- Search hashtags
- Repost images to all your connected social networks
- and manage all your other social media
If you’re curious about how Socialdraft works, take us for a risk-free trial.
We’re HUGE fans of Instagram. Yeah, all those “Buy 100,000 Instagram Follower” accounts are annoying, but overall it’s an awesome platform to connect with and convert your audience. Today’s post is all about the tools that we use in-house and absolutely LOVE for Instagram management. They are listed in alphabetical order cause we didn’t want any of them to get mad.
Instagram Management Tools
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Socialdraft
It should come as no surprise that we use Socialdraft. Our dashboard allows you to find content creators by hashtag. You can then schedule reposts of their content to all your social media sites. You can schedule posts to multiple accounts and repost Instagram content to other social networks including Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn with a few clicks.
No Likes Yet
Use this one to find posts that nobody has liked yet. Why would you do this? It’s an incredibly powerful way to get people to pay attention to you and to follow you.
Hyperlapse
This app is super fun. It’s directly from Instagram and allows you to shoot long-term video and condense it into a short amount of time (like an old-school silent film). If you want some ideas on how to use Hyperlapse, click here.
Lomotif
Big fan of Lomotif. It lets you choose a video from your phone and add snippets of music to it. You can then share it on Instagram. It’s free, but to remove their watermark, you pay a small sum – totally worth it.
WordSwag
This one is my fave. You don’t need Photoshop if you have this handy app. There are tons of images you can choose from and you can add write-ups to them. It’s super easy to use too. Totally worth the $3.99.
When Instagram was purchased by Facebook in 2012, it only had 30 million users. Today, it has 400 million active users of which 60% log in on a daily basis. A whooping 30% of all internet users are on Instagram and the network is growing by leaps and bounds. This means that internet markets would be silly not to promote their business or clients on the network. This has proven challenging, but Socialdraft has been hard at work to provide you even more tools to help you grow a targeted Instagram following AND increase your ROI. Today we’ll discuss how to grow Instagram followers and how to better manage your time on the platform so you can get back to running your business.
How to Grow Instagram Followers with Socialdraft
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Search New Posts Via Hashtags
Whenever you post to Instagram, log onto the Socialdraft social media tool and perform a quick hashtag search. These are the people who have just posted fresh content related to your post. This means they are currently online which increases the chances of them liking and commenting on your posts. Once your search comes up on the screen, click the hearts on the images to like those posts right from the dashboard.
Other Socialdraft Instagram Tools
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Socialdraft’s other Instagram tools will make it the most complete tool for Instagram marketing out there. These tools include:
1. Scheduling posts to multiple Instagram Accounts on the Socialdraft Social Media Calendar.
2. Working with multiple team members on content creation.
3. Reposting Instagram content to various social networks including Instagram, Facebook business pages, Twitter accounts, LinkedIn business pages, and Pinterest Boards.
What Else Does Socialdraft Do?
Socialdraft is more than an Instagram tool. It is an all-in-one Social Media Dashboard. It is the most robust and simple tool for agencies and teams to effectively handle social media. With Socialdraft you can:
Schedule posts to Facebook pages, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn Business Pages (and one LinkedIn account) and Pinterest Boards
Schedule posts individually, as recurring posts, or bulk upload them as CSV
Easily re-schedule with a drag & drop action
Schedule GIFs to Facebook and Twitter
Download content calendars as PDF
Find content on Instagram and easily schedule reposts not just to Instagram but to all other social networks
Engage on Twitter, Facebook, and Linkedin
Download Facebook and Twitter reports
and tons more…
If you are curious about Socialdraft, take it for a risk-free trial. You’ll get to try out all the features and decide if Socialdraft is right for you.
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The Socialdraft Social Media Suite has a very robust Instagram implementation. With Socialdraft, you can do a variety of things to help you grow your Instagram account and get an ROI from the time spent on the network.
Socialdraft Instagram Features Include
1. Schedule posts to multiple Instagram Accounts (we send an SMS with the image & write up to your smartphone)
2. Allow team members to create content (and allow different team members to publish this content)
3. Repost Instagram content not just to Instagram, but to Facebook business pages, Twitter accounts, LinkedIn business pages, Pinterest Boards, and…of course…Instagram.
Watch the video above to see this feature in action and if you want to take the Socialdraft risk-free trial.
What Else Does Socialdraft Do?
Socialdraft is more than an Instagram tool. It is an all-in-one Social Media Dashboard. It is the most robust and simple tool for agencies and teams to effectively handle social media. With Socialdraft you can:
Schedule posts to Facebook pages, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn Business Pages (and one LinkedIn account) and Pinterest Boards
Schedule posts individually, as recurring posts, or bulk upload them as CSV
Easily re-schedule with a drag & drop action
Schedule GIFs to Facebook and Twitter
Download content calendars as PDF
Find content on Instagram and easily schedule reposts not just to Instagram but to all other social networks
Engage on Twitter, Facebook, and Linkedin
Download Facebook and Twitter reports
and tons more…
If you are curious about Socialdraft, take it for a risk-free trial. You’ll get to try out all the features and decide if Socialdraft is right for you.
Yup. You read that title right. You can now schedule to multiple Instagram accounts with Socialdraft.
How to Use Socialdraft to Schedule Posts to Multiple Instagram Accounts
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It’s quite simple.
- Connect your Instagram accounts
- Assign the mobile number you want the posts to go to
Then schedule your post
You can do this from multiple places:
- Your home page dashboard
- The drag & drop calendar
- The Photos section on Socialdraft
- A csv upload
- From any page on the web using the Socialdraft Bookmarklet
We’ll cover scheduling from the drag & drop calendar:
- Open up the Drag & Drop calendar.
- Click on the date you want the post to schedule to.
- Enter your write up & add a link (if you so desire).
- Upload your image (this is the most important thing – the system will NOT work unless you upload an image.
- Click the Instagram Icon (you can choose other networks as well if you want the same content to publish there).
- Select one or multiple Instagram accounts for this post to be scheduled to.
- Choose the time you want this post to be sent to your smart phone
- Click “insert post?
Once the time for your scheduled posts comes around, you (or your assigned team member) will receive an SMS with the image and write up for the post. The video below shows the publishing process:
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***We recommend that you (or your team member) always make sure that you are logged into the Instagram account you want to post to.
We hope you enjoy this feature and use it well.
Any questions, just open up a chat with one of our agents (look at the right hand corner for a prompt).
