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Schedule and Post to social media

AutoReel can post your videos to Instagram and Facebook for you.

Step by Step Video Walkthrough (4 minutes)

Connect your accounts once, then post right away or set a time for later.

Find it in the sidebar under Social media manager to get started.

Requirements

Note: For security and privacy reasons, Facebook and Instagram impose certain requirements to enable social sharing.

Check and confirm the below requirements are met before proceeding.

Requirement
Why
How To

Instagram Account must be a Business or Creator account (both are free)

Instagram does not let outside apps post from personal accounts

A Facebook Page you are an admin of

You can only post to a Facebook page rather than personal timeline.

Switching Instagram to a professional account is free and takes about two minutes. You keep your followers and your posts.

Someone else runs your Facebook Page? Ask them to give you Facebook access with full control. Partial control is not enough. Send them this resource: How do I give someone access to my Facebook Page?

Connect your accounts

Do this one time to connect your social media accounts.

  1. Open Social media manager from the sidebar.

  2. Click Connect account in the top right.

  3. A secure window opens. Log in and pick your account.

  4. You land back on AutoReel and see the account marked Connected.

Connect Instagram, a Facebook Page, or both.

Post a video

  1. Find a finished video in your listings.

  2. Click Share > Post on socials.

Then fill out the post details:

  1. Pick your accounts. All connected accounts are checked already. Click a card to turn one off.

  2. Write your caption. Type it, or click Generate with AI and edit what you get. The counter shows how many characters you have left. It turns red if you go over.

  3. Pick your timing.

    1. Post now sends it right away. This is the default.

    2. Post later shows a date and time picker. Set the day and time, then click Schedule post.

You land on the Social media manager page so you can watch it go out.

Track your posts

Navigate to Social Media Manager from your sidebar to see a table which shows every post and it's status. You can use the filters to switch between All, Scheduled, Posted, and Failed.

Each row shows the video, the account, the scheduled time, and a status.

Status
What it means

Scheduled

Waiting for its time. Nothing to do.

Publishing

Going out now.

Posted

It is live. Click View to see it.

Retrying

Something went wrong. AutoReel is trying again.

Needs attention

It got stuck. Take a look.

Failed

It did not go out. Click Retry.

Canceled

You called it off. You can reschedule it.

Frequently Asked Questions

Problem
Fix

Wrong Facebook Page name

Disconnect, connect again, pick the right Page

Your Instagram account does not show up

It is still a personal account, or it is not connected to a Page. Fix both in Before you start

Schedule button does nothing

Pick at least one account, and set a date and time

Caption will not save

It is too long. Trim it until the counter turns back to normal

Post says Failed

Click Retry. If it fails again, reconnect the account and reschedule

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