Using the Zoho Social mobile application on Android and iOS, you can manually publish Instagram Posts, Stories, and TikTok videos with a duration between 60s and 10 mins. Zoho Social supports direct publishing automatically for posts. However, in the below cases, direct publishing is not possible, and you will only be able to publish your posts manually:
- If you're trying to publish Instagram Stories from Instagram Creator Profiles.
- If the dimensions of images, or dimensions and size of videos don't fit the standard requirements of the social network.
Manual Publishing is currently supported for Instagram and TikTok if the video duration between 60s and 10 mins
Publishing an Instagram Post
If
you've connected your Instagram professional account with Zoho Social, you will need the Zoho Social mobile app along with your web app to
publish posts on Instagram. All
your posts, regardless of the number of media files you choose to
share—single or multiple images and videos, will be published with Zoho
Social's mobile app and the
Instagram app.
Before you start posting, keep in mind the following points:
- Check if you have the Zoho Social app and the Instagram app installed on your iOS or Android device.
- Make sure you have connected your Instagram account to Zoho Social on the web application.
- Turn on Notifications from the Zoho Social app on your device, to allow us to send
you Instagram Publishing Notifications on the date and time for which
you've scheduled your post.
Follow these steps to continue posting via Zoho Social app + Instagram:
1. Click
to access the compose screen. Choose the brand you want to post on.
2. Click
at the top left of your compose screen to select the Instagram Profile. You can also pin this channel to the compose box.
3. Upload the required media. Once you're done crafting your post, if the uploaded media don't fit the network requirements for Instagram or Tiktok, you will be prompted to choose manual publishing for the respective networks. Click the toggle to proceed with manual publishing.
If you want to publish directly, resize the media according to the network requirements.
4. Click Next on the compose screen. The screen will display options like: Publish Now, Custom Schedule, SmartQ, CustomQ, and Save as Draft.
5. To post immediately, click Publish Now. In case your post is scheduled to go live later, you will receive a notification on your mobile at that particular date and time to publish it. Click the notification to continue publishing via Zoho
Social's mobile app.
6. Click the Open Instagram button at the bottom of the screen if you want to publish on Instagram. Zoho Social will automatically download the images or videos and save the
text caption on your clipboard.
Android users can choose either Instagram or Tiktok for manual publishing from the same screen.
7. From the following screen that appears, click the Feed icon to head over to your Instagram feed. (for iOS devices)
8. Click
at the bottom of your Instagram feed to open the crop screen. (for Android devices)
9. Select the images and videos you'd like to post by clicking them in the order of your choice.
10. Paste your Caption. You can also choose to Tag People, Add Location, or cross-post the images to Facebook, Twitter, or Tumblr.
11. Click OK. (for iOS devices)
12. Click Share.
Keep in mind that you cannot delete posts
published on Instagram directly from Zoho Social. You have to use the
Instagram app to do that. Once a post is published, you cannot edit the content of the post using Zoho Social. Publishing an Instagram Story
The stories created from the web application can be published manually from the Zoho Social mobile application. Based on the selected publishing option, you will receive a Publishing Notification at the specific date and time.
Once the notification is selected, all the images and videos will be downloaded to your mobile device and will be available as you open the Instagram application. You can copy the caption added from the Zoho Social mobile app and paste it in the respective media item. If you have added only one image with a caption, it will be automatically copied to clipboard. Once the stories are created, you can go ahead and share it with your followers.
Manual publishing of Instagram Stories can be opted for in the following cases:
- You want to add more than one story at the same time
- Add a caption to your story
- Your media files don't fit the requirements of the network
- If you're publishing from a Creator profile
Note
- You can add up to 10 media items in your Stories via manual publishing.
- Make sure that the notifications are enabled in your Zoho Social mobile app to publish stories on Instagram manually.
Publishing on TikTok from the mobile app
If the duration of the video is shorter than 3s and longer than 60s then you can manually publish on TikTok from the Zoho Social mobile app.
To publish on TikTok