Effortlessly share your content on Instagram with the Vista Social mobile app. Whether you're posting to your feed, Stories, or Reels, Vista Social helps streamline the process to keep your audience engaged. From scheduling to publishing, it's all in one place—convenient, quick, and stress-free.
This guide will show you how to publish your content quickly and effortlessly using the app.
In this article, we'll go over:
- Supported content types
- Scheduling Instagram posts with auto publish
- Additional posting features for Instagram
- Post examples
- Planning Instagram posts with reminder notifications
Content types that can be published via the Vista Social app
Types of posts that can be published on Instagram:
- Single image posts
- Multiple image posts - carousels.
- Single video posts
- Multiple video posts - carousels.
- Reels (direct publishing, no notifications, no workarounds, no hacks)
- Stories (direct publishing for Business Profiles)
| Content-Type | Supported | Content-Type | Supported |
| Text only post | x | Stories | ✓ |
| Text w/ in-line link | x | Single GIF post | ✓ |
| Text w/ link preview | x | Single video post | ✓ |
| Text w/ link + image | ✓ | Multiple video post | ✓ |
| Single image post | ✓ | Post w/ call-to-action button | x |
| Multiple image post | ✓ | Post w/ comments | ✓ |
| Carousel post | ✓ | Post w/ like | x |
| Reels | ✓ | Post w/ tagging | ✓ |
Scheduling Instagram posts with auto publish
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Note: Auto posting is only available for Instagram Business Profiles that are linked to a Facebook Page. For Creator and Personal Profiles, click here. |
To get started, hit the publish icon then select your Instagram profile from the profile selector on top. You can now start creating your Instagram post!
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Additional posting features supported by the Vista Social app
1. Comments - automatically adds a comment to the post once published
2. User tagging - the ability to tag Instagram users (public profiles only)
3. Product tagging - the ability to tag products so you can create shoppable posts linked to your product details, pricing, or your online store
4. Location tagging - the ability to add a location to the post
5. Enable/disable comments - by default, users can comment on the post but you may disable this at the time of scheduling
Post examples
Below are some sample Instagram posts that were published via Vista Social:
1. Single image post
Image post which may or may not include a text or a text + link.
2. GIF post
GIF is a short animation that is normally used for sharing emotions or memes that might be difficult to express through text.
3. Single video post
Videos are used to gain more attention and increase conversion since they entertain the audience more than an image post. See video posting guidelines for Instagram here.
4. Carousel post
A carousel post is a post with multiple photos or videos that can be viewed by swiping or clicking left. you may directly schedule up to 20 images or videos in a single post.
Planning Instagram posts with Reminder Notifications
You can still schedule reels and feed posts for Instagram Creator and Personal profiles, as well as Instagram stories for all profile types. Just follow the steps below:
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Note: Allowing notifications is vital for you to be able to receive notifications for notification-based scheduled posts. |
1. Start by creating your Instagram post by clicking on the paper plane icon. Then, you will find an option to change from "Auto publish" to "Send reminder notification".
2. You can select your post type by tapping on "Publish as...".
3. Afterwards, you'll be able to pick your device (the phone you'll use for posting) from a list.
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Important: If your device does not show up, please be sure to log in to the mobile app on the phone first. |
4. Once you're done, hit Schedule Post!
5. When it's time to publish. You will receive a notification on your phone, like this:
6. When you click on it, it'll show you the caption and media for the post. Click on Continue to Instagram, making sure to grant permission to access your phone's photos.
7. The caption will have been automatically copied to your clipboard, so you can paste it from here.
8. This is an optional step. Go back to Vista Social and simply click on the check mark to acknowledge the post (mark it posted) or the x mark to reject it (you don't want to publish it). This will help better track this post on your calendar.
Need further help?
If you have any questions or need additional help, feel free to contact our awesome support team. We are here to assist you! 💙
Related Reading:
Instagram direct publishing of carousels with images and videos
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