Is your brand or business in a fast-paced industry where up-to-date information needs to be disseminated quickly? Do you need a platform to directly communicate with your customers or target audience? If so, then Twitter is for you.
Twitter helps build relationships with your existing and potential customers in a real-time fast-paced environment. Participate in live conversations using a unique hashtag or create questions and polls for your audience to engage to. 🚀
With the Vista Social mobile app, you can now schedule content on Twitter, straight from your phone!
In this article, we'll go over:
- Supported Content Types
- Scheduling Twitter Posts with Autopost
- Additional Posting Features for Twitter
In this article, we will discuss content scheduling on Twitter via the Vista Social app including our supported content types, posting features, limitations, and some publication examples.
Content types that can be published via Vista Social
Types of posts that can be published on Instagram:
Content-Type | Supported | Content-Type | Supported |
Text only post | ✅ | Single GIF post | ✅ |
Text w/ in-line link | ✅ | Single video post | ✅ |
Text w/ link preview | ✅ | Multiple video post | ✖️ |
Text w/ link + image | ✅ | Post w/ call-to-action button | ✖️ |
Single image post | ✅ | Post w/ comments (thread) | ✅ |
Multiple image post | ✅ | Post w/ like | ✅ |
Carousel post | ✖️ | Post w/ tagging | ✖️ |
Scheduling Twitter posts with Vista Social
To get started, hit the publish icon then select your Twitter profile from the profile selector on top. You can now start creating your Twitter post!
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Note: Twitter currently has a character limit of 280 and you can create threaded tweets by adding multiple comments to your main tweet. |
Additional posting features supported by Vista Social
1. Comment - automatically adds a comment/s to the post once published
2. First like - automatically likes the post once published
Below are some sample posts that were published via the Vista Social app!
1. Text-only post
Content with text only - no links, images, or videos
2. Text w/ link preview
A line of text with a link that includes a title, description, and an image to get a preview of what the link is about
3. Single image post
Image post which may or may not include a text or a text + link
4. Multiple image post
Twitter allows you to schedule up to 5 images in a single post
5. GIF post
GIF is a short animation that is normally used for sharing emotions or memes that might be difficult to express through text
6. Single video post
Videos are used to gain more attention and increase conversion since they entertain the audience more than a regular text or an image post. See video posting guidelines for Twitter here.
Related Reading:
Connecting your Twitter Profile to Vista Social
Limitations with sharing duplicate content on Twitter
Ideal image sizes and formats for your posts
How do I schedule posts for multiple social channels at the same time?
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