Youtube Publishing with Vista Social – Vista Social

With approximately 2.49 billion monthly active users engaging in YouTube, it can be a powerful marketing tool for brands. With Vista Social, not only can you schedule content on Youtube, but we also provide comprehensive reporting and the ability to respond to comments!

In this article, we'll go over:

Scheduling Youtube posts with Vista Social
Content types that can be published via Vista Social
Additional posting features supported by Vista Social
Sample of posts published via Vista Social

Content types that can be published via Vista Social

Content-Type	Supported	Content-Type	Supported
Text only post	×	Single GIF post	×
Text with in-line link	×	Single video post	✓
Text with link preview	×	Multiple video post	×
Text with link + image	×	Post with call-to-action button	×
Single image post	×	Post with first comment	✓
Multiple image post	×	Post with like	✓
Carousel post	×	Post with tagging	×

Scheduling Youtube posts with Vista Social

To get started, select YouTube from your list of profiles, hover over the left side menu then click Create, then choose from the four posting options (New post, Bulk publishing, Find conten t, and Smart publishing) as shown below:

You can also choose to either preview your YouTube post as a classic video or a short:

Additional posting features supported by Vista Social

Video title - Specify the title for your video
First comment - Automatically adds a comment to the post once published
Privacy status - Option to publish the video as public, private, or unlisted
Category - Choose the category for your video
Playlist - Choose a playlist to add your video to
Tags - Add tags for your video
First like - Automatically likes a post once published
Embeddable - Allows others to embed your video on other sites
Notify subscribers - Notifies the subscribers once the video is published
Made for kids - Prevents/allows underage users from watching your video

Note: Youtube description currently has a character limit of 2,000 and you can immediately see the post preview on the right side to get an idea of what it would look like once published.

Sample of posts published via Vista Social

1. 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 Youtube here.

2. YouTube Shorts

Scheduling YouTube Shorts is easy! Just make sure the video you've uploaded is less than 60 seconds long. For more information, check out this article on YouTube Shorts.

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