RecurPost allows you to add multiple kinds of content, giving you the freedom to have variety in your posts. Here is a list of different types of content supported by RecurPost:

  1. Text posts: Simply write your content in the form of text and add it to your library.
  2. Link posts: Simply copy and paste your desired webpage link in the message box. RecurPost will get the information, including title, description, and image, from that link. A Link Post typically looks like an image with an embedded link. When you click on the image, it opens a new browser window and takes you to the embedded link.
  3. Image posts: An image post contains an image and a caption. What you write in the message becomes the caption to go along with your image. You can include a link in your message as well. However, clicking on the image will open the image itself and not the link from the message.
  4. Video posts: RecurPost also supports uploading and posting of videos. Videos posted to your accounts via RecurPost will appear as if they were posted natively, i.e., from that social platform’s interface.

Now, let’s see how to add new content.

You can choose to either add one-off posts that will go out to your account just once, or you can create a post in your library for repeated use.

How to add content

There are three ways to get content into RecurPost, each covered on its own page:

Anything you add to a library goes out on that library’s recurring schedule. See Libraries.

Add the First Comment in the post

We allow you to publish auto-posts on your accounts, tag people in your posts, and reply to comments via Inbox, as you are aware. However, you may now schedule your first comment for Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn. With the first comment feature, your posting improves and the caption/message of the post appears cleaner on your account.

If your post has a long message, you can write a portion of it in the message box and the rest in your first comment. In order to prevent clutter, you can also put your hashtags in the first comment rather than in the message. However, you are free to write whatever you like in your first comment.

The first comment function allows you to improve the reach of your post while also providing a nice and tidy caption.

Please keep in mind that the first comment in RecurPost is only available for the accounts on which we post directly. Out of all the direct publishing accounts, you can use the first comment for certain social profiles, such as Facebook (Profile, Group, and Page), Instagram Business Profile, and LinkedIn (Profile & Company Page). For the Instagram Personal Profile, it will not work as it works via push notification.

Let’s see how to schedule the first comment in your post using RecurPost.

While scheduling a one-off post or adding a post in the library, you need to go to the social media platform on which you want to add your first comment. Let’s say you want to add the first comment to your Instagram post, then go to the Instagram tab and add the first comment as shown below.

How to use the first comment on the Desktop site:

fist comment scheduling

Once you are done adding the first comment, then schedule the post as per your convenient date and time (if you are using a one-off post). However, if you are adding the first comment in your post in the library, then you need to simply click on the “Add to Library” button after adding your first comment.

Note:

  • The total number of characters must be 2200 in the first comment as per Instagram limitations.
  • Also, you cannot mention more than 10 users in your Instagram comments as per Instagram rules.
  • One comment can be seen right away in the RecurPost History.
history of scheduled posts