Create a Social Post from the Constant Contact mobile app

Create posts with text, images, and video, and copy and paste posts between your social platforms right from the Constant Contact application

Share updates to your social media pages right from the Constant Contact mobile app and keep track of the performance of your posts. You can connect and post to multiple social media pages on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn. Create posts with text, images, and video, and copy and paste posts between your social platforms right from the application. 

Note: Short-form video posting is not available in Trial, Lite, and Legacy accounts. Upgrade to Standard or Premium for unlimited social video posting. 

When drafting social posts, you can save them for later if needed. Drafts can be resumed from the app or the web. Preview social posts to see how they look before publishing them, and share an email in the Constant Contact mobile app on your social accounts. After publishing, Constant Contact tracks impressions, reach, engagement, saves, likes, watch time, video views, comments, and shares of your social posts.

• Connect your social accounts to the mobile app
• Create a social post
• Using Apple Intelligence in your social posts (Writing Tools & Image Playground)
• Share links in your sent campaigns
• View reporting for a social post
• Remove a connected social account

Connect your social accounts in the mobile app

Connect social accounts on iOS

1. In the app, tap on Account.

2. Tap on Social Accounts. 
   
   
   
   

3. Tap + Add Account. 
   
   
   
   

4. Select the social media platform you’d like to connect.
   
   
   
   

   Tip: Direct authentication of Instagram credentials (for Business and Creator profiles) is now supported. You no longer need to link your Instagram account to your Facebook Business Page first.

5. Log in to your account.
   
   
   
   
6. Select the pages or various accounts that you’d like to connect.
   

Note: Many social media platforms allow you to have multiple pages or accounts under the same login. With Constant Contact, you can manage posts for all of these pages or accounts.

Connect social accounts on Android

1. On Android, tap the Menu icon, then tap Settings.

   
   
   
   

2. From there, tap Connect under Social Accounts.
   
   
   
   

3. Tap Accounts. 
   
   
   
   

4. Select the social media platform you’d like to connect. 
   
   
   
   

   Tip: Direct authentication of Instagram credentials (for Business and Creator profiles) is now supported. You no longer need to link your Instagram account to your Facebook Business Page first.

    

5. Log in to your account. 
   
   
   
   

6. Select the pages or various accounts that you’d like to connect.
   
   Note: Many social media platforms allow you to have multiple pages or accounts under the same login. With Constant Contact, you can manage posts for all these pages or accounts. 
   
   

Create a Social Post

1. Tap the + Add icon. 

   1. On iOS, tap the + Add button in the middle of the floating menu at the bottom of the screen. 
      
      
      
      
   2. On Android, tap the + Add button in the top right corner of the screen.
      
      
      
      
2. Select Create Social Post. 
   
   
   
   

3. Choose the Social Platform you'd like to post to.
   
   
   
   

4. Type your post.

5. Tap the Image or Video icon to add media content.
   
   Consider the following requirements for your post, based on the platform: 
   
   

   Facebook	Instagram	LinkedIn
   Character limit of 63,206 30 images max Video length between 0:05 and 15:00 Video upload size max 4GB	Character limit of 2,200 20 images maximum Video length between 0:05 and 15:00 Video upload size max 4GB Note: Instagram requires an image or video to post	Character limit of 1,300 20 images max Video length between 0:05 and 15:00 Video upload size max 4GB

   
   
   
   

6. Select the images or short-form videos to include in your post. 

   • For Images: Choose from your Constant Contact Media Library or your phone’s Camera Roll, take a photo, or use the Image Playground to generate an image using Apple Intelligence.
     
     Note: Apple Intelligence’s Image Playground generates AI images and is only available on compatible iOS devices. Image Playground is not available on Android devices. Read our How to use Apple Intelligence in the Constant Contact mobile app article to learn more.
     
     

   • For Video: Choose from your phone’s Camera Roll, or record a video using your phone.

     
     
     
     

7. When content and images have been added, you can use the eye icon in the top right corner of the screen to preview your post and see how it will look once published to the social platform. 

8. Click Continue once you have finished drafting your post. 
   
   

9. Click the social media page or account you’d like to post to. 
   
   Note: Many social media platforms allow you to have multiple pages or accounts under the same login. With Constant Contact, you can manage posts for all these pages or accounts. 

Using Apple Intelligence in your Social Posts (Writing Tools & Image Playground)

On compatible iOS devices, the Constant Contact app connects directly to Apple Intelligence to leverage new Writing Tools and the Apple Intelligence Image Playground – helping you find just the right words virtually everywhere you write, and create beautiful images instantly. 

Note: Apple Intelligence is compatible with any iPhone 16 model, the iPhone 15 Pro, or the iPhone 15 Pro Max, as well as any iPad with A17 Pro or M1. Devices must be running iOS 18.1 or later, or iPadOS 18.1 or later. Finally, your device must have 7 GB of storage space available.

To learn how to use Apple Intelligence, read our How to use Apple Intelligence in the Constant Contact mobile app article.

Share links in your Sent campaigns

Once an email has been sent to a contact list segment, you’ll be able to share a link on your social media accounts. This will allow your social followers to view the email as if they’ve received it in their inbox, helping you expand the reach of your offers or notifications. 

Read the Share an email in the Constant Contact mobile app article to learn how to create and share a link to your emails.

View reporting for a Social Post

1. Tap on Campaigns.
   1. On Android, tap on the Menu icon , then tap Campaigns. 
      
      
       
   2. On iOS, tap Campaigns from the navigation menu at the bottom of the screen. 
      
      
      
       
2. (Optional) Tap Status > Posted at the top of the screen.
   
   
    
3. Scroll through to view total impressions, reach, and engagement for each social post campaign.

• Impressions - This is the number of times someone has seen your post. Each time an individual sees your post, it's counted as an impression.
• Reach - This is the total number of unique people who have seen your post. It includes your audience and anyone they've shared it with.
• Engagements - The number of times someone actively engaged with your post by liking the post, commenting on it, or sharing it.
• Reactions - The number of emotion-based responses users have left on your content beyond the traditional "like".
• Video Views - The number of times the video has been viewed. 
• Comments - The number of comments left on your posts.
• Shares - The number of times the post has been shared by another individual on the platform, using the Share buttons. 
  
  

Remove a connected social account

1. Go to Social Accounts
   1. On Android, tap the Menu icon , then tap Settings.
      
      
       
      From there, tap Social accounts.
      
      
       
   2. On iOS, tap Account from the navigation menu at the bottom of the screen, then select Social Accounts. 
      
      
       
2. (Optional) Tap the Facebook, Instagram, or LinkedIn tab at the top of the screen, depending on which type of account you want to remove.
3. Tap Remove to the right of the social account you want to disconnect.
   
   
    
4. Tap Remove to confirm.
   
   
    

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