Getting Started With Ready Social

Introduction

Social media management can be overwhelming, considering the numerous platforms that need to be managed. Ready Social makes it easy by allowing you to automate posts across multiple platforms, saving you time and helping you build your brand more efficiently. This guide will walk you through the steps to get started with Ready Social so you can take control of your social media efforts in just a few simple steps.

You are just 9 easy steps away from a better way to manage your social media. Open your Ready Social account in another tab and follow along.

In This Article

1. Connect Social Accounts
2. Set Up Posting Schedules
3. Create Your First Post
4. Visualize the Posting Queue With Calendar
5. See What Works With Analytics
6. Invite Team Members
7. Go Mobile With Apps and Extensions
8. Other Great Features

Connect Social Accounts

The first step to using Ready Social is to connect your social media profiles to Ready Social.

1. Click Accounts -> Connect Account to connect one of the profiles listed below.
   • Facebook: Page, Group
   • Twitter: Profile
   • LinkedIn: Profile, Page
   • Pinterest: Board
   • Instagram: Profile, Business (Professional)
   • YouTube: Channel
   • Tumblr: Blog
   • Threads: Profile
   • Google Business Profile: Chain Locations
   • TikTok: Profile
   • Bluesky: Profile

2. Once you click on the Connect button, you will be redirected to the social media platform and be asked for authorization.
3. Accept all permissions to continue.

Set Up Publishing Schedules

Once your accounts have been connected to Ready Social, you can manage your scheduled publishing by creating posting schedules. Posts added to your queue will be automatically scheduled during the next available time slot according to the posting schedule you have set up. Follow these steps to establish your posting schedule:

1. Go to Accounts -> Manage Accounts.

2. Select the social account for which you want to define a posting schedule.

   

3. Set time slots for posting by adding a time in the given field, selecting the days which you want to assign it, and clicking on Add.

4. You can also click on 'Select from Templates' to customize your scheduling timeslots with a single click.

5. Once you have added all the timings you want for each day, click the Save button.

Your posts are now scheduled and will be automatically published at the designated times.

Create Your First Post

Ready Social seamlessly schedules and publishes to your connected social media profiles. Posts can be made to individual social media accounts or to multiple accounts simultaneously.

Here are the steps to create a post with Ready Social:

1. To create a new post, click Posts -> Create Post.

   

2. Add a link or media (up to 4 images or 1 video) from your computer, Google Drive, Dropbox, or. Box.

   

   You can get images from Unsplash. Simply click on the Add media from an external source button and search for a suitable image by typing a term in the given search bar, selecting the image, and clicking on Add Image.

   

3. Customize your post with GIFs, emojis, hashtags, audience targeting, and location tags.

   

4. Add a First Comment for Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn if needed.

   

• Share Now: Publish immediately.
• Share Next: Publish in the next available time slot.
• Schedule Post: Set a specific date and time for the post.

• Repeat Post: Repeat the post across selected times and dates.

  

Visualize the Posting Queue With Calendar

The Content Calendar is a dynamic dashboard that helps you track your scheduled content and reschedule posts easily. You can filter the view of the calendar, create posts, and more.

1. Click Posts -> Calendar to view your scheduled posts.

2. Drag-and-drop scheduled posts to reschedule them without manually changing the time and date fields.

   

See What Works With Analytics

Analytics helps you take a deep dive into your social media data. Not only can you analyze the posts you make from Ready Social, but you can also analyze other posts made on your connected social media accounts. With one click, you have your easy-to-understand analytics report at your fingertips. Track your social media performance with Ready Social analytics. Here is how you can access analytics:

1. Go to Analytics and select which social platform you want to view analytics for.

2. View engagement metrics and generate reports for further analysis.

To get a better understanding of social analytics and reports, click here.

Other Great Features

In addition to the features covered above, Ready Social offers these additional features:

• Add RSS Feeds: Share your blog posts automatically or manually to your connected social profiles by adding your blog’s RSS Feed to your Ready Social account.
• Create Groups: If you want to create and share content over the same set of social media accounts regularly, and you don’t want to select the accounts individually each time, you can create groups of accounts to queue posts with a single click.
• Social Inbox: Reply to and manage all messages, posts, and comments on all your Facebook Pages and Instagram accounts - in one place.

You're all set now! Welcome to Ready Social, the future of social media management!

Questions?