Learn how to bulk upload social media content in Orlo to save time when creating posts. This guide provides a step-by-step guide for uploading multiple social media posts at once.
Benefits 🙌
- Time-saving - If you already have pre-planned content ready to go, such as for a campaign or event, you can save time having to create each post individually and do this all in one go to upload to the content calendar
Things to consider ✅
- Bulk upload only works for single image posts; any carousel or video posts will need to be created in the composer area to load to the content calendar.
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2. Information to fill out in the Bulk Upload sheet
3. Re-uploading content to Orlo
How to bulk upload content:
1) Navigate to the 'Marketing' drop-down ➡️ Select 'Bulk Upload'
2) Once you are in the Bulk Upload area, click the 'Download Example Sheet'. This will send you a CSV file download to use as the template to add your social media posts.
You will also need to choose the date and time format from the dropdown menu and ensure that you follow this format when entering the scheduled date for your post on the CVS file.
Information to fill out on the bulk upload sheet:
3) When you have opened the CSV download, you will be required to fill out the different columns of information before you can re-upload the post to Orlo. The following is needed:
- Post text
- Post Image URL
- ALT Text
- The date for the post to be scheduled for
- Optional Account IDs - This column can be used to specify which social media account is used to publish the contents of the Text column. If left blank, you will be asked which account to use after uploading
Example post:
Re-uploading content to Orlo:
4) To upload your CSV file, click on the 'Upload CSV/ Excel File' button and select your file.
After uploading your file, you can choose which social media accounts the posts will be published to, and if you want them to be linked to a specific campaign. This process allows for a bulk upload of the content to one or multiple accounts. If you wish to assign specific posts to a particular account, you can use the Account ID column on the sheet to specify which account.
You will also have the chance to review your posts before uploading them. Once you are happy with your content, click on the 'Bulk Upload' button, which will push your social media posts to the content calendar to post for the chosen date and time.
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