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How to set up Switchy URL Shortener
To set up a Switchy URL Shortener on Publer: Go to Accounts and select an account Select URL Settings and click on Switchy: Click Connect. Add the API key: Click here. Go to Settings. Select API key. Click Generate.  buttons to your links, you will increase your click-through rate and overall engagement.
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How to add follow-up comments to my posts
Add follow-up comments with media to your posts and schedule them to go out at any time you like, even with a specific delay from the post itself.
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How to automatically shorten links
Your posts need to look very clean because people tend to be attracted by short and precise content. This is why you can automatically shorten all your links using the following services we have partnered with: Bitly, Rebrandly, PixelMe, [Switchy
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How to create watermarks
Watermarks are one of the best ways to make a good impression and you don’t even have to worry about others illegally downloading, copying, or using your work. All your brand needs are unique photos and carefully designed media. What are Watermarks? While you can always take legal actions, the easiest and fastest way to protect your digital work is by watermarking them. Watermarks discourage the illegal use of creative material without the permission of its creator. They are usually
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How to tag/mention other social accounts
Mentioning other pages is sometimes necessary for a brand, because of the copyright attributions or different types of collaborations. This is why on Publer you can easily mention pages. All you need to do is type @ followed by the name.
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How to create & use signatures
Just like in Emails, signatures are simply text that will be automatically appended to the end of your posts. Signatures might consist of text, emojis, hashtags, slogans, emails, phone numbers, etc. To create a Signature for y
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How to create & use shortcodes
Let's say that once in a while you share on social media your business contact info or a link to your website in order to attract new customers. Having to type your info each time is annoying, time-consuming, and prone to mistakes. For that, we have shortcodes.
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How to customize posts for each social network
Maintaining an effective online presence on all social networks is costly and very time-consuming, but it doesn't have to be when you can customize posts with Publer. To customize posts for each social network: Go to the Create tab. Choose the social networks you want to share the post at. Design your post accordingly. Click on Customize Post icon.  won’t affect the watermarking tools. You can watermark photos on each social account you add to Publer. There’s no limit on the number of photos you want to watermark. Each watermark is account-specific. Watermarking photos is only available on the [Argentum (Silver) Plan](https://
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How to Auto-Delete posts
There are many brands which share different posts about 24-hour sales and events or influencers who share products from diverse brands, but then want to delete these posts. It is very tiring to go all over the social accounts you posted these offers/events/sales and delete them one by one manually. You can use the Auto-Delete tool on Publer: While creating a new post. On a previously scheduled post. To Auto-Delete a post while you are creating it: Go to Create. Select
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How to set up Rebrandly URL Shortener
To set up Rebrandly URL Shortener on Publer: Go to Accounts and select an account. Select URL Settings and click on Rebrandly: Hit Connect and authorize Publer to use your account. Once Rebrandly is connected you can choose whether you want to: Shorten any link. Shorten only link posts. You can always deactivate the Rebrandly URL Shor
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How to add a delay between accounts
Posting the same post to multiple places at the same time may trigger Facebook's spam detectors and might even hurt your edge rank. To protect yourself, you now have the option to add a delay between posts when scheduling or posting simultaneously to multiple Accounts. By default this option is turned off, but you can turn it on simply by checking it and providing a value. How does adding a delay
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How to set up PixelMe URL Shortener
To set up PixelMe URL Shortener on Publer: Go to Accounts and select an account. Select URL Settings and click on PixelMe. Click Connect. On the pop-up window that appears, add the API key. You can find it here.  click the eye icon on Media Options. , search for "rss". The URL you see there is the RSS Feed URL. Some simple ways to find the URL: For blogs hosted on Wordpress: Simply add a ‘/feed’ at the end of the URL
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How to preview Google My Business posts
On Google My Business you can create updates, events and also offers. You can preview everything as it is going to be shared on your Google account. Here’s what you can preview through Publer: Updates *Caption
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How to preview Twitter posts
While creating a post on Twitter, you check exactly how it will be shared online anytime. Whether it is going to be posted directly or scheduled for a later use. Remember: Signatures aren’t supported on Twit
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How to auto-schedule or auto-post the new RSS Feed articles
RSS Feed will pick up all of your new articles, store them in Publer's library, and then it will Auto-post, Auto-schedule, or take No Action depending on the settings you have chosen. To Auto-Post new RSS Feed articles: Go to RSS Feeds on Publer. Hover the mouse over the specific Feed on the left. Click on the Settings icon in the middle. Selec
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How to preview Facebook posts
Here’s what you can preview on your Facebook posts: Captions- If you choose to only write some text or even attach emojis, you can preview the post immediately. If you don’t like it, then you just continue editing. **
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What happens if I change the profile name on Publer to shorten it
When you add a social account to Publer, it will be saved with the exact same name. But, you can always change the name and it won't affect the appearance on the social networks. It is recommended to edit the names of pages/accounts which have the same name, so you can easily distinguish them while scheduling on Publer. Please keep in mind that if you sync the data on Publer, the social accounts will get their initial/original names as they appear online. Learn more about syncing [here](h
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How to watermark a Pinterest photo
To watermark a Pinterest photo: Go to Accounts. Select the desired Pinterest account. Select Watermarks and click on the + icon to upload a PNG file of the logo you want to add. Edit the logo to your liking. Optionally, you can make it a Default Watermark and attach it to every future photo. Finally, select Create to save the watermark
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How to delete one/multiple RSS articles
To delete RSS items: Go to RSS Feeds. Select the specific RSS Feed you want to delete posts from. To delete one item at a time: Click on the bin icon on the bottom right corner of the RSS item. Finally, click *Confirm. To delete multiple items at a time: Select multiple RSS items. Choose Delete at the bottom right menu of the das
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How to filter RSS articles
To filter RSS items: Go to RSS Feeds. Select the RSS feed of your choice. Choose among all the filter options: All Items, Used, or Unused. All items -- contains every RSS feed item. Used -- will show only the RSS items that have already been used (posted or scheduled). Unused -- will show only the RSS items that haven't been used at a
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How to fix the error I get when I try to log in to Publer
If you get an error when trying to log in to Publer that says: "The change you wanted was rejected. Maybe you tried to change something you didn't have access to." and it looks like the image below: Then try the following resources: Reload. Reload the page as sometimes it just need a refresh. Clear the cache. To clear the cache, simply follow the steps as show
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How to remove an RSS feed
To remove an RSS Feed: Go to RSS Feeds. Hover the mouse to the RSS Feed that you want to remove. Click on the x icon next to it. Finally, click on Confirm.
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How to search for an RSS article
To search for an RSS article: Go to RSS Feeds. Click on Search articles on top of the dashboard. Start typing and Publer will filter your text through all the RSS items' name and description. You can also Filter by Usage all RSS articles.
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How to use content recommendation
Content recommendation is here to help you elevate your online presence, get higher clickthroughs, and inspire you with relevant and up-to-date content. To use content recommendation: Go to the Content tab. Make a simple search with the Country and Category and then click on View. Once you click on View, you will immediately see the results, like so:
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How to set/change a thumbnail for a video
Adding or changing a thumbnail for a video post is fairly easy. You can choose to pick a thumbnail from the ones that are automatically generated or upload a custom thumbnail. To add/change the thumbnail: Go to Create. Design the video post to your liking. Click on the little camera icon underneath th
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How to insert Alt text for images
Inserting Alt text for images is important as it provides context of what the image shows, specifically when it cannot be viewed for any reason. When used properly, it can also help with the SEO score. To add Alt text: Go to Create. Design your photo post. Hover over the photo and click on the bottom right corner icon. When clicking on the Alt text icon, you wi
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Why do I get a Facebook error for my link?
If you are getting an error from Facebook like the following one: "Error from Facebook: Your content couldn't be shared because this link goes against our Community Standards." then that means that either FB does not accept this type of link or that they have banned links from this specific domain. Facebook will ban links that are: 1. From a specific domain that they have banned The reason why such links are not being accepted is that Facebook has banned links coming from this
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Why is Publer not generating a link preview?
Sometimes certain links will not work properly and Publer will not be able to generate the preview of those links. Publer is not able to show the image preview because: 1. Your website settings are not allowing it. If your website is not allowing it due to hot-linking issues, it will look like the image below: You have to turn-off/disable image hot-linking protection
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How to import media from OneDrive
You can import all types of media (photos, videos, and Gifs) from your OneDrive account. To import media from Google Drive: Go to Create. Select Click or Drag & Drop media. Choose the middle option, OneDrive. Sign in to your Microsoft OneDrive Account. 