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Autolist feature rules of thumb
As a rule of thumb - you should use the 160 character limits on your posts to get people to click the link and to keep your post punchy. Think of a search engine entry that you might click which basically has the Page Title as the headline click bait, its kind of the same idea.
I would keep the Max Characters field in the RSS Link field low enough to not give you too much to think about - enough to grab the URL and enough to recognise the post with, that's it. Then Change the post message to be unique punchy and relevant.
Suggest you use a URL shortener and even turn on the Shortener in the AutoList to reduce chars.
We suggest you setup a post specifically setup for LinkedIn, Facebook and GMB (Google my Business) and do a separate post-setup just for Twitter & Insta. The post can still be automated, but it needs to be structured differently - much shorter and snappier due to the character limits and requirements you have. Decide how important nor not the image is. If there is no great image, Insta is a waste of time.
You should ALWAYS create a unique message for each Auto blog post (so the post's message) rather than use the one pulled from the Post automatically. Keep the URL that's important.
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Instagram requires a picture uploaded before it can be published - no pic not post! If you don’t have Instagram Network turned on in the auto list before th eblog post is pulled in that you want to publish, then it cannot use just the blog preview link that the other networks can use. You need to physically choose a photo to upload or add a link to a picture for Instagram. To avoid manually doing it see the article about posting to Instagram using autolists.
4. Autolist feed not showing my most recent post
My feed isn’t showing my most recent post / my recent post is missing in the autolist
Click the RSS feed link
Check ‘show previous X posts’ is selected and then Save as you may have already posted and its disappeared.
If still not there, check the blog post in VIA is live ('Show on Website') and that your API is turned on
Otherwise have you already posted it before and not got the repeat button on? If so then your post will most likely been removed from the autolist as its not going to be repeated after its been published.
5. Getting errors in Red
I get a red error above my Autolist post
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What is the prefix and suffix for in the RSS Feed Link in Autolists?
Prefix is what you want to be put generically in the post heading. I would leave this blank as you don't want a generic heading. Its clickbait and should be unique.
Suffix is what goes at the end of your post, and I would recommend adding the generic hastags here only. Any unique ones add to the post itself. Don't double up on hashtags though!
7. Max Character field
What is the Max Characters field for in the RSS Feed Link in Autolists?
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