What is a Content Category?

• What? Content Categories = Folders = Buckets to organize your posts = You could consider them your content library. 
• Why? Adding different types of posts in those Categories will help you get a better content mix. 
• Types? We give you some preset Categories like Blogs from RSS feeds, Promotional, Educational, Quotes, etc.
• How? You add posts into Content Categories → then you add Content Categories in your Posting Schedule. Each week, we look at your posting schedule to see from what Category we need to share your next post.

We call this whole process Category-based scheduling.

How do I create a Content Category?

1

Go to SocialBee's Dashboard and click on "Content" → "Categories" in the left-side menu.

2

Now, in the top-right corner of your screen, click on the "Create Category" button.

3

A new window will open, where you will be able to customize your Category. 

a.

Setup Category: Add the basic details of your category—name, description, and color.

b.

Default Settings:

— Choose where you want new posts to be added in the Category (top/ bottom).

— Choose if you want content from this Category to be shared randomly.

— Choose if you want to re-queue the content—making it evergreen (compared to shared once). This means the posts will be reshared endlessly unless you delete them/ expire them.  

c.

URL Settings: Set UTM parameters/ shorten all the links added in that specific Category.

 

4

Hit "Create Category".

Types of Content Categories

1. Evergreen or Share Once
2. Preset Categories
3. Random Categories

What should I do with my Content Categories?

Once you’ve created your new Content Category, you can go ahead:

1. Add posts in the Content Category, and:
2. Add the Content Category in your schedule.

Pausing a Content Category

If you'd like to stop posting from a specific Category, check out this in-depth article about pausing Content Categories. 

Changing your Content Category color

If you're a visual person, you can set different colors for your Content Categories.

These colors appear as a border at the top of each Category. Read our guide on changing Content Category colors to learn how to update them.

Posts without a Content Category

If you don't want to assign a post to a Category, you can set it to expire after it's published once. Read our article on posts without a Content Category.

Posting order with content from a Category

If you'd like to reorder posts within a Category, read our guide on changing the order of posts in a Content Category.

Set up a sequence for your Categories

If you need a sequence of multiple Content Categories to be displayed in your schedule, check out this article on how to set up a Category sequence.

Duplicate content in a Content Category

If you want to create a copy of a post in a Content Category, read our guide on duplicating posts in a Content Category.

Bulk edit content in a Content Category

If you want to edit multiple posts in the same Content Category at once, read our guide on bulk editing Content Category posts.