Connect your Instagram Profile to SocialBee

Check the table found here to see when AND what kind of content gets posted directly for which profile.

Connect a Business or Creator account

Click on the interactive screen below to see the steps, or scroll down to the written instructions. 

1. From your SocialBee Dashboard, scroll to the "Connect a new account" section.
2. Under the Instagram logo, click on the "+Business" button. 
3. This will redirect you to Facebook, where you will be prompted to connect to your Facebook account and grant SocialBee the necessary permissions to post on your profile.
4. You will be taken back to SocialBee, where you can select the profile you want to connect and click on "Connect account".

Add a Personal profile

Click on the interactive screen below to see the steps, or scroll down to the written instructions. 

1. From your SocialBee dashboard, scroll down to the "Connect a new account" section.
2. Under the Instagram logo, click on "+Profile".
3. Add your username and profile picture.
4. Click on "Connect via mobile reminders".

Create a Post for your Instagram Profile

Creating an Instagram post varies slightly from creating a post for other social profiles.

Creating and Scheduling Different Post Types 

With SocialBee, you can share multiple types of posts, including:

• Feed Posts (Single Images and Videos, Carousels).
• Reels. Read more →
• Stories. Read more →

Choosing Your Post's Destination

1. Open SocialBee's Post Editor and select your Instagram Profile.

2. Click on the "Customize for each profile" button.

3. For the Instagram profile, in the top-right corner, you will be able to choose where you want your posts to be shared from the drop-down menu (Post Destinations: Feed Post, Story, Reel, Feed & Reel).

4. Save your post.

After creating your post, you should be able to find it in your Content Categories and the Next Post tab, where you'll be able to preview your upcoming posts in a list, calendar, and grid preview.

Create collaborative Instagram posts

An Instagram Collaborative post lets you co-author a post with up to 3 collaborators, and it shows up on all of your Feeds. This feature is available only for static images.

To create a collaborative Instagram post in SocialBee, follow these steps:

1. Open SocialBee's Post Editor and create an Instagram post as you normally would.

2. If you haven't done this already, click on the "Customize for each profile" button.

3. Click on the "Tag" icon on your image.

4. Enter your collaborator's Instagram handle, click "Add collaborator," and then click "Save."

5. Save and schedule your post.

Once the post is published, your collaborator will receive a notification from Instagram to review the collaboration request and decide whether to accept or decline it.

Other available features for Instagram Posting

Posting Directly VS Reminders

Sharing content on Instagram can be done in three ways:

• Via Reminders, with our companion mobile app;
• By posting directly from SocialBee's web app;
• Through Zapier, Pabbly, or Buffer integrations.

Here is how different types of posts will be shared:

Enabling Direct Posting for a Previously Connected Profile

If you have never enabled direct posting for your Instagram profile, you will have to follow a few steps:

1

From your SocialBee Dashboard, go to the Social Accounts tab.

2

Click on "Reconnect". This will prompt you to authorize SocialBee within Facebook, giving us the right permissions to post directly to your profile.

3

Once completed, you will be redirected to SocialBee where you will see that the first tab is selected.

Enable Fallback Actions for Direct Posting

Since certain post types aren't supported at the moment, we have created a workaround using the SocialBee Companion Mobile App. 

In the Post Editor, you'll be able to see which posts are set for direct posting and which ones are scheduled to be posted via mobile reminders.

At the bottom of the text box, next to your emojis and hashtag collections, you will notice a red mobile phone. 

This signifies that the post cannot be shared directly, and you will receive a notification on your device when it's time to share the content.

Posting to Instagram via Reminders

Like with any other profile that posts via Reminders, once you receive the notification and open it, you'll be able to preview the post details in our mobile app. 

You'll see a thumbnail of the video, the caption, and the date and hour at which it was scheduled.

The next step is to tap on "Share Post" and you will see two prompts. First of all, you'll have to check that you are logged onto the right profile in your Instagram app.

Then, you will receive a confirmation that your caption has been copied.

Once you click "OK" the Instagram app will open with the file(s) all loaded up.

In the Instagram App

After you've clicked share post, you'll be prompted to choose between Feed and Story. 

According to each choice, you will have full access to all of Instagram's in-app features, so don't be shy to tune up your post with stickers, tags, filters, and more!