- [Instructor] If you're looking to automatically
schedule posts specifically for Instagram,
then one of the best tools you can use is Later.
You can access Later at Later.com.
You can see here on the homepage,
they have a really nice visual calendar
that allows you to schedule your posts if you scroll down,
you can see a little bit more about how that works.
So, you know, they say a social media marketing platform
that actually helps you grow
and I really love the visual user interface.
You can just drag and drop your Instagram photos
in the spot in the calendar
that you'd like it to be posted.
So let's take a look.
I have my Later account open here
and you can download Later for iOS and Android
or you can use the desktop version.
Obviously, if you have your photos on your phone
you may want to use one of the mobile versions
but I really just like seeing things here on the desktop.
And I think we can kind of see things more clearly.
So when you use Later you need to upload some media.
So I have this photo uploaded right here
and in order to schedule it,
I can just drag it to the point in the calendar
that I'd like to schedule it.
So I can just drag it in there.
And then we can go ahead
and we can edit anything we'd like about this post.
So, you know, I can edit the filters
of the photo if I'd like.
I can then, you know, add a caption. So.
of course you can add any of your hashtags
all that sort of thing if you'd like
you can tag people right from here
you can even add the first comment.
A lot of people like to add their hashtags
in the first comment.
So you can do that as well.
And then down here at the bottom
you can specify exactly what time you'd like to
upload this post.
So we obviously dragged it into the calendar
on the day and time that we liked, but if we wanted to do it
at like 2:06 PM or a very specific time, we could do that.
And then you can just click save
and that post will be scheduled.
Now we've talked a little bit in this course
about some of the multi-purpose social media platforms
like Hootsuite, Sprout Social
and they obviously allow you to schedule posts as well.
And they allow you to do it from multiple platforms.
So that's an advantage of those multipurpose tools
but let me show you something
about Later that I absolutely love.
So I'm going to go back to the homepage here.
And from here, I'm going to click on pricing.
You see, Later actually has a free plan
and this is absolutely amazing.
It allows you to use later for one account
and you can do 30 posts a month with Later.
So you can literally schedule a post
for almost every single day of the month with Later
and you can do it for free.
So, you know, some of those other tools, you know
if you're scheduling posts
for Facebook and Pinterest and Twitter
you know you might need one of those multipurpose tools
but if you are heavily using Instagram and you're looking
for a simple and easy way to schedule posts on a budget
then Later is the top choice for doing that.
Just sign up for the free account
and you can schedule a post
for every single day for your Instagram account.