Bulk Uploader in MavSocial

Bulk Uploader functionality for Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Google Business Profiles helps schedule all your posts in bulk and save time.

Bulk Uploader is available for Enterprise, Business, PRO, and Advanced users.

Schedule up to 100 posts at a time to your Facebook profiles, 250 tweets to Twitter, 100 posts to Instagram, 25 posts to LinkedIn & 100 posts to Google Business Profiles by uploading an Excel file (.xlsx, .xls) with post details via the Bulk Uploader.

You can directly publish the posts to Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn & Google Business Profiles.

Note: For posts that include an image URL, upload no more than 30 posts in the spreadsheet.

1. Getting Started

To upload messages in bulk to MavSocial, first enter your posts into a .xlsx file. A template is available which you can download from the Bulk Uploader page.

 

	Formatting Rules: There are six columns that you can use to set up your messages
Column A	Date and time: Choose the same format as selected from the dropdown menu on the left-hand side. This can be either mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm or dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm. The time zone is based on your default time zone. Be sure to use the same date format for each of your Posts. Times must be set at least 1 hour in advance from when you upload the spreadsheet. Time should be in 24hr format. Example: 16:30
Column B	Post Description For Facebook, there is a limit of 63,206 characters. For Twitter, there is a limit of 280 characters. For Instagram, there is a limit of 2200 characters. For Google Business Profiles, there is a limit of 1500 characters
Column C	URL's A user can include multiple URL(s) by separating them with a comma
Column D	Image URL Image size: Facebook: image size should be no larger than 5MB. Twitter: image size should be no larger than 3MB Instagram: image size should be no larger than 5MB. Instagram square picture recommended: 1080px x 1080px but you should upload the image at the max resolution 2048px x 2048px. It is also possible to use a smaller size such as 600px x 400px. Google Business Profiles: image size should be no larger than 5MB
Column E	Unique Image ID number from the Digital Library
Column F	Unique Video ID number from the Digital Library Facebook: Video file should be no larger than 1Gb. Twitter: Video file duration should be between 0.5 and 30 seconds, the file size should be no larger than 15MB, file dimensions should be between 32*32 and 1280*1024, file aspect ratio should be between 1:3 and 3:1 Instagram: Video file should be no larger than 50MB. The duration should be between 3 and 60 seconds.

Column G	Post type: This column is only for Google Business Profiles; users can select the post type as Event, Update and Offer
Column  H	Post title: This column is only for Google Business Profiles. User needs to give post title for Event and offer type posts
Column I	Start time: This column is only for Google Business Profiles. User needs to give the start time of the post; the format should be the same as Column A
Column J	End time: This column is only for Google Business Profiles. User needs to give the End time of the post
Column K	Add a Button: This column is only for Google Business Profiles. Users can select a button type for Event and Update type posts
Column L	Link for your Button: This column is only for Google Business Profiles. User can give URL for Column K selected button
Column M	Coupon code: This column is only for Google Business Profiles. Users can give coupon codes for the Offer type post
Column N	Link to redeem offer: This column is only for Google Business Profiles. Users can give a link to redeem an offer for Offer Type posts
Column O	Terms and Conditions: This column is only for Google Business Profiles. Users can give Terms and conditions for the Offer type posts

A post can have either an Image URL, Image ID or Video ID.

2. Upload your Posts

• Select either Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, or Google Business Profiles from the Select Network
• Select a campaign from the Select Campaign
• Select profiles from the Select Account
• Select your Date & Time format.
• Click Add File to upload the .xlsx file.
• By checking Upload all images to Digital Library, the images that you have specified in Column D will be saved to the Digital Library after publishing.
• By checking Do not shorten link, it will publish/schedule the full URL.
• Click the Upload & Continue button to go to the second step.

Average upload time:

Facebook: 8 mins (100 rows with live URL'S, image ID's, and video ID)

Twitter: 18 mins (250 rows with live URL'S, image ID's, and video ID)

Instagram: 8 mins (100 rows with live URL'S, image ID's, and video ID)

LinkedIn: 8 mins (25 rows with live URL'S, image ID's, and video ID)

Google Business Profiles: 8 mins (100  rows with live URL'S, image ID's, and video ID)

3. Fix any errors

If the Bulk Uploader detects any errors in the uploaded messages, you'll spot them easily. There will be a red error message box explaining the issue. A post cannot be scheduled until the problem is fixed. This could be a formatting error, a duplicate message, or too many characters.

4. Edit and customize your messages

In Bulk Uploader, you can review and edit the second step (Process) and update the details before scheduling again.

• Fix errors: You can edit and update the errors by clicking on the post from the second step of the Bulk Uploader
• Customize the image and link: You can add a link and upload images from the uploader by editing the posts
• Change the scheduled time: Click the scheduled time at the bottom of the post to edit the time you want your message to be published.

If you want to include mentions, type an '@' symbol in the post body and start typing a profile name. A dropdown list will appear, suggesting profiles to tag based on what you have entered.

5. Schedule

Click Publish/Schedule Selected button in the right corner to schedule an individual or group of messages, or click the Publish/Schedule All button to upload all of your messages.

Notes:

1. Do not delete the headers in Row 1.
2. For Facebook, there must be a 30 minutes gap in publishing between posts. (Facebook API restricts continuous publishing of posts for a shorter duration).
3. If the scheduled time is not given in the template for Facebook, then posts will be published at 30 minutes intervals.
4. The maximum number of Instagram hashtags that can be added is 30 per single post.
5. Instagram does not support GIF images.
6. Instagram does not support URL posts.
7. Multi-image posts for Instagram can't be published directly from MavSocial. The posts will be in the "Saved" or "Scheduled" tab of MavSocial.
8. If you are uploading posts to a One-Time Queue or Repeating Queue, leave the date & time (Column A) blank.
9. Google Business Profiles publishing via One-Time Queues or Repeating Queues is not supported.
10. Direct publishing is available for Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Google Business Profiles.