Schedule Instagram Stories
You can draft, schedule & post stories (videos & images) on Instagram and Facebook directly via Statusbrew.
You can publish up to 10 single images, videos in any combination using Statusbrew.
Steps for Creating Stories for Instagram and Facebook
From your Compose window, you can create & schedule stories with images or video files.
To create a Story
From the Statusbrew Dashboard, click on Story Composer
Select your Facebook and/or Instagram Profile(s) from the select profiles dropdown
Upload the media (images or videos),and if needed, you can also re-order them as per your preference
Choose to post it now, schedule it for later, or save it as a draft
At present, we do not support interactive overlays like Polls, Q&A, Music, or other elements for stories.
For Instagram Stories, you have two publishing options:
Direct publishing
Select this option to schedule, draft and post your Instagram stories directly via Statusbrew web app.
Publishing via mobile reminders
This option sends push notifications or reminders via the Statusbrew mobile app for publishing your story on Instagram.
To publish via mobile reminders:
Upload story media then select Publishing via mobile reminders option
Select a user or user groups to send mobile reminders
Only the selected users or user groups will get a reminder on their mobile devices. If not selected, all the users with publishing access will get a reminder.
You can add notes and links inside Mobile Publisher Notes for publisher’s reference
To add publisher notes, go to story media and click on Edit mobile publisher notes icon at the bottom left side
Now Choose date & time of publishing the story
At the scheduled time the publisher will receive a push notification on mobile
From the same notification, the publisher can open the story and follow the prompts to publish it via the Instagram mobile app
If in case, you miss an Instagram Publishing Notification on your Statusbrew mobile app, you can always choose to republish it.
To do so, you can either click on the re-send notification button from Statusbrew's Planner in the web app. Or, go to the Past Reminders in the mobile app > click on the three-dots beside the published IG post > click on Share on Instagram.
Key Features
Editing Stories
Customize your Facebook or Instagram stories directly within Story Composer’s editor. You can edit and fix the aspect ratio of the stories.
Drag and Drop Reordering
Change the sequence of your stories using the intuitive drag-and-drop feature. Simply reorder your images or videos to achieve the desired storytelling flow.
Save as Draft
To make adjustments or finalize your story later, you can save your work as a draft. This way, you can revisit and edit the story before scheduling or publishing it.
Story Previews
Get a glimpse of how your story will look after publishing with the preview feature. The right side of the compose screen displays a real-time preview of your story, ensuring that everything appears as intended.
Clearing
By default, your work-in-progress is retained. To begin anew and erase all content on the screen, you can use the clear option within Compose window.
Story Image/Video Specifications
Image/Video Specifications for Facebook Stories
Story images
Format: JPEG, BMP, PNG, TIFF
File size: Up to 4MB
Story Videos
Format: MOV or MP4
Minimum horizontal pixels: 540
Minimum vertical pixels: 960
Aspect ratio: 9:16 is recommended to avoid cropping and blank space
Duration: Up to 60 seconds, minimum 3 seconds
File size: Up to 1GB
Image/Video Specifications for Instagram Stories
Stories images
Format: JPEG
File size: Up to 8MB
Aspect ratio: 9:16 recommended to avoid cropping and white space
Stories Videos
Format: MOV or MP4
Maximum horizontal pixels: 1920
The required aspect ratio is 0.1:1 ~ 10:1, but 9:16 is recommended to avoid cropping and blank space
Duration: Up to 60 seconds, minimum 3 seconds
File size: Up to 100MB