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Schedule Facebook Reels with Publer | A Complete Guide to Better FB Reels

October 17, 2022
Schedule facebook Reels with Publer

Short-video content has been extremely popular on social media and is continuing to become more prevalent. They can be a fun & engaging way to interact with your followers through your social channels and provide an alternative to photos/text.

These vertical videos are now everywhere: in the form of Tiktoks, YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels, and finally, Facebook Reels.

Yes, that is right! Users have been able to upload and view Facebook Reels for some time now. In fact, since February 22, 2022, Facebook Reels have been available in more than 150 countries worldwide.

Why should I consider using Facebook Reels?

Schedule Facebook Reels with Publer

Facebook is one of the biggest social media sites in the world. With nearly 3 billion monthly active users, it is a great place to reach your target audience. 

Reels allow you to take advantage of this user base and reach far from your usual audience and followers. This means a great deal to businesses and brands looking to grow and showcase their products or services to new potential clients.

Are Facebook Reels available to everyone?

Schedule Facebook Reels with Publer

Facebook Reels are available to everyone. But it’s a bit more complicated than you think.

While everyone can browse through FB Reels practically from everywhere, posting new content is limited, to say the least.

Posting Facebook Reels is restricted only to the Facebook mobile app available on iOS and Android. That means if you usually use your Desktop device to post content on Facebook, you might have to switch to your smartphone for Reels.

Even then, the upload process is quite basic. Too basic, if you ask us. After selecting/creating your video content, you can only add a simple description and hashtags to the Reel and hit upload.

We get it, though.

Reels have become the main content type on Instagram, and the uploading process is much more detailed on IG. Developing Reels on Facebook the same way as on Instagram might bring these two major social media platforms dangerously close regarding shared content. Meta might risk confusing users on the distinctions these two platforms really have. – If they haven’t done that yet.

Forget the Facebook App. Schedule Facebook Reels with Publer!

Thanks to new Facebook API changes, FB Reels can now be published automatically through Publer!

The process is quite similar to IG Reels and actually simpler. Instead of selecting the “Post” tab, you head to the “Reel” section. You upload your media, enter your description & hashtags, and hit “Schedule.”

Preview your content before scheduling

To make sure everything is as you want it to be, we’ve thought of an easy way for you to preview your content.

Preview Facebook Reels before publishing - Publer.io

Through a click of a button, you can see a live preview of your Reel’s appearance before it is published. This way you can make sure you don’t miss even the smallest imperfection.

Things to keep in mind.

Facebook Reel Dimensions and Size

Because of the nature of Reels, before posting, you need to make sure your content has a 9:16 aspect ratio and a resolution of 500 x 888 pixels. But even if you cannot crop your content to the required ratio & size, don’t worry: Publer’s got you covered.

Using a simple black background, we automatically turn the video you upload to the required ratio & resolution. This means your content won’t crop, and you will still be able to upload directly to Facebook Reels.

Reel Description Best Practices

Keep in mind that Facebook Reels don’t have the luxury of space and styling in their descriptions like other posts do.

The published Reel might end up with a not-so-visually pleasing description text that depending on the number of characters, will look crammed and a mess overall. So keep your descriptive text short and to the point. Make sure whatever you decide to write is SEO-optimised and paired with relevant hashtags.

Create Fun & Engaging Facebook Reels with Canva & Crello

As some of you might already know, Canva & VistaCreate (Crello) are two of the most powerful digital marketing tools that help thousands of people worldwide design professional visual content.

Using our built-in integrations with these tools, you can instantly create Facebook Reels without even leaving the Publer tab! Click here to learn more about what you can do with Canva & Crello.

Try Publer today!

If you were on the fence about using Publer as your social media scheduler, we hope these new updates might have changed your mind.

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