Creating stories is a great way to draw more attention to your social media content. With Hookle, you can easily manage and publish stories to Instagram and Facebook.
Shortcuts
Publish with ease
Simply click the floating blue + button and select Story to get started. You can create a story on any view where this button is visible.
Choose the account(s) for your story publication.
Create your story by adding the media (picture/video), taking a picture, or recording a video.
Click NEXT to publish, schedule or save the story as a draft. See more information for scheduling recurring posts or scheduling at recommended time features.
You are done! Your story is indicated with a light blue STORY label.
Editing stories
Currently, story video/image editing within Hookle is not available. The easiest ways to edit stories (adding stickers, text, styles, etc.) are probably using your device's photo/video editor or the Instagram app.
After creating and editing your story in the Instagram app, save it and then proceed to schedule it within the Hookle app. You can also publish the same story to Facebook as usual.
Some limitations
There are some limitations when it comes to working with stories:
- You can publish stories to Instagram and Facebook with Hookle
- Currently, you can't edit story video/image within Hookle. Learn how to edit stories.
- You can add/publish one story at a time. If you need to create a storyboard, you can always schedule many different stories after each other with Hookle.
- Due to Instagram and Facebook limitations, stories that are scheduled can't include audio, unless it's your original audio.
- Due to limitations on Instagram and Facebook, insights for stories are not currently available in the stats view or in the details view for story posts. Additionally, since stories are only visible for 24 hours, the show post feature is not available for stories. As a workaround, please use your Facebook or Instagram app to view the insights for your stories.
- If you've selected multiple accounts for your story, you cannot include distinct stories within the same story post.
- The minimum length of the story post video is 3 seconds and maximum 60 seconds.
- Currently, you can't directly share media to Hookle stories from your gallery/drive. Instead, use the media picker in Hookle's story post view to add your desired photos and videos.
Tips and examples
Find here tips and examples while working with stories:
- Instagram story dimensions are 1080px by 1920px, maintaining an aspect ratio of 9:16. Your IG story video or photo should adhere to these dimensions.
- Always use PNG for images as it provides better quality than other Instagram supported formats (PNG, GIF, JPG).
- Use a bit of time for planning stories. The storyboard is a great way to easily create a nice and engaging story. Share your ideas on our public Wishlist regarding the story boards.
- Share a simple story after publishing a new blog article