August Update: Boost Your Reach, Expand Your Metrics and More!

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What's new:

Here's a look at what the Vista Social product team has been cooking this month!


📊 Instagram & Facebook Metrics:
Now, you can track video plays and average watch time directly from your calendar. Gain deeper insights into how your content is performing with just a glance!


📣 Advocacy Boost:
Amplify your brand reach and supercharge social selling! Our new advocacy tools are designed to help you maximize your impact across social channels.


📝 X (formerly Twitter) Character Count:
Big news for X subscribers! You can now tweet your heart out with a whopping 25,000-character limit. Share more of your story, thoughts, or updates without holding back.


🔧 Improved Profile Group Management:
We’ve made it easier to manage your ideas and team access! Use the new “Select all” option to quickly make Ideas available across Profile Groups. Plus, grant team members access to multiple Profile Groups effortlessly.


🎥 Video Thumbnails from Media Library:
You can now attach video thumbnails using images directly from your media library, not just from your computer. Choose the perfect image to represent your videos every time.


📈. Paid vs. Organic Metrics in Reporting:
Our Top Performing Posts widget just got a serious upgrade! Now, you can see paid vs. organic metrics for Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, Pinterest, and LinkedIn. Get a clear view of what’s driving your success and refine your strategy like a pro.


As always, a big thanks to the feedback from our community. Here are a few suggestions that made it to this month's updates:

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Paid/organic analytics
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Add Instagram Plays metrics to posts in the calendar
Getting a breakdown of our Total Plays, Plays on Instagram, and Plays on Facebook (when our IG post gets recommended on FB) for organic plays would give us great insight into our overall performance for video posts.

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Add video views to YouTube CSV report export
It would be more insightful to add video views to YouTube CSV report export.

What do you think about this update?
🚀 Expanded Character Count for X Posts!

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Vista Social now supports X posts with up to 25,000 characters for users on X’s Basic, Premium, or Premium+ plans. 🎉

If you're subscribed to one of these plans, you can create and schedule long-form posts directly from Vista Social, allowing you to share more detailed content with your audience without character limits holding you back.

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Increase X's character limit
Twiter has now enabled long from posting in their API. Would be a great addition to the platform!

What do you think about this update?
Advocacy is Here!

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We’re thrilled to introduce our new Advocacy tools, designed to help you expand your social media reach and save on awareness marketing effortlessly.

Key Features:

  • Amplify Your Brand: Empower your employees to easily repost, like, comment, and share your content, turning them into a powerful megaphone for your brand.
  • Boost Social Selling: Equip your team to build their personal brands while promoting your business. Whether it’s sales agents or consultants, they can now share curated content on their own socials, driving engagement and sales.
  • Save Time & Costs: Promote your brand organically through employee networks, reducing the need for paid ads. Plus, our AI content writer generates share-ready captions in an instant!
  • Secure & Compliant: Ensure consistent messaging with pre-approved copy, minimizing brand risk while maximizing impact.

How It Works:

  • Multiple Engagement Options: Employees can repost, share, like, or comment on your content with just a few clicks.
  • Targeted Communications: Broadcast shareable content to specific audiences via Slack or email.
  • Measure Success: Track your advocacy efforts with detailed analytics and connect results to real business outcomes.

Ready to turn your employees into brand advocates? Explore the new Advocacy tools in Vista Social and see how easy it is to boost your social presence!

What do you think about this update?
July Updates: TikTok images, App Analytics & more!

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What’s New? 🎉

  • Folders in Media Library: Now you can easily organize your content with new folders!
  • Vista Page Updates: We’ve added social icons for Amazon Music & Deezer.
  • TikTok Enhancements: Image and carousel posts are now supported!
  • Mobile App Analytics: Track your performance on the go with enhanced mobile analytics.

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Schedule image posts to TikTok via push notifications
Since TikTok doesn’t have an integration (API) for image posts yet, providing a way to schedule using mobile reminder notifications may help bridge the gap.

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Folders for my media
Ability to organize my media library with folders

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Include Amazon Music and Deezer in Social Links
It would be nice to have Amazon music and Deezer added to the Vista pages social links

What do you think about this update?
Social Media Reporting comes to Mobile! 📱

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Social media reporting capabilities are now available on mobile!

With this new update, you can access your:

  • Social media performance report
  • Post performance report
  • Review performance report
  • Tasks performance report

We're excited to bring you the power of Vista Social’s analytics right to your fingertips, making it easier than ever to stay informed and make data-driven decisions on the go.

What do you think about this update?
Media Library: Now With Folders! 📂

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You can now organize your media library with folders! 🎉

Keeping track of your media assets just got a whole lot easier. On top of the labels you already love, you can now create folders to neatly organize all your content.

Ready to get started? Simply click 'New Folder' in your media library and start sorting!

Shoutout to the feature request and feedback that contributed to this update. Thanks for your invaluable feedback and for helping us make Vista Social awesome!

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Folders for my media
Ability to organize my media library with folders

What do you think about this update?
June Updates: Threads integration, More LinkedIn features & App updates

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Check out all the awesome updates we've made this month!

🚀 Threads Profile Integration: Manage your Threads in Vista Social! You can now integrate your Threads profile for seamless publishing, engagement, and analytics.

👥 Use Groups for Easier Management: Streamline your approval workflows with our new Groups feature. Organize your team into groups to simplify the management of approvals and ensure smoother collaboration.

💼 LinkedIn Personal Inbox & Analytics: Connect your LinkedIn personal profile to Vista Social! Stay on top of your LinkedIn messages with our integrated inbox and gain insights with comprehensive analytics.

📱 Mobile App Supports Mixed-Media Carousels: Our mobile app just got even better! You can now schedule mixed-media carousels, combining images and videos in the same post for your Instagram and Threads posts. Create more engaging content on the go!

Shout out to some of the feature requests and feedback that contributed to this month's updates

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Attach different media types (images/videos) in the same post
Schedule a combination of videos and images in the same post (carousel). Subject to networks being able to handle mixed carousels.

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Integrate Threads
Threads is the up-and-coming platform on the Internet. It would be great if the posts could also be published there.

What do you think about this update?
New & Exclusive! Analytics & Inbox for LinkedIn Personal Profiles

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What's new

  • Analyze and report on the performance of your LinkedIn Personal Profile efforts
    • Includes label-based reporting to help you dive into your content strategy
  • Monitor & answer comments from LinkedIn Personal Profiles

Just refresh your LinkedIn connection to access these new features.

We'll see you on LinkedIn!

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What do you think about this update?
Threads now FULLY supported!

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We’re super excited to announce our latest update: full integration support for Threads! Now, you can seamlessly manage your Threads profiles with:

  • Publishing: Effortlessly create and schedule your Threads posts directly from Vista Social.
  • Inbox: Stay on top of your interactions with a unified inbox, making it easier than ever to engage with your audience.
  • Analytics: Gain insights with comprehensive analytics to track your performance and optimize your strategy.

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Integrate Threads
Threads is the up-and-coming platform on the Internet. It would be great if the posts could also be published there.

What do you think about this update?
May Updates: Label reporting, Mixed-media carousels & more!

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May was an exciting month, and we've got some new features to show off. So let's dive right in!


View comments from your calendar

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Now, you can peek at what your audience is saying about your posts right from the calendar. Yep, you can view all the comments that happened across various social networks on your published posts.


Label Reporting

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Your post performance report reports can now be filtered based on post labels. This is a great way to understand the performance of your campaigns or content pillars.

Learn more


Mixed Media Carousels for Instagram

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We're adding a bit of spice 🌶️ to your Instagram Carousels. You're not limited to just photos anymore, feel free to mix in videos too! Mix and match to create the perfect Carousel.

Learn more


Quick shoutout to the feature requests and feedback that contributed to this month's updates:

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Attach different media types (images/videos) in the same post
Schedule a combination of videos and images in the same post (carousel). Subject to networks being able to handle mixed carousels.

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More report metrics for Post Labels
We'd like to have reporting widgets showing us total engagement, likes, impressions, and reach for all posts with a specific post label.

Stay tuned for more updates! #StaySocial!

What do you think about this update?
April Updates: Media in comments, Instagram story metrics & more!

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We're thrilled to have rolled out our April updates, packed with exciting new features designed to make your social media management smoother and more powerful. Here’s what’s new:


🖼️ Media in Scheduled Comments

Elevate your engagement by adding media to scheduled comments, now also available for Twitter Threads! Keep those conversations rich and visually engaging.
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📝 Post Rejection Notes

Streamline your teamwork with clearer communication. Whenever a post is rejected, you'll find the reason added directly to your Vista Social calendar in the post-level notes. No more guessing games!
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📊 Instagram Story Metrics

Dive deeper into your Instagram Stories performance. Track replies, taps forward/back, and exits directly from your calendar. Optimize your stories with these insightful metrics!
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Other Notable Mentions

📱 Mobile Responsive Shared Calendars
Approval and collaboration are now easier on the go! Our shared calendars have gone mobile-responsive, ensuring you can keep up with your social media schedule from anywhere, anytime.

🔗 Direct Links to Posts
Foster better team collaboration with direct links to posts. Share a link that takes team members straight to the post in question on the Vista Social calendar—perfect for quick, contextual conversations outside Vista Social.

🤓 Titles for Smart Publishers
Organize like a pro! You can now add titles to your Smart Publishers for better labeling and sorting. Say hello to a tidier, more organized publishing flow.


Here’s a shoutout to the feature requests and feedback that contributed to this month's updates:

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Add media to Twitter thread
Currently, I only see a way to add images/video to the first tweet in the Twitter thread. No way to add images to subsequent tweets. Hoping this feature will be added soon!

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Mobile Responsive Shared Calendar
The goal with shared calendar is to share a link to posts without needing the client to login. It's not mobile responsive right now and we don't want to have them use the app because it will make them have to login.

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Make each Post individualized link
The ability of making every post a individualized link. This is so its easier for the team to be able to communicate about post. Right now theres no direct means to share the exact post without describing it. There is inner post comments.

Stay tuned for more updates as we continue to enhance Vista Social!

What do you think about this update?
Update on Facebook Group Posting

As of April 22nd, Facebook has updated its policies, and unfortunately, third-party tools like ours can no longer support auto-posting directly to Facebook Groups.

What Does This Mean for You?

  • Auto-Posting is No More: You won’t be able to schedule automatic posts directly to Facebook Groups.
  • Hello, Notification-Based Scheduling!: Not to worry! You can still plan your posts for Facebook Groups through our notification-based scheduling feature. This means you'll set up your posts in Vista Social as usual, and we'll send you a handy notification when it's time to post. You can then easily publish your post directly to your group.

We understand how crucial group interactions are to your social media strategy, and we’re here to help you adjust smoothly to these changes. Our team is dedicated to providing you with the best tools and support to keep your social media game strong.

Need help with setting up notification-based scheduling or have other questions? Our support team is just a message away!

Let’s continue making social media easy and effective together. 💪

Thank You for Being a Part of Our Community!

What do you think about this update?
March Updates: What's New and Improved

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Spring into action with our March updates and improvements at Vista Social! We've been busy bees, working on enhancements to make your social media management even more awesome. Check out what’s new:


🚀 Automated Post Boosting

Set it and forget it! Now you can schedule your posts with automatic boosting, making sure your content gets the spotlight it deserves, effortlessly.

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Learn more


📊 Reports Comparison Dates

Clarity is key! You can now see the exact date ranges being compared in your reports, giving you a clearer picture of your performance metrics.
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🔐 2 Factor Authenticator

Security just got an upgrade! We've added Microsoft multifactor authentication (MFA) support to keep your accounts extra secure.

Learn More


📢 Google Business Enhancements

  • Added support for "Offer" post types to entice your audience with exciting deals.
  • Introduced "Call Now" call-to-action, making it easier for customers to reach out to you directly from their feed.

But wait, there's more!

Connected Profiles Export

Organize like a pro! Download a full list of your profile groups, including all connected social profiles, with our new CSV download option.
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Copy Publishing Queues

Double the efficiency in half the time! Easily copy publishing queue slots to other profiles with just two clicks, streamlining your content planning process.
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We're not just building Vista Social; we're growing it with you! Your insights and feedback light the way to our continuous improvement. Here’s a shoutout to the feature requests and feedback that contributed to this month's updates:

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Boosting posts
Ability to boost posts by connecting ads account from the specific network

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Start/End dates for Google Business Offer posts
When posting Google Business offer posts, they require a start/end date as well as offer title. Vista Social doesn't currently offer this, and would be important for scheduling offer posts.

Stay tuned for more updates as we continue to enhance Vista Social to help you dominate the social scene! 🌟

What do you think about this update?
Offers & Call Posts for Google Business

What's New:

  • Create offer posts for Google Business Profiles
    • Give your offer a title
    • Specify the start and end date for your offer
    • Specify the coupon code & link out to your T&S
  • Create posts with "Call" call-to-actions, which uses the phone number associated with your business

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Start/End dates for Google Business Offer posts
When posting Google Business offer posts, they require a start/end date as well as offer title. Vista Social doesn't currently offer this, and would be important for scheduling offer posts.

What do you think about this update?
HEIC Image Support

What's new

  • We've added support for HEIC image files, so you can now upload them to your media library or directly to a scheduled post. Since a lot of social networks still don't support this file type, we'll automatically convert it to JPEG.

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HEIC image support

What do you think about this update?
Ideas filters & organization improvements

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What's New:

  • You can now create and organize ideas in your profile groups
  • Label your Ideas for seamless organization
  • See how many posts have been created from that idea (and see a list of them) with our new post counter
  • Use the new filters on the Ideas page to help you get organized, finding ideas by labels or usage

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Filters and labels for ideas
Introduce labeling to help organize ideas by themes, projects, or priority. Add filtering to allow for quicker access and sorting of ideas.

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Organize Ideas into Profile Groups
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What do you think about this update?
More actions for Social Listeners

What's New

  • By clicking on an engagement within your Listener, we automatically open up the inbox to that specific engagement so you can easily reply.
  • We've also expanded the available actions, allowing you to mark results as "acknowledged" or "spam" & introduced new filters with the same options.

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More actions for Listener results
We want to be able to go right to the inbox, to the right conversation, to reply to an engagement found in a Listener. Instead of having to navigate to the inbox myself, or the native network.

What do you think about this update?
An easier way to manage Vista Page permissions for your team

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We understand that every team has its unique dynamics and needs. That's why we're rolling out new team permissions that lets you fine-tune who can create and manage your Vista Pages – our versatile bio link microsite builder.

What's New

  • You will not be able to specify exactly who in your team gets the keys to the Vista Pages kingdom. Want to limit creation and management to certain team members? You got it! 🗝️
  • Modifying these permissions is avaialable for each user, and for each profile group they have access to. Whether you want them managing Vista Pages for one profile group, or multiple, those adjustments are just a few clicks away.

With this new rollout, you're in the driver's seat. Tailor your team’s access to fit your needs. It’s all about giving you the flexibility to work smarter, not harder.

What do you think about this update?
Duplicate Approval Workflows

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What's New

  • You can now duplicate approval workflows, to use for other profile groups or worklows options. Time saver!
What do you think about this update?