Your First Doddle

You've made it this far!

Your Facebook Page is ready. Your Instagram Business account is connected. And you've got your very own workspace in dodd.ly.

Now comes the exciting part.

Let's create your first Doddle!

A Doddle is what we call a post created in dodd.ly. You can prepare your content once, choose where it should appear, and schedule it for publication.

Today, we'll create one Doddle for Facebook and Instagram.

Step 1: Open the Post Editor.

Sign in to dodd.ly and open your workspace.

Open the Post Editor to create a new Doddle.
You'll start by preparing the content you want to share.

Don't worry if you haven't got anything planned. We've prepared a simple example you can use.

Step 2: Create your content.

For your first Doddle, let's keep things simple.
Copy this message into the editor:

Hello! 👋

We're excited to be here!
This is where we'll share what we're working on, new ideas, and little updates along the way.
Thanks for joining us!

Next, add an image.

You can use our example welcome image, or choose a square photograph or graphic of your own.

For this first attempt, we recommend using one square image that works well on both Facebook and Instagram.

You'll have plenty of opportunities to experiment with different content later.

Step 3: Choose your channels.

Now that your content is ready, it's time to decide where it should appear.

Select the two accounts you connected earlier:

• Your Facebook Page.
• Your Instagram Business account.

You can review how your Doddle will appear on each channel and make adjustments if needed.

That's one of the advantages of dodd.ly: you can prepare shared content while still accommodating differences between social networks.

Step 4: Set a date and time.

Now let's decide when your first Doddle should go live.

Choose a date and time in the future.

For this exercise, pick a time a little later today, leaving enough time to finish and review everything.

You don't need to know the perfect time to publish. Right now, we're simply learning how scheduling works.

Step 5: Schedule your Doddle.

Take one final look at your content, image, selected channels, date and time.

Ready?

Click Schedule.

If dodd.ly highlights any errors or missing information, follow the messages in the editor, make the necessary changes and try again.

Once scheduling succeeds, your Doddle is ready and waiting for its publication time.

You can find it in your publishing calendar.

Step 6: See your first posts.

When the scheduled time has passed, return to dodd.ly and check your Doddle's publication status.

Once your Doddle has been successfully published, open the Published Doddle.

You'll find direct links to your published posts on Facebook and Instagram.

Click either link to see your post on the social network.

No searching through your profiles. No wondering where your content went.

Everything is right there.

Congratulations! You've lifted off!

You've created your social accounts, connected them to dodd.ly, and published your first Doddle across two different social networks.

That's a real achievement.

And you've learned something useful along the way: you don't need to prepare and publish everything separately.

But perhaps you're wondering something now.

Your posts are live. What actually happened? Did anyone see them? And what should you do next?

That's exactly where we're going.

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