Zencastr Clips is a paid feature that uses AI to transform longer English-language videos into several shorter video clips, optimized for a variety of social media platforms. Clips supports content in English, French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish.
Once you have created clips, connect your social media accounts to your Clips Dashboard to post them directly to these destinations from Zencastr.
Connecting social media accounts and posting to them is only available on active Growth, Thought Leader, and ZenAI plans. This functionality is not accessible on the trial versions of these plans.
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Before You Post - Important Points
Which social media platforms you can connect and post clips to depends on your plan.
The Growth plan allows you to post to Instagram Reels, TikTok, and YouTube Shorts.
The Thought Leader and ZenAI plans allow you to post to Instagram Reels, TikTok, YouTube Shorts, X (formerly Twitter), Facebook, and LinkedIn.
Auto scheduling is available on the Thought Leader and ZenAI plans.
Edit your clips before posting them. Should you ever need to make changes after posting a clip, you will need to log in to each social media platform and manually edit each post.
You can choose which social media platforms to post a specific clip to. However, once a clip is posted to at least one social media platform through Zencastr, it cannot be reposted via Zencastr. This is due to many of these platforms having strict rules against posting the same content multiple times.
Connecting Your Social Media Accounts
To connect your social media accounts:
On your Clips Dashboard, click the Destinations tab.
Locate the social media account that you want to connect in the Destinations list.
Click the + Connect button next to the platform name.
Result: You are directed to a social media authentication dashboard.Click on Click to Link for the platform.
Log in to your social media account.
Click all authorization prompts to complete the process.
Repeat steps 4-6 for each social media platform.
Click the Close button after connecting all accounts.
Result: The social media accounts are linked and show as “Connected” on the Destinations tab of your Clips Dashboard.
Posting a Clip Immediately
To post a clip to social media platforms immediately (now):
On your Clips Dashboard, click the Clips tab.
Locate the clip you want to post.
Select/unselect the social media platforms you want to post to.
Note: By default all connected social media platforms are selected, denoted by a blue outline around the platform logo.Click the +Schedule Post button next to the clip.
From the dropdown, select Post Now.
Result: A message indicates that your clip will post within one minute. The “Schedule Post” button changes to “Scheduled,” a clock icon appears next to each social platform logo, and the date and time the clip was posted appears at the bottom of the listing. When the clip posts, the “Scheduled” button changes to “Published" and a green checkmark appears next to each social platform logo. You may need to refresh the page to see these icon changes.
Scheduling a Clip to Post
To schedule a clip to post to social media platforms at a later time and/or date:
On your Clips Dashboard, click the Clips tab.
Locate the clip you want to post.
Select/unselect the social media platforms you want to post to.
Note: By default all connected social media platforms are selected, denoted by a blue outline around the platform logo.Click the +Schedule Post button next to the clip.
From the dropdown, select Custom Schedule.
Under Date, select the post date from the calendar.
Under Time, select the time to post.
Under Timezone, make sure the default timezone is correct or change it.
Click the Schedule button.
Result: A message indicates that your clips have successfully been scheduled. The “Schedule Post” button changes to “Scheduled,” a clock icon appears next to each social platform logo, and the date and time the clip is scheduled to post appears at the bottom of the listing. When the clip posts, the “Scheduled” button changes to “Published" and a green check mark appears next to each social platform logo.
Auto Scheduling a Clip
Our auto scheduler creates a daily posting schedule to ensure consistent social media a consistent steam of social posts. The auto scheduler slots clips to post daily at 10am in your local time. It automatically schedules the clip to post on the first available day, checking that no other clip is already scheduled on that particular social media platform for that date and time.
To auto schedule a clip to post to social media platforms:
On your Clips Dashboard, click the Clips tab.
Locate the clip you want to post.
Select/unselect the social media platforms you want to post to.
Note: By default all connected social media platforms are selected, denoted by a blue outline around the platform logo.Click the +Schedule Post button next to the clip.
From the dropdown, select Auto Schedule.
Result: A message indicates that your clips have successfully been scheduled. The “Schedule Post” button changes to “Scheduled,” a clock icon appears next to each social platform logo, and the date and time the clip is scheduled to post appears at the bottom of the listing. When the clip posts, the “Scheduled” button changes to “Published" and a green check mark appears next to each social platform logo.
Changing or Canceling a Scheduled Post
For scheduled posts, you can change when the clip will be posted or cancel the post altogether. If you cancel a post, you can change the social media platforms where you would like it to be posted by selecting/deselecting them.
Change Post Date or Time
To change the date and time a clip posts to social media platforms:
On your Clips Dashboard, click the Clips tab.
Locate the clip you want to post.
Click the Scheduled button next to the clip.
From the dropdown, select Edit Schedule.
Under Date, select the post date from the calendar.
Under Time, select the time to post.
Under Timezone, make sure the default timezone is correct or change it.
Click the Schedule button.
Result: A message indicates that your clips have successfully been rescheduled.
Cancel Post
To cancel the scheduled post:
On your Clips Dashboard, click the Clips tab.
Locate the clip you want to post.
Click the Scheduled button next to the clip.
From the dropdown, select Cancel Schedule.
Result: A message indicates that your clips have successfully been unscheduled. The “Schedule” button changes to “Schedule Post,” the clock icons next to each social platform logo disappear, and the date and time the clip is scheduled to post disappears from the bottom of the listing. You may need to refresh the page to see these icon changes.
Viewing Clips By Post Status
By default, all clips are listed and sorted in reverse chronological order by the date they were generated.
To view clips by post status, click the Clips tab on your Clips Dashboard. Then click the All menu at the top left of the tab. Select Scheduled or Posted to see all clips that have been scheduled or posted or select Not Scheduled or Posted to see clips that have not been posted or scheduled to post.
Getting Links to Posts on Social Media
After a clip is posted, the link to the post on each social media platform becomes available in your Clips Dashboard.
To get the link to the posts on the social media platforms:
On your Clips Dashboard, click the Clips tab.
Locate the posted clip.
Click the social media logos next to the clip.
Result: The links to the posts open in new tabs.
To get the link to the post on Zencastr:
On your Clips Dashboard, click the Clips tab.
Locate the posted clip.
Click the Share Link arrow icon next to the clip.
Click the Copy button next to the link.
Archiving Clips and Removing Posts
Archiving a clip removes the clip from your main Clips Dashboard page.
If the clip has been posted to social media accounts, archiving a clip also removes the post from Zencastr and deletes the post on some of the social media platforms. Clips posted to Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube Shorts and/or X (formerly Twitter) will be deleted from these platforms when they are archived in Zencastr. However, Instagram Reels and TikTok do not allow Zencastr or other apps to delete posts. If you need to delete a post from Instagram or TikTok, you will need to log into each account and manually delete the post.
To archive a clip that has been posted and delete it from Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube Shorts, and/or X:
On your Clips Dashboard, click the Clips tab.
Locate the episode you want to archive.
Click the Archive folder icon.
Type the clip name in the field.
Click the I understand. Unpublish and archive this clip button.
Result: A message indicates that your clips have been archived.
