From Postal to Post-All: Use Automation to Make Social Media Posting Easier

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• Keyboard Maestro = KM

• TikTok/Short video = TT

• YouTube = YT

• OmniFocus = OF (or xOF)

Social Media Workflows:

Short Vertical Videos:

Original Short Videos

• Save short video from camera (Shortcuts): "Save TT to Edit"

  • Saves the file, creates an OmniFocus tasks that launches the next action

• Create video description from transcript (KM): "TT Description"

  • Shortcut to create Draft: "Draft from Clipboard”

  • Shortcut to create OmniFocus Task: "Send Video Description Draft to xOF"

    • Drafts Action to Create OF Task: “OmniFocus (Ref Draft)”

Short videos as clips of longer content (Opus)

First I use a service like Opus Clip Pro to find/create initial clip, edit, then give it my own title and description.

• Schedule/post video (KM and Opus): "Opus Post (Pro Plan)"

  • Shortcut: "Opus Date Picker"

Live Streaming:

• Start a scheduled stream (KM): "Start wReview Scheduled Zoom Livestream"

  • Sub Shortcut: "wReview Start" (starts a Timery Time and plays my Star Wars music playlist)

• Wrap live stream (KM): "End wReview Zoom Livestream Scheduled"

  • Schedule the next stream (KM): “Schedule wReview Zoom in YouTube”

  • KM “ZR Download Zoom Cloud Recordings”

  • KM “ZR Check Zoom Cloud Recordings Downloaded”

  • KM “ZR Delete Zoom Cloud Recordings”

Multicam Videos (Often iPhone demos)

• Organize Footage (iCloud & Hazel): “Raw Footage.hazelrules”

• Create Video Description (KM): "YT Description"

  • Shortcut to create Draft: "Draft from Clipboard”

  • Shortcut to create OmniFocus Task: "Send Video Description Draft to xOF"

    • Drafts Action to Create OF Task: “OmniFocus (Ref Draft)”

• Create Thumbnail (KM, Final Cut & Pixelmator)

  - Export video image from to use in Thumbnail: "YT1c Save frame for Thumbnail (first Launch)"

  - Sub KM: “Reset Frame Number for Thumbnail”

  - Sub KM: “INSRT Save Freeze Frame for Thumbnail”

  - Save Additional Images: "SOLO Save Freeze Frame for Thumbnail"

  - After you have all the freeze frames you need, Create Thumbnail in Pixelmator: "YT1d Create Thumbnail"

• Render Final Cut Video (KM):

  • KM to Post final video to YT: "YT2d YT Upload"

    • Sub KM to get Safari window ready for automation: “INSRT Setup Safari View”

• Upload to YouTube (KM):

  • KM to export edited video from Final Cut: "INSRT Render 4K FCP"

    • (might first run: KM Open the apps you'll need: "INSRT Video Task App Open"

Image Posts to Multiple Platforms

• Post to Mastodon, Threads, Bluesky, FB, Instagram, Twitter/X, LinkedIn, Discord: “Image Post to Social Media”

  • Shortcut to count characters: "X Character Limit"

• For more on this one check out the blogpost

• Watch the video demo

Need help?

Install, try them out, get help where you need it! While here, ask me if you’d like more information or help! Or email any time if you notice I’ve missed something or made a mistake.

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