Automate Your Social Media with Google Sheets and n8n
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Effortlessly schedule and publish content to Twitter and Instagram directly from your Google Sheets. This workflow automates your social media posting, saving you time and ensuring consistent engagement.
About This Workflow
This powerful n8n workflow streamlines your social media management by connecting Google Sheets to your Twitter and Instagram accounts. It's designed to automatically fetch content from your spreadsheet, create visually appealing Instagram posts with custom HTML, and publish them across both platforms. The workflow is triggered every 4 hours, ensuring your social media presence remains active and engaging without manual intervention. It's the perfect solution for small businesses, content creators, and anyone looking to boost their social media efficiency.
Key Features
- Scheduled Posting: Automatically publishes content every 4 hours.
- Cross-Platform Publishing: Post to both Twitter and Instagram from a single source.
- Google Sheets Integration: Easily manage your content queue in a familiar spreadsheet format.
- Customizable Instagram Visuals: Generate Instagram post images using HTML templates.
- Streamlined Content Management: Mark content as 'Pending' in your sheet to queue it for posting.
How To Use
- Set up Schedule Trigger: Configure the 'Schedule Trigger' node to run at your desired interval (e.g., every 4 hours).
- Connect Google Sheets: In the 'Get row(s) in sheet' node, connect your Google account and specify your Google Sheet ID and the sheet name containing your content. Set the 'Status' column filter to 'Pending' to fetch content ready for posting.
- Design Instagram Content: In the 'Insta post caption' node, customize the
final_captionandHTMLparameters. The HTML is used to generate a visually appealing image for Instagram. Replace placeholder image URLs and text as needed. - Generate Instagram Image: The 'HCTI Image' node uses the provided HTML to create a shareable image. Ensure your HCTI API key is correctly set in the credentials.
- Post to Twitter: The 'Post on Twitter' node will publish the 'Caption' from your Google Sheet directly to your X (Twitter) account. Ensure your Twitter API credentials are correctly configured.
- Create Instagram Media Container: The first 'Create Insta post' node (Facebook Graph API) uploads the generated image and caption to Instagram, creating a media container.
- Publish to Instagram: The second 'Post On Instagram' node (Facebook Graph API) uses the container ID from the previous step to publish the media to your Instagram feed. Ensure your Instagram Account ID and Facebook Access Token are correctly configured in the credentials.
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Workflow JSON
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"name": "Automate Your Social Media with Google Sheets and n8n",
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}Note: This is a sample preview. The full workflow JSON contains node configurations, credentials placeholders, and execution logic.
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