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Your TikTok direct publishing guide!

Learn how to schedule your TikToks to be published using HeyOrca's direct publishing!

Updated over a week ago

With HeyOrca's TikTok Direct Publishing, you can plan and automatically publish your TikToks directly from the content calendar, saving time and simplifying client content sharing. This guide walks you through connecting your TikTok account, creating posts, and managing thumbnails to keep your TikTok presence active and engaging. 🎊

*TikTok Direct Publishing is available for Personal and Business Accounts!

Publish your TikTok content automatically

Step 1: Connect your Business or Personal TikTok account.

Before you start scheduling, you'll need to connect a TikTok personal, or business account. To learn how to connect a business account, check out the guide below!

Learn how to connect a TikTok Business account to HeyOrca.

Note: If you've already got a TikTok Personal Account connected, you may need to reauthorize it to enable direct publishing.

Step 2: On the content calendar, create a new post, and select your connected TikTok account.

GIF displaying the post modal where a social account can be selected and the date and time set to create a post.

Step 3: Upload your video, and add your caption to your post on the calendar.

Image displaying a TikTok image post, highlighting where the View settings can be adjusted.

Step 4: Select your TikTok thumbnail.

To choose your thumbnail, press the three dots near your attached video and press edit.

From there, use the thumbnail slider to choose the thumbnail you would like to select. You can choose a frame from the video to be the selected thumbnail for your TikTok, or use the Choose Thumbnail button to upload your thumbnail from your device, one of the platforms or by directly dragging and dropping your image into the upload menu!

Image showing the pop up where a frame from a video post can be selected as the thumbnail, or where an image can be uploaded for the thumbnail.

Step 5: Once your TikTok is approved on the calendar, your video will be automatically published at the scheduled time! πŸ™Œ

Now, your TikTok is live on the app!

Important things to note:

  • Recommended Aspect Ratio: 9:16, 1:1

  • Recommended Resolution: 540 pixels and above

  • Video Duration: Between 1-600 seconds

  • Maximum Size: 1 GB

  • Trending audio is not supported at this time

  • You can add up to 2200 characters

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