You've already read it in the last Product Updates: we're celebrating a Publisher release party 🎉! And it's not over yet. In this update, you'll discover what little and big helpers we have in store for you. From now on, nothing can stand in the way of easy post creation. And if something should go wrong - the new Killswitch function helps you to stop all your planned post sets in no time.
What's in the surprise package?
To all Twitter power users: First of all, we have a preview for Twitter Link posts for you. Thanks to the new preview, you can see your link in all its glory while you're creating your post in the Publisher and no longer have to speculate about how the whole thing will really come across on Twitter in the end.
So many relevant hashtags and so much to say? Let's continue with the new character and hashtag counter function for Instagram. With this, exceeding the character limit of 2200 and 30 hashtags per post won't happen to you anytime soon. Just let our counter count for you on the side. No more annoying shortening of the caption and deleting of hashtags at the end.
And by the way: we have also repositioned the emoji picker. You can now find it for all relevant networks at the bottom right of the text field next to the counter.
What would be a surprise package without LinkedIn News! For video posts you now have the possibility to add a video title. With the assignment of a title, the message of your video post is clear to your followers at first glance.
And, last but not least: We already announced it at the beginning: Should things not go so smoothly, it is always good to have an emergency plan up your sleeve. Of course we hope that the use of the new killswitch function will be as low as possible, but we don't want to keep this important security option from you. Therefore, from now on, if necessary, your company admin can stop all your organic, scheduled posts with one click. Especially if your company creates a large number of posts within a short period of time, it is extremely helpful to stop the publication of all posts at once in case of an emergency. There is no time left for manual stopping in the different networks. Learn more about the killswitch function in this Knowledge Base article.
That's it for today's unboxing 📦💥 - time to jump right in and try out the new features in the Publisher. Except for the Killswitch function of course 😉, your company admin can keep this in mind for emergencies.
See you soon! 👋🏽
Rike
Product Marketing Manager