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Trigger Automation: Facebook & Instagram Stories

If you have story creative templates available in your workspace, you can easily setup automatic posting to Facebook & Instagram Stories in just a few clicks.

Written by Cameron Vaea

  1. Click on Automation then select Create Automation, select Trigger

  2. Enter your Automation Rule Name > next

  3. Choose Your Trigger > drop-down menu

    1. New Listing

    2. Update Listing Status (Sold, Withdrawn & Leased)

    3. Update Listing Price - Decrease

    4. Update Listing Price - Increase

    5. Listing Under Offer

    6. New Customer Review


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  1. Listing Type > select what you want to be included in the trigger

    1. Residential

    2. Rental

    3. Land

    4. Rural

    5. Commercial

    6. Business

  2. Listing Status

    1. On Market

    2. Off Market

  3. Listing Auction Type > Used to differentiate triggers based on auction or private treaty.

  4. Minimum Listing Price > Used to differentiate triggers based on the listing price.

  5. Maximum Listing Price > Used to differentiate triggers based on the listing price.

  6. Primary Listing Agent > Leave blank for all agents or select single or multiple agents to be included in the trigger you are setting up > Next

  7. Build Your Action

    1. Create Post > select post

  1. Creative Type

    1. None (uses the listing images with no creative overlay)

    2. Image

    3. Video

    4. Advanced > the ability to set which creative template gets used for each image. This can include no creative overlay by selecting "Plain Story Crop". For example, Image 1 used a creative template but subsequent images have no template (selecting Plain Story Crop for Image 2, 3, 4, 5 etc.)

    5. For Facebook & Instagram Stories, please select Image or Video and the relevant story template for your agency.
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If you don't have any story templates and would like to have access to these, please contact our team at [email protected] to discuss


​*If you are setting up an automation for Instagram Stories, do not select any other social media platform, except for Facebook & Instagram
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  1. Post to Facebook Page > select the page and post type: Stories

  2. Post to Instagram Page > select the page and post type: Stories

  3. Keep as Draft > Checking this box will keep your post as a draft and not publish it. Having your posts go to draft gives you the ability to check anything before setting the post live. Drafted posts are found in the Posts section of Properti.

  4. Create Automation

Below is an interactive guide to assist you with setting up an automation for Facebook & Instagram Stories.

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