Your first 7 days: a recommended path
Written By Nick
Last updated 2 days ago
Welcome to your first week with Social Valet. The fastest way to feel the value of the platform is to get your first post scheduled on day one — and then let the workflow settle into a light daily rhythm from there.
This is a recommended path, not a required one. Skip around as you like.
Day 1 — Setup and your first album (~30 minutes)
The goal for day 1 is simple: get one post scheduled and ready to publish.
Finish onboarding. If you haven't yet, complete the Completing Onboarding — pick a plan, connect your accounts, and seed your brand voice.
Connect Instagram. This is the platform most users start with. See Connecting your Instagram account
Train your brand voice. Even a rough first pass is better than the default. Paste in a few of your favorite captions or your About page. You can refine it later. See Training your brand voice
Upload your first album. Pick a recent wedding you'd like to post about. Add the event details and upload your photos. See Compiling album details .
Review and approve your first post. Once your album is processed, Social Valet will draft posts for you. Open the first one, edit anything that doesn't sound like you, and approve it.
By the end of day 1, you should have your first post scheduled and on the calendar.
Days 2–3 — Refining and adding more (~10–15 minutes/day)
Now that the platform is producing real content for you, the goal is to start trusting it.
Review the rest of your draft posts. Edit, approve, or reject — every interaction teaches Social Valet what you actually want.
Refine your brand voice if anything feels off. A few captions in, you'll know whether the voice is landing. Adjust from Settings → Brand Voice.
Mark your favorite photos. Favoriting a photo tells Social Valet which images you want featured most often. See Marking favorite photos .
Connect WordPress if you blog. Now that you have a feel for the workflow, hooking up your blog adds another publishing channel. See Connecting your WordPress blog .
Days 4–6 — Building a backlog (~10 minutes/day)
A steady week of approvals turns into a real content pipeline.
Upload one or two more albums from past weddings. Each album generates its own batch of posts.
Check the calendar. Make sure the scheduled posts look good across the week. See Viewing and managing the calendar .
Adjust scheduling if needed. Move posts around, add or remove specific dates, or change the cadence.
By day 6, you should have a comfortable mix of approved posts queued for the next several weeks.
Day 7 — Settle into a rhythm (~10 minutes/day)
You've now seen the full loop: upload → review → approve → publish. The rhythm from here is light:
A few minutes a day to review and approve drafts
A new album whenever you finish a wedding or shoot
Brand voice tweaks when something doesn't sound quite right
If your queue is steady and you're comfortable with the output, this is also a good time to consider turning on auto-approval — the platform will publish on its own once posts are ready. See Auto-approval: when to turn it on .
What "going well" looks like after week 1
At least one album uploaded and processed
A handful of posts approved and on the schedule
A brand voice that's getting closer to how you actually sound
Less time editing each post than the one before it
If you're not there yet, that's normal — and we're here to help. Reach out anytime from the in-app help menu.