Post a video Bernard made to Instagram or LinkedIn
Bernard cannot post to Instagram or LinkedIn for you, and never will pretend to. But when he has made you something worth posting - a clip cut from a lesson, a course trailer, a short film - the last yard is the annoying part: getting the file off the website and into the app. That yard is now one tap.
The prompt
“Cut the best 30 seconds of my lesson [lesson name] as a clip I can post on Instagram - the bit where I [what happens in the moment], with captions on.”
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How it works
- Make the video. Ask Bernard for a clip (Turn a lesson into a shareable clip), a trailer, or a film from your course. It renders and appears in your clips list on the course page, marked ready.
- Press Share on your phone. Next to any ready clip there is a Share to Instagram or LinkedIn button. On a phone it opens your share sheet with the video already attached.
- Pick the app and post as yourself. Choose Instagram or LinkedIn on the sheet. The clip lands in that app’s composer, on whichever account you are signed into there. Write the caption, post, done. Bernard never sees your login.
On a laptop
A laptop browser cannot hand a file to an app, so the same button saves the video and shows you the two doors: open Instagram or LinkedIn and add the file. If you would rather post from your phone, open the course page there and press Share - the clip is the same.
What to post
The clips Bernard cuts are made for this: a real moment from your teaching, captions on, the right shape for a feed. For where to post and how often, see What should I post, and where? and the channel guides How do I get more from Instagram? and How do I get good on LinkedIn?. It is week four of Your first six weeks: a starter plan.
Questions people ask
- Does Bernard post to Instagram or LinkedIn for me?
- No, and he won’t pretend to. Posting is yours - it is your account, your voice and your name on it. What Bernard does is make the video and hand it to you at the moment you want to post: on your phone the Share button opens the share sheet with the file ready, so it lands in the Instagram or LinkedIn composer in one tap.
- Why does it work on my phone but only download on my laptop?
- Instagram is built for phones, and a phone’s share sheet can pass a video file straight into an app. A laptop browser cannot do that, so there Bernard saves the file and gives you the two doors to open. Any clip you download on the laptop is also in your phone’s reach: open the same course page on your phone and press Share there.
- Will the clip go out before I’ve seen it?
- Nothing leaves without you. Bernard makes the clip and it waits in your clips list. When you press Share you see the file on the sheet, choose the app, and approve the post inside Instagram or LinkedIn as you would any other. Bernard never has a login to either.