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Quick start

Sign in, set up a brand and make your first post in about ten minutes.

1. Sign in

  1. Go to the sign-up page, enter your email and choose Email me a sign-in link.
  2. Open the link in the email on the same device. It works for one hour and only once.
  3. That is it. There is no password. Next time, ask for a new link the same way.

2. Create a workspace

A workspace holds your brands and your team. You are asked for:

  • Workspace name: your company or your own name.
  • How will you use it? Solo (one person, one brand), Business (a small team) or Agency (several client brands). This only describes you; it does not limit anything.
  • First brand: the business you will post for.
  • Brand website (optional): Soda reads it to learn the logo, colours, fonts and voice. Leave it empty to set the brand up by hand.

3. Let Soda learn the brand

If you gave a website, Soda scans it (under a minute) and then walks you through four short steps:

  1. Scan: watch what it finds, or choose Skip and set it up by hand.
  2. Brand kit: "Does this look like your brand?" Fix any colour, font or the logo.
  3. Voice: "Does this sound like your brand?" Adjust the tone and mark sample captions as Sounds like us or Not us.
  4. First post: pick a suggested idea or describe your own, then Create my first post.

You can leave at any point with Finish later and come back from the brand's page. More detail: Set up a brand.

4. Meet the Studio

Your first post opens in the Studio with the agent already working on it. When it finishes:

  • Click anything on the canvas to change it. Double-click text to edit it.
  • Ask the agent for changes in plain words: "make the headline shorter", "add a closing slide with a call to action".
  • Press ⌘Z (Ctrl+Z) to undo anything, including what the agent did.

Tour: The Studio. Getting good results: Work with the agent.

5. Write captions, then publish or export

  1. Open Post details at the top of the Studio.
  2. Choose Write with agent, or write the caption for each platform yourself, and Save.
  3. Under Publish, pick the account for each platform and a date and time, then Schedule. Or choose Export to download the slides and post them yourself.

Starting your next design

On Home, type what you want to post, choose the brand and the format, and press the arrow. The starter buttons under the box (Carousel, Quote post, Announcement, Story, From a link, For every platform) begin the sentence for you. Leave the box empty for a blank design.