Set up and send your first post

Mio greets you and offers to set things up with you. Choose Let's set things up to answer a few short questions and create your first brand, or I'd rather look around first to go straight to the Overview. During setup you can choose Skip for now at any time.

1. Tell us about yourself (1 min): a few questions about your work, so the tips fit you.
2. Create a brand: give it a name. A brand is one business or client, and its channels and posts go in it.
3. Connect your first channel: on the Channels page, connect a Facebook Page and the Instagram account linked to it, or a Bluesky or Mastodon account. Only the brand owner can connect channels.
4. Write your first post: choose New post, pick channels, write the text and add an image or video. Instagram needs an image or a video. A saved draft counts too.
5. Schedule or publish it: choose Schedule and pick a time, or Publish now.

Connecting a channel, writing a post and scheduling it each open only once the step before is done. For more on writing and timing posts, see Write a post in the editor and Schedule, queue and repeat.

• On the Overview, the Getting started card lists every step, with a button for the next one.
• At the bottom of the left menu, a ring shows how far you are.
• At the top of the Mio panel, the same list appears while a step is left.
• On a computer, Mio can also show the next step in a small bubble. Not now hides it until you reload the page, and Don't show this again hides it for good.

When every step is done, the checklist goes away. Your posts are in the Planner from then on. If you're not sure what to do next, ask Mio: Where do I start?