Post Studio guide

From your creative brief to a published post

Use this short guide whenever you are making a post. Saving your notes is useful, but it is only the first step—not the moment an image appears or a post goes live.

01

Save the creative brief

Your saved voice, offers, colors, and original materials tell Local Aura what should shape the work. They are your creative brief: a reference for the visual and the draft.

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Use saved Brand Profile

Voice, offers, colors, and original reference materials guide this work.

Warm and neighbourly voice
Sunday sanctuary walks
Earthy sand and terracotta
Original photo references
Save draft
These saved details guide the work.
02

Saving is not generating or publishing

Save the draft to keep your caption and visual direction. This does not create an image, attach a visual, connect a social account, or publish anything.

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New draft

A gentle Sunday walk with our rescued horses.

Visual request

Describe the scene and format after the draft is saved.

Generate visual
A saved draft is ready for the next step—not live.
03

Generate the visual

With the brief and draft ready, start the visual request. Describe the scene, format, and any important details. The caption stays separate unless you ask for text in the artwork.

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New draft

A gentle Sunday walk with our rescued horses.

Visual request

Describe the scene and format after the draft is saved.

Generate visual
Generate the visual after you have saved the brief.
04

Review and attach it to the draft

Check the finished visual for the right offer, tone, crop, and spelling. When you approve it, attach it to the matching draft so the caption and image stay together.

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Review visual

Visual ready for review

A gentle Sunday walk with our rescued horses.

Attach to draft
Visual attached
Only an attached visual will appear with this draft.
05

Connect, then publish

Open Channels and connect the destination you want to use. Review the final draft once more, then publish only when the account connection and the attached visual are both ready.

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Channels

Instagram connected

New draft

Visual attached

A gentle Sunday walk with our rescued horses.

Publish post
Connect first; publishing is always a separate final action.

A draft has no visual yet?

That usually means the draft or brief was saved, but the visual step has not been completed or the finished image has not been attached. Saving alone never adds an image automatically.
  1. 1.Open the draft and check that its visual direction is clear.
  2. 2.Start or follow up on the visual request.
  3. 3.Review the finished visual, then attach it to this specific draft.

Keep this order

Brief → save draft → generate visual → review and attach → connect → publish.

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