Extract Trends and Auto-Generate Social Media Content with OpenAI, Reddit, and Google Trends: Approve and Post to Instagram, TikTok, and More

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Description

What Problem Does This Solve? 🛠️

This workflow automates trend extraction and social media content creation for businesses and marketers. It eliminates manual trend research and content generation by fetching trends, scoring them with AI, and posting tailored content to multiple platforms. Target audience: Social media managers, digital marketers, and businesses aiming to streamline content strategies.

What Does It Do? 🌟

• Fetches trending topics from Reddit, X and Google Trends
• Scores trends for relevance using OpenAI.
• Generates content for Twitter/X, LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook
• Posts to supported platforms
• Stores results in Google Sheets for tracking

Key Features 📋

• Real-time trend fetching from Reddit and Google Trends.
• AI-driven trend scoring and content generation (OpenAI).
• Automated posting to Twitter/X, LinkedIn, Instagram, and Facebook.
• Persistent storage in Google Sheets.

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Setup Instructions

Prerequisites ⚙️

• n8n Instance: Self-hosted or cloud n8n instance.
• API Credentials:
  • Reddit API: Client ID and secret from Reddit.
  • SerpApi (Google Trends): API key from SerpApi, stored in n8n credentials
  • OpenAI API: API key with GPT model access.
  • Twitter/X API: OAuth 1.0a credentials with write permissions.
  • LinkedIn API: OAuth 2.0 credentials with w_organization_social scope.
  • Instagram/Facebook API: Meta Developer app with posting permissions.
  • Google Sheets API: Credentials from Google Cloud Console.

Installation Steps 📦

1. Import the Workflow:

   • Copy the workflow JSON from the "Template Code" section below.
   • Import it into n8n via "Import from File" or "Import from URL".

2. Configure Credentials:

   • Add API credentials in n8n’s Credentials section for Reddit, SerpApi, OpenAI, Twitter/X, LinkedIn, Instagram/Facebook, and Google Sheets.
   • Assign credentials to respective nodes. For example:
     • In the Fetch Google Trends node (HTTP Request), use n8n credentials for SerpApi instead of hardcoding the API key.
     • Example: Set the API key in n8n credentials as SerpApiKey and reference it in the node’s query parameter: api_key={{ $credentials.SerpApiKey }}.

3. Set Up Google Sheets with the following columns (exact column names are case-sensitive) -Timestamp | Trend | Score | BrandVoice | AudienceMood |

4. Customize Nodes:

• OpenAI Nodes (Trend Relevance Scoring, Generate Social Media Content): Update the model (e.g., gpt-4o) and prompt as needed.
• HTTP Request Nodes (Post to Twitter/X, Post to LinkedIn, etc.): Verify URLs, authentication, and payloads.
• Brand Voice/Audience Mood: Adjust Prepare Trend Scoring Input for your desired brand_voice (e.g., "casual") and audience_mood (e.g., "curious").

5. Test the Workflow:

• Fetch Reddit Trends to Store Selected Trends- to score and store trends.
• Retrieve Latest Trends to end) to generate and post content
• Check Google Sheets for posting statuses

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How It Works

High-Level Steps 🔍

• Fetch Trends: Pulls trends from Reddit,X and Google Trends.
• Score Trends: Uses OpenAI to score trends for relevance.
• Generate Content: Creates platform-specific social media content.
• Post Content: Posts to LinkedIn, Facebook or X

Detailed descriptions are available in the sticky notes within the workflow screenshot above.

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Node Names and Actions

Trend Extraction and Scoring

• Daily Trigger Idea: Triggers the workflow daily.
• Set Default Inputs: Sets default brand_voice and inputs.
• Fetch Reddit Trends: Fetches Reddit posts.
• Extract Reddit Trends: Extracts trends from Reddit.
• Fetch Google Trends: Fetches Google Trends via SerpApi.
• Extract Google Trends2: Processes Google Trends data.
• Fetch Twitter Mentions: Fetches Twitter mentions.
• Translate Tweets to English: Translates tweets.
• Fix Tweet Translation Output: Fixes translation format.
• Detect Audience Mood: Detects audience mood.
• Fix Audience Mood Output: Fixes mood output format.
• Analyze News Sentiment: Analyzes news sentiment.
• Combine Data (Merge): Merges all data sources.
• Merge Items into Single Item: Combines data into one item.
• Combine Trends and UGC: Combines trends with UGC.
• Prepare Trend Scoring Input: Prepares data for scoring.
• Trend Relevance Scoring: Scores trends with OpenAI.
• Parse Trend Scores: Parses scoring output.
• Store Selected Trends: Stores trends in Google Sheets.

Content Generation and Posting

• Retrieve Latest Trends: Retrieves trends from Google Sheets.
• Parse Retrieved Trends: Parses retrieved trends.
• Select Top Trends: Selects the top trend.
• Generate Social Media Content: Generates platform-specific content.
• Parse Social Media Content: Parses generated content.
• Generate Images: Generates images for posts (if applicable). -Handle Approvals/Rejection before Posting
• Post to Instagram: Posts to Instagram.
• Post to Facebook: Posts to Facebook.
• Post to LinkedIn: Posts to LinkedIn.

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Customization Tips

• Add Trend Sources 📡: Include more sources (e.g., Instagram trends) by adding nodes to Combine Data (Merge).
• Change Content Tone ✍️: Update the Generate Social Media Content prompt for a different tone (e.g., "humorous").
• Adjust Schedule ⏰: Modify Daily Trigger Idea to run hourly or weekly.
• Automate TikTok/YouTube 🎥: Add video generation (e.g., FFMPEG) to post TikTok and YouTube Shorts

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