Social media posting scheduling

Purpose

1.1. Automate and streamline the scheduling, publishing, and management of social media posts to increase engagement, promote aquatic programs, reduce manual work, and support timely communication for multi-sport aquatics centres.
1.2. Enable automated content distribution across various platforms, handle recurring event communications, update followers about classes or closures, and automate engagement-driven content sharing for targeted audiences.

Trigger Conditions

2.1. Scheduled time, e.g. program update or event start—automate posting at pre-set intervals.
2.2. Content calendar updates—automatically schedule posts when new items are added.
2.3. API signal from registration or booking systems—automatedly share key updates.
2.4. Manual approval—enable automated queueing for posts requiring validation.
2.5. Audience engagement thresholds—automator posts based on activity spikes.

Platform Variants

3.1. Facebook
• Feature/Setting: Graph API → /page-id/feed endpoint; automate scheduled post via access token configuration.
3.2. Instagram
• Feature/Setting: Graph API → /user-id/media + /user-id/media_publish endpoints; automated post scheduling.
3.3. Twitter (X)
• Feature/Setting: POST statuses/update or v2 Scheduled Tweets API; automate tweet scheduling.
3.4. LinkedIn
• Feature/Setting: LinkedIn Marketing Developer Platform → /ugcPosts endpoint; automate scheduling via OAuth2 token.
3.5. Hootsuite
• Feature/Setting: Hootsuite API → /messages endpoint; automatable post scheduling across connected profiles.
3.6. Buffer
• Feature/Setting: Buffer API → /updates/create; automated content queue and scheduled posting via Buffer profile ID.
3.7. Sprout Social
• Feature/Setting: Publishing API; configure content drafts for automated posting to multiple social accounts.
3.8. Slack
• Feature/Setting: chat.scheduleMessage; automate scheduled message delivery to channels as post alerts.
3.9. Microsoft Teams
• Feature/Setting: Schedule message API; automate announcement posts to Teams channels at event times.
3.10. Google My Business
• Feature/Setting: My Business API → accounts.locations.localPosts; automate business updates posting.
3.11. Pinterest
• Feature/Setting: Pinterest API → v5/ads/creatives; automated scheduling of Pin posts.
3.12. TikTok
• Feature/Setting: Content Management API → /post/publish; automate video post scheduling.
3.13. YouTube
• Feature/Setting: YouTube Data API v3 → videos.insert with scheduledPublishAt; automate video rollout.
3.14. Reddit
• Feature/Setting: Reddit API → POST /api/submit with scheduler integration; automated post/thread creation.
3.15. Tumblr
• Feature/Setting: Tumblr API → /v2/blog/POST; automate scheduled text/image posting.
3.16. Snapchat
• Feature/Setting: Snapchat Marketing API → Creative Kit Media Scheduling; automatable stories posting.
3.17. WordPress
• Feature/Setting: WP REST API → /wp/v2/posts; schedule automated post/page publishing.
3.18. Trello
• Feature/Setting: Trello API → scheduled card comments; automate post reminders for social sharing.
3.19. Discord
• Feature/Setting: discord.js scheduleMessage or POST /channels/{channel.id}/messages with timestamp; automate announcements.
3.20. Telegram
• Feature/Setting: Bot API → schedule_message parameter; automate delivery to groups/channels.

Benefits

4.1. Increases efficiency by automating multi-channel post scheduling in real-time.
4.2. Reduces manual tasks; automator boosts timely communication for aquatic centre events.
4.3. Standardizes automated content quality and frequency, supporting brand consistency.
4.4. Automates engagement; posts at optimal times for sports and fitness community interaction.
4.5. Ensures round-the-clock outreach with error-free, automatedly queued posts.
4.6. Enables tracking, reporting, and further automating for improved marketing strategies.