Scheduled social media post publishing

Purpose

1.1. Automate the scheduled publishing of social media posts for pilgrimage sites, ensuring consistent, timely sharing of devotional content, event updates, live prayers, inspirational stories, and visitor information across platforms.
1.2. Enables staff to pre-schedule months of posts, automate approval workflows, manage religious content calendars, streamline connectivity with pilgrims, and maintain brand compliance without manual intervention.

Trigger Conditions

2.1. Automation activates at preset times based on chosen schedule (e.g., daily, weekly, festival-specific).
2.2. Post queue status—automatedly checks if new media/text content is added or modified.
2.3. Triggers for holidays, religious events, new devotional messages, or visitor announcements.
2.4. Administrators/manual override automated for urgent announcements.

Platform Variants

3.1. Facebook (Meta Graph API)
- Feature/Setting: Schedule posts by configuring scheduled_publish_time in posts endpoint; automates queueing for pilgrim engagement drives.
3.2. Instagram (Instagram Graph API)
- Feature/Setting: Schedule image/video posts via publishing_content endpoint; automate cross-posting of spiritual messages.
3.3. Twitter/X (POST statuses/update API)
- Feature/Setting: Use third-party tool API hooks with scheduled tasks; automatedly posts at peak engagement times.
3.4. LinkedIn (Share API)
- Feature/Setting: Set scheduled sharing requests; automate professional community insights on site events.
3.5. YouTube (YouTube Data API)
- Feature/Setting: Automate video publishing with scheduled filter set in videos.insert; for live bhajan or prayer streaming alerts.
3.6. Pinterest (Pinterest API)
- Feature/Setting: Schedule pin APIs for visual pilgrim updates, automating event promotions.
3.7. Google My Business (GMB API)
- Feature/Setting: Automate event, post creation, and scheduling using posts and events endpoints.
3.8. Buffer
- Feature/Setting: Automate pre-scheduled post queues via Buffer Publish API endpoints.
3.9. Hootsuite
- Feature/Setting: Use automated scheduling API for multi-platform automated publishing.
3.10. Sprout Social
- Feature/Setting: Automates post scheduling via publishing API; centralizes pilgrim interaction.
3.11. Zoho Social
- Feature/Setting: Schedule devotional posts using Zoho Social API and automated content calendar triggers.
3.12. Mailchimp
- Feature/Setting: Automate RSS-to-social campaigns for recurring pilgrimage newsletters using Social Posts endpoints.
3.13. HubSpot
- Feature/Setting: Use HubSpot Social API to automate event and content post scheduling with lead segmentation.
3.14. Later
- Feature/Setting: Schedule and automate posts for Instagram & Facebook via Later’s automated queue API.
3.15. SocialBee
- Feature/Setting: Automate evergreen queue scheduling responses for festival or daily scriptures.
3.16. MeetEdgar
- Feature/Setting: Automates repeated publishing of core messages via content library automation.
3.17. Agorapulse
- Feature/Setting: API integrates scheduled publishing for managing multiple pilgrimage venues’ pages.
3.18. Salesforce Social Studio
- Feature/Setting: Automated post scheduling integrated with marketing journeys and CRM.
3.19. ContentCal
- Feature/Setting: Automates workflow across team members for approval and scheduling of posts.
3.20. Planoly
- Feature/Setting: Instagram post automation using Planoly’s API scheduler for visual pilgrimage guides.

Benefits

4.1. Automates repetitive publishing, freeing staff for in-person visitor interaction.
4.2. Enhances consistency and branding by scheduled, automated post timing.
4.3. Automates compliance with devotional calendar, ensuring timely relevant posts.
4.4. Supports automation of urgent and festival-specific communications across global time zones.
4.5. Reduces manual errors, automates campaign analytics collection, and improves overall site communications for devotees worldwide.