Scheduled posting of menu items and promotions to social platforms

Purpose

1.1. Enable Algerian restaurants to automatically publish scheduled menu items, daily specials, and promotions to multiple social media and marketing channels, ensuring timely customer engagement without manual effort.
1.2. Maintain regular brand presence, promote seasonal offerings, and announce events or discounts seamlessly to reach a wider audience and increase patrons.
1.3. Empower marketing staff to plan campaigns in advance, cover multiple platforms with customized messages, and analyze engagement metrics for future optimization.

Trigger Conditions

2.1. Scheduled time or date for publishing (e.g., daily lunch special at 10 AM).
2.2. Addition or update of new menu item or promotional offer.
2.3. Calendar-based triggers for recurring promotions (e.g., Ramadan specials, holiday events).
2.4. Manual approval workflow completion by marketing staff.

Platform Variants

3.1. Facebook Pages
• Feature/Setting: Schedule API — Configure /page/feed endpoint to auto-post menu content with images and links.
3.2. Instagram
• Feature/Setting: Instagram Graph API — Use /media and /media_publish endpoints for image and carousel post scheduling.
3.3. Twitter/X
• Feature/Setting: POST statuses/update API — Queue tweets with menu details and hashtags for automatic publishing.
3.4. LinkedIn
• Feature/Setting: Share API — Use /ugcPosts to distribute promotions on company and showcase pages at scheduled times.
3.5. WhatsApp Business
• Feature/Setting: WhatsApp Cloud API — Send automated broadcast messages with menu links to customer lists.
3.6. Telegram
• Feature/Setting: Bot API sendMessage — Push menu updates and specials to group chats and channel subscribers.
3.7. Google My Business
• Feature/Setting: Posts API — Configure /accounts/{accountId}/locations/{locationId}/localPosts for “What’s New” promotional posts.
3.8. Pinterest
• Feature/Setting: Pins API — Schedule image-rich menu pins on boards for relevant dates.
3.9. TikTok
• Feature/Setting: Content Publishing API — Pre-upload and schedule promotional video posts to business account.
3.10. YouTube
• Feature/Setting: YouTube Data API v3 — Publish scheduled promotional shorts or menu introduction videos.
3.11. Snapchat
• Feature/Setting: Marketing API — Pre-program snaps and story posts for menu promotion.
3.12. Yelp
• Feature/Setting: Business API — Automate business update posts about menu changes and promotions.
3.13. TripAdvisor
• Feature/Setting: Management Center API — Schedule updates for menu or event posts on restaurant profile.
3.14. Mailchimp
• Feature/Setting: Campaign API — Set automated email campaigns featuring daily menu or weekly promotions.
3.15. Slack
• Feature/Setting: Webhooks — Post scheduled menu announcements to team or group channels for staff awareness.
3.16. Discord
• Feature/Setting: Bot webhook — Publish menu promotions as automated posts to customer or fan servers.
3.17. SMS via Twilio
• Feature/Setting: Messaging API schedule — Send automated menu SMS to subscribers daily or for special occasions.
3.18. Viber
• Feature/Setting: Public Account API — Schedule message broadcasts with promo codes and menu highlights.
3.19. WeChat
• Feature/Setting: Official Accounts API — Set auto-posting of menus and promotions to followers.
3.20. Telegram
• Feature/Setting: Scheduled Bots — Configure bots with set time triggers to post menu updates to channels.
3.21. Buffer
• Feature/Setting: API v2 — Queue content to multiple linked social channels in one scheduling action.
3.22. Hootsuite
• Feature/Setting: Bulk composer API — Upload CSV schedule of menu posts across supported networks.
3.23. Reddit
• Feature/Setting: Reddit API /api/submit — Schedule posts to subreddit for local community targeting.

Benefits

4.1. Assures consistent marketing output regardless of staff workload or holidays.
4.2. Maximizes audience reach by targeting multiple channels simultaneously.
4.3. Reduces manual errors and delays in social communication.
4.4. Allows staff to focus on content quality and customer service, not repetitive posting.
4.5. Enables post-performance analytics collection for marketing strategy refinement.