Scheduled outreach emails/social posts about adoption events

Purpose

 1.1. Automate scheduled outreach emails and social media posts to promote animal adoption events, drive community engagement, increase pet adoption rates, and improve transparency in animal control services.
 1.2. Ensure timely dissemination of information to residents on event dates, featured animals, and community resources using multi-channel communication.

Trigger Conditions

 2.1. Predefined schedule (e.g., weekly, bi-weekly, monthly event calendar)
 2.2. Addition or update of an event in the animal adoption calendar
 2.3. Arrival of a new animal available for adoption
 2.4. Manual trigger by outreach coordinator during emergencies or special events

Platform Variants (with function/API details)

 3.1. Gmail API
  • Feature: Send scheduled emails; configure `users.messages.send` with `scheduledTime`
 3.2. Microsoft Outlook Graph API
  • Feature: Automated event-based emails; configure `/me/sendMail` with send time
 3.3. Mailchimp
  • Feature: Scheduled campaign; use "Campaigns" API with send parameters
 3.4. SendGrid
  • Feature: Email automation with scheduler using `Marketing Campaigns` API
 3.5. ActiveCampaign
  • Feature: “Automations” for timed campaign; use “Start on date/time” trigger
 3.6. Constant Contact
  • Feature: Create `email campaign` via API; set `scheduled_date` field
 3.7. Twilio SendGrid
  • Feature: Scheduled transactional emails using `mail/send` API
 3.8. Slack
  • Feature: Scheduled message using `chat.scheduleMessage` API
 3.9. Twitter/X API
  • Feature: Schedule tweet via “scheduled_tweets” endpoint
 3.10. Facebook Graph API
  • Feature: Schedule page post using `/page-id/feed` with `scheduled_publish_time`
 3.11. LinkedIn Marketing API
  • Feature: Share scheduled organization post using `shares` endpoint with set time
 3.12. Buffer
  • Feature: Scheduled multi-network posts via Buffer API POST `/updates/create`
 3.13. Hootsuite
  • Feature: Auto-schedule social posts using Platform API between dates
 3.14. Instagram Graph API
  • Feature: Schedule post using `content_publishing_limit` and `/media_publish`
 3.15. Zoho Campaigns
  • Feature: Scheduled email campaign via Campaigns API “create-campaign”
 3.16. Salesforce Marketing Cloud
  • Feature: Schedule emails via “Triggered Send Definitions”
 3.17. HubSpot
  • Feature: Email scheduling via Marketing Email API “campaigns”
 3.18. Sprout Social
  • Feature: Compose and schedule posts via API schedule parameter
 3.19. Google Calendar
  • Feature: Auto-create calendar event reminders via `events.insert` API
 3.20. Microsoft Teams
  • Feature: Schedule channel messages via `scheduleMessage` endpoint

Benefits

 4.1. Consistent community engagement with minimal manual effort
 4.2. Improved attendance and awareness of events
 4.3. Multi-channel, unified outreach for broader audience reach
 4.4. Reduced risk of human error and missed communications
 4.5. Enhanced transparency and public trust through regular updates