Posts & Automation

GMB Post Scheduler

Write posts once, schedule them across every location, and stop logging in to publish by hand.

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Quick answer

A Google post scheduler lets you write posts once, assign them to any set of locations and choose the dates. The posts then publish on their own, so the routine survives a busy week.

Overview

What it does

Profile posts fail for a scheduling reason, not a writing reason. Nobody struggles to describe an offer. What beats teams is remembering to publish during a week when something more urgent happened, then the week after, until the newest post on the profile is four months old and the business looks shut to anyone reading it.

A profile that looks dormant is worse than a quiet one. Somebody comparing three businesses on a map sees your last update was in spring and draws a conclusion about whether you are still trading, still busy, still worth calling. That happens in a second and you never find out it happened.

Scheduling splits the writing from the publishing. Write a month of posts in one sitting, assign them to locations, set the dates, and they go out on their own. The work moves to a week when you have time, and the rhythm survives the weeks when nobody does.

Across an estate it matters more. Twelve locations posting when their manager happens to remember gives you twelve different rhythms, and the sites with the busiest managers are usually the ones that go quiet.

Features

Everything you get

1

Write once, send everywhere

Write a post once and assign it to any set of locations instead of repeating it profile by profile.

2

A calendar you can see

Set publish dates ahead and look at the whole queue laid out, so gaps show up before they happen.

3

Every post type

Offers, updates, events and product posts, each with the fields and buttons Google supports.

4

Buttons on the post

Add booking, call, order or learn more buttons. Posts with a button do consistently better than plain text.

5

Local wording where it matters

Start from a shared template and change the details that should be local, rather than sending identical text everywhere.

6

Photos and video

Attach images or video per post, checked before scheduling so a failure shows up now and not on the day.

7

Manage the queue

Reorder, edit or remove scheduled posts before they go out, one at a time or in bulk.

8

Expiry warnings

Flags offers whose end date has passed, so nothing keeps promoting a deal that finished.

9

Confirmation per location

See which profiles published and which did not, instead of assuming they all did.

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How it works

From setup to first result

  1. 1

    Write a batch in one sitting

    A month at a time is the right size. Writing is the easy part once you are sat down doing it.

  2. 2

    Pick the locations

    Send a post to one profile, to a group, or to the whole estate.

  3. 3

    Change the local details

    Keep the shared wording and vary the parts that should differ per site.

  4. 4

    Add a button

    Booking, call, order or learn more. A post with a button gives the reader somewhere to go.

  5. 5

    Set the dates

    Spread them across the month. Three posts in one week and nothing after is the pattern you are trying to leave behind.

  6. 6

    Check the calendar for gaps

    The queue view exists so you can see an empty fortnight before it happens.

  7. 7

    Read the confirmation

    A post that failed at two locations gives no error unless you look.

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Why it matters

What changes when you use it

Without it
  • Posting in bursts
  • Sending identical text everywhere
  • Leaving offers up after they end
  • Posting without a button
  • Assuming it published
With GMB Post Scheduler
  • Posting fails on memory, not on writing
  • A stale profile reads as a closed business
  • Rhythm beats volume
  • Estates drift apart without a schedule
  • Buttons turn readers into enquiries

Posting fails on memory, not on writing

Nobody is stuck for words. They are stuck because Tuesday got busy, and then the next Tuesday did too.

A stale profile reads as a closed business

Somebody comparing three businesses sees your last post was in spring and quietly moves on. You never learn it happened.

Rhythm beats volume

Two posts a month for a year does more than twenty in one week and nothing after.

Estates drift apart without a schedule

Twelve managers posting when they remember gives you twelve rhythms, and the busiest sites go quietest.

Buttons turn readers into enquiries

A post that only reads well is a missed chance. A booking or call button gives the reader somewhere to go.

Expired offers do damage

A promotion that ended in March still sitting on the profile tells a customer nobody is looking after it.

What it measures

  • Posts scheduled per location
  • Days since each location last posted
  • Posts published against posts planned
  • Gaps in the calendar per site
  • Posts that failed to publish
  • Which post types and buttons you use most
Reports & outputs

Reports you can send

Every output can be exported and carries your branding, never ours.

Example report
Output

Post calendar

Everything scheduled, by location and by date.

Output

Publish confirmation

Which profiles took the post and which did not.

Output

Queue view

What is coming up, and where the gaps are.

Output

Expiry list

Offers whose end date has passed.

Output

Posting history

What was published, where and when.

Output

Branded export

Posting activity in a document with your logo.

Built for

Who this is built for

Agencies

Publish for every client from one calendar instead of logging into each profile.

Multi location brands

Keep every branch on the same rhythm, including the ones with the busiest managers.

Franchises

Supply approved posts franchisees can publish without going off brand.

Independent owners

Write a month in one sitting and stop thinking about it.

Best practices

Get more out of it

  • Write a month at a time. The writing is easy once you are sat down doing it.
  • Spread the dates. Three in a week and nothing after is the habit you are trying to break.
  • Put a button on every post that could lead to an enquiry.
  • Vary the local details rather than sending identical text to forty profiles.
  • Check the calendar for empty fortnights before they arrive.
  • Read the confirmation. A post can fail at two locations without telling you.
Common mistakes

Posting in bursts

A flurry of activity and then four months of nothing is the exact pattern that makes a profile look abandoned.

Sending identical text everywhere

Forty profiles carrying the same words reads as templated to anyone who checks two of them.

Leaving offers up after they end

A promotion that finished in March still showing tells a customer that nobody is looking after this.

Posting without a button

A post nobody can act on is a missed enquiry. Booking, call and order buttons are the point of posting at all.

Assuming it published

Publishing can fail at a couple of locations and give no error. The confirmation is there to be read.

Comparison

By hand, or with this

Doing it manuallyWith GMB Post Scheduler
Log in and post, when someone remembersWrite once and let it publish on the date
Twelve locations, twelve rhythmsOne calendar across the estate
Gaps found after the factEmpty weeks visible in the queue
The same text on every profileShared wording with local detail
Expired offers still showingFlagged when the end date passes
No idea whether it publishedA confirmation for every location
Getting started
  • Block an hour and write a month of posts
  • Assign each post to the right locations
  • Change the local details per site
  • Add a button to every post that needs one
  • Spread the dates across the month
  • Check the calendar for empty weeks
  • Read the publish confirmation
FAQ

Questions people ask

What is a Google post scheduler?

A tool that lets you write profile posts once, assign them to any set of locations and choose the dates. They then publish on their own instead of somebody logging in to do it.

How often should a business post?

Weekly is plenty for most. Rhythm matters far more than volume. Two posts a month for a year does more than twenty in one week and nothing afterwards.

Do profile posts actually help?

They keep the profile looking active, which affects what a customer thinks when comparing three businesses on a map. Posts with a button also give the reader somewhere to go.

Which post types are supported?

Offers, updates, events and product posts, with the fields and call buttons Google supports for each.

Should every location get the same post?

No. Start from shared wording and change the local details. Forty profiles with identical text reads as templated to anyone who checks two.

What happens when an offer ends?

It gets flagged. A promotion that finished months ago and is still showing tells a customer nobody is looking after the profile.

How do I know a post actually published?

A confirmation per location. Publishing can fail at a couple of sites without producing any error you would notice.

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