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# Publishing & Scheduling Terms

How posts get out the door: scheduling, queues, bulk scheduling, auto-posting, crossposting, drafts and the best time to post.

## **A**

**3 terms**

[**Alt Text****Publishing & Scheduling** Alt text is a written description of an image that makes it accessible to people who cannot see it and helps platforms understand what the image contains.**Read definition → **](https://www.postpone.app/social-media-glossary/alt-text) [**Approval Workflow****Publishing & Scheduling** An approval workflow is a process that requires social media posts to be reviewed and approved by designated team members before they are published.** Read definition → **](https://www.postpone.app/social-media-glossary/approval-workflow) [**Auto-Posting****Publishing & Scheduling** Auto-posting is publishing content automatically based on triggers, schedules or predefined rules, without anyone clicking publish for each post.** Read definition → **](https://www.postpone.app/social-media-glossary/auto-posting)

## **B**

**2 terms**

[**Best Time to Post****Publishing & Scheduling** The best time to post is the publishing window when your specific audience is most active on a platform and most likely to engage with your content.**Read definition → **](https://www.postpone.app/social-media-glossary/best-time-to-post) [**Bulk Scheduling****Publishing & Scheduling** Bulk scheduling is scheduling many social media posts at once, typically by uploading a CSV file or using batch tools instead of creating each post by hand.** Read definition → **](https://www.postpone.app/social-media-glossary/bulk-scheduling)

## **C**

**1 term**

[**Content Queue****Publishing & Scheduling** A content queue is a lineup of pre-approved posts that publish automatically, in order, at the next available time slot.**Read definition → **](https://www.postpone.app/social-media-glossary/content-queue)

## **D**

**1 term**

[**Draft****Publishing & Scheduling** A draft is an unpublished social media post saved for later editing, review or approval before it goes live.**Read definition → **](https://www.postpone.app/social-media-glossary/draft)

## **R**

**1 term**

[**RSS Feed****Publishing & Scheduling** An RSS feed is a web feed format that automatically delivers updated content from websites you follow, without checking them by hand.**Read definition → **](https://www.postpone.app/social-media-glossary/rss-feed)

## **S**

**3 terms**

[**Social Media Calendar****Publishing & Scheduling** A social media calendar is a visual overview of all planned social content, organized by date, platform and status.**Read definition → **](https://www.postpone.app/social-media-glossary/social-media-calendar) [**Social Media Management****Publishing & Scheduling** Social media management is the end-to-end process of planning, creating, publishing and analyzing content across social media platforms.** Read definition → **](https://www.postpone.app/social-media-glossary/social-media-management) [**Social Media Scheduling****Publishing & Scheduling** Social media scheduling is planning posts in advance and automating them to publish at specific times across your social platforms.** Read definition → **](https://www.postpone.app/social-media-glossary/social-media-scheduling)