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Schedule and post

Drop a Buzz posts a Buzz now, and Schedule posts it at a day and time you pick, on the social set's own clock.

You can change a scheduled Buzz until 2 minutes before it goes out, or take it back to your drafts.

If a platform refuses a Buzz, we email you, and you can send it again where it failed or pick a new time.

Post now or schedule

  1. 1. Write your Buzz in the composer. The discs above the words show which accounts it goes to.

  2. 2. Press Schedule. The popover lists the social set's connected accounts with this Buzz's picks ticked.

  3. 3. Pick a day and a time, or use one of the shortcuts below.

  4. 4. Press Schedule Buzz.

The Buzz moves from Drafts to Scheduled in the sidebar on the Buzz page and shows on the Calendar. To post right away, press Drop a Buzz instead, check the accounts under Post to, and press Post now.

Before it sends, Buzzmark checks each account you picked and says what stops it, such as a post too long for one platform. The rules are on Posting rules by platform.

Pick a time

Every time in the Schedule popover is on the social set's clock. The line above the calendar names the zone, and adds the time where you are when that's somewhere else. Change opens the set's scheduling settings.

  • Best times: up to 4 upcoming times when the picked accounts' posts have earned the most engagement per post.
  • Pick slot: the set's posting slots over the next 2 weeks.
  • Next slot: the next free slot in the set's posting queue, which no other post can take once you schedule. It works after the set has saved its own posting slots.
  • Natural posting time: when it's on, the Buzz goes out within 4 minutes of the time you pick instead of on the exact minute. A Buzz on Next slot always goes out on the slot's minute.

Change it later

Open a scheduled Buzz on the Calendar to move it or change its words. It locks 2 minutes before it goes out, and after that nothing about it can change.

To take it off the schedule, press Unschedule, then Move to drafts. It opens in the composer as a draft. To delete a scheduled Buzz, unschedule it, then use Delete draft in the composer's … menu.

When a Buzz doesn't go out

If every platform refuses a Buzz as you send it, the popover stays open with each platform's reason and the Buzz stays in your drafts. Fix it and send it again.

A scheduled Buzz that fails at its time shows as Failed on the Calendar, and we email you which account refused it and why. Open it to see What each platform did, then pick one:

  • Send again where it failed sends it only to the platforms that refused it, so nothing posts twice. If an account needs reconnecting, the button waits until you reconnect it.
  • Reschedule opens it as a draft with Schedule already open, so you can fix it and pick a new time.

A Buzz that went out on some accounts and not others is Partly published. It gets Send again where it failed only, so it never posts twice where it's already live.

When a platform is failing for everyone

When a platform stops taking posts from every app at once, a notice under the top bar says so to everyone with an account on it connected. You don't need to resend anything. When we mark the platform as working again, Buzzmark sends every Buzz that failed there meanwhile again, and you get the usual email when it's live. A Buzz you already sent again or rescheduled is left alone.

TikTok's post settings

TikTok asks for a few choices on every post sent from another app. While a TikTok account is ticked, both popovers show them under On TikTok, and they save with the Buzz.

  • Who can see it has no default, and the Buzz won't send until you pick Everyone, Friends, Followers or Only me. A video from Buzzmark goes out to everyone.
  • Comments, and on a video Duet and Stitch, start off.
  • Add music lets TikTok add a sound to a photo post. Made with AI labels a video as AI-generated.
  • Promotes a brand labels the post as Your brand or Paid partnership. A paid partnership can't be Only me.

Scheduling or posting to TikTok means you agree to TikTok's Music Usage Confirmation, and for a paid partnership its Branded Content Policy. The line under the settings links both.

Questions

Can I get a reminder before a Buzz goes out?

Yes. Switch on Before a scheduled Buzz in Notifications and we email you an hour ahead, while there's still time to edit it.

Why does my button say Send for approval?

You're a contributor on a plan with roles, so an owner or editor approves each Buzz before it goes out. See Approval and Activity.

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