How do you schedule Google Business posts with PlatPost?
By Guy Hamilton, founder of PlatPost. Last updated .
The short answer
Connect your Google Business account, give PlatPost one idea, and approve the drafts it writes in your voice. Drag a draft onto a day, tick Google Business, and PlatPost posts it at the time you chose.
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What you need to post to Google Business
Updates on your Business Profile location. 1500 characters.
Open Connected Channels and press Connect next to Google Business. You sign in on Google Business itself. PlatPost never sees your password.
How to schedule a Google Business post
The steps are the same for every network.
- Connect your Google Business account in Connected Channels.
- Open Create, type one idea and pick a tone. PlatPost writes three drafts in your own voice.
- Edit the drafts, fill any gap, and keep the ones you like.
- Drag a kept draft onto a day on the calendar and tick Google Business.
- Set the time. PlatPost posts it then, and the calendar shows that it went out.
Google Business limits that PlatPost checks
The text limit PlatPost uses for Google Business is 1,500 characters. The composer counts as you type.
A Google Business post can be text alone. You can add an image or a video from the media studio.
Post to Google Business and your other networks together
One idea can go to Google Business and to any of the other 15 networks in the same step. Each post is written for its network, never one text copied across.
When you tick more than one network, the composer counts against the tightest limit, so the post fits everywhere you send it.
The route PlatPost uses
PlatPost posts to Google Business through the route the network approves for apps. It never uses scraping or a copied browser session, because that can get an account restricted.
Questions people ask
- Can PlatPost post to Google Business automatically?
- Yes. After you approve a post and set its time, PlatPost posts it to Google Business at that time. Nothing goes out without your approval.
- What is the character limit for a Google Business post in PlatPost?
- 1,500 characters. The composer counts as you type, and it uses the tightest limit when you tick more than one network.
- Does a Google Business post need an image or a video?
- No. Text alone is enough, and you can add media if you want.