Social Media Scheduling Platforms: glossary
Definitions connect the language of social media scheduling platforms to concrete work: what gets drafted, approved, posted and measured.
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Defined terms
Scheduling platform
A product in which scheduling posts is one module beside the inbox, ads, email, analytics and reports.
Read definition →Platform or toolPoint tool
Software built to do one job, such as scheduling posts, without the surrounding modules of a platform.
Read definition →Inbox, ads & emailModule
One functional part of a platform, such as the calendar, the inbox, ads, email or reports.
Read definition →Shared calendar & reviewShared calendar
One schedule that the whole team reads and adds to, treated as the only record of what will publish.
Read definition →Shared calendar & reviewNeeds review
The mark on a draft that still has to be checked by a person before it posts or launches.
Read definition →Shared calendar & reviewPublishing queue
The list of approved posts waiting to be sent to their networks at their set times.
Read definition →Inbox, ads & emailSocial inbox
One place where comments and direct messages from connected networks are read and answered.
Read definition →Analytics & reportsOwner report
A brief written account, for someone outside the marketing team, of what social media produced in a period.
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Social Media Scheduling Platforms. “Social Media Scheduling Platforms: glossary.” Linkme. Content reviewed 12 November 2026.
https://socialmediaschedulingplatforms.com/glossary/