The post stage indicator allows you to quickly see what stage your post is currently at, and adjust it. It also shows you where in the approval process your current post is.
You’ll be able to see if the post is still being worked on, ready for review, if the post has been approved (or needs revision), or if it’s been published.
The current stages your post can be in are: Draft, Awaiting Approval, Approve, and Revise
Click on the Post Stage button to get a drop-down menu where you can change the stage of the post.
If you’ve just created the post, the stage defaults to Draft:
Each approval stage is color-coded. (You’ll see how this will come in handy at the end of this guide 😊)
Draft
The draft stage is indicated by the grey 'Draft' label. Use this label when the post is still being worked on and not yet ready for review by your team or clients:
Awaiting Approval
Use this label when the post is ready for your team and/or client’s review. Once you change a post to ‘Awaiting Approval’ the Approve and Revise buttons will also appear:
The Approve and Revise buttons are visible to your clients and this is how they provide feedback for the post.
Pro Tip: Set a post to Multi-Approval by clicking on the gear icon that appears when a post is set to Awaiting Approval. Now you can choose multiple internal and external members who need to approve the post before it goes live, or select one individual in particular.
Approved
Your post will be updated to the green Approved label once your post has been approved from the clients selected in the list of approvers and will publish automatically at the scheduled time:
If you're not sending the post to be approved by someone else, you can press 'Approve' by using the drop down menu, which will schedule your post out for your selected date and time!
Needs Revision
When a post has been set to revise indicated by the red Needs Approval, it will not publish at its scheduled date and time.
Pro Tip: The comments section on each post is a great place for your team to leave feedback on why a post needs revision.
Published
Your hard work has paid off! The post is now live on the social network (Facebook, X/Twitter, and LinkedIn) or sent to your email or mobile app to post (Instagram).
Click the View Post button to be taken directly to the social channel where you can view your post:
Understand the Stage Colors on your Calendar
Once you familiarize yourself with the various stages, you can also see the status of each post-at-a-glance by looking at the post-stage colour code on the monthly view.
Grey: Draft
Yellow: Awaiting Approval
Red: Needs Revision
Green: Approved
Blue: Published
