Business -> Publishing is your control room for Google Business Profile posts across every customer. Approve in bulk, fix what needs attention, and set the defaults every location starts from. Only the account owner sees it.
The page has three tabs: Approvals, Needs Attention and Playbook.
Approvals
- Every waiting post of every customer, oldest request first, with who wrote it under
Written By - Filters:
Waiting,Changes RequestedandExpired. Search by customer or location - Tick posts and click
Approve Selected.Select Every Post on This Pageticks the page Request Changeson a row sends it back with a commentSend a Reminder Nowemails the approvers again- Opening a row switches to that customer and location first
Needs Attention
- One list across every customer: posts that did not go out, AI drafts that need a check, Autopilot paused or stopped, broken connections, used limits, approval emails waiting for a sender and posts on hold
- Filters:
All,Posts,Connections,Limits,AutopilotandFrom Customers - Each row says what happened, who can fix it and what to do
- Problems only you can fix stay here and are never emailed to the client
Playbook
One playbook sets the defaults for every customer. Every location uses it until it sets its own, and a change reaches every location that has not. Customers see your values as Set by followed by your agency name. The playbook's Name is for your team only.
Voice and Instructions: the voice controls and free-text instructions for every postDefault Settings:Schedule(How often,Day,Time),Posting days and hours,Default post timeandAsk for approval this many days aheadKinds of post Autopilot writesandPhotosPhoto location, withCustomers can turn this offDefault time zone: new locations start with it, and your daily summary arrives at 08:00 in itUse Our Defaultreturns a setting to the platform default.Save Playbookapplies your changes
Emails to Your Customers
Approval reminders: one reminder when a post still waits about 24 hours before its time. On by defaultMonthly summary of live posts: on the 1st of each month, each location's notice addresses get the posts that went live the month before, under your brand. Months with no live post send nothingSend Me a Sample Summarypreviews the monthly summarySend Me a Sample Approval Email, on the same page, shows you the approval email your clients get
Turn on many locations at once
- On a new account,
Turn On Publishing. Later, the line under the list counts the locations with publishing off on a plan that includes it: clickReview and Turn On - Pick locations across customers, confirm each time zone (prefilled from the business or your default) and add one approver per customer if you like
- It takes up to a minute. Any location that cannot be turned on appears under
Needs Attention - Nothing is posted until a post is written and approved
Your daily summary
- One email across all customers at about 08:00 in your default time zone, on days with something to report
- It covers posts waiting for approval,
Approval Emails Not Sent, changes requested, posts that could not publish, what needs attention, posts on hold and posts that expired