Review and approve LinkedIn posts before they go live

Draft LinkedIn posts wait in a tracking sheet for approval, then publish automatically once approved.

How the work actually flows

It branches. Exactly one path is taken; a person has to approve before it continues.

Pattern: Exclusive Choice (4)

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A stepAn outside serviceA personA record or sheetOne path onlyResultPayoff
Build size
Advanced

A larger build with multiple systems, AI reasoning, and custom rules.

Business functions
Social Media ManagementSpreadsheet & Database OpsFile & Cloud Storage
Connects
LinkedInGoogle SheetsGoogle Drive

The problem it solves

You don't want LinkedIn posts going out without a second look, but coordinating review over email or chat before each post is a hassle. Without a clear approval step, it's easy for a bad draft to publish by mistake.

Who it fits

Personal brands, agencies, or teams who need sign-off before content goes live on LinkedIn.

How it works

  1. A LinkedIn post draft and image are generated and saved to a tracking sheet
  2. Each draft starts in a draft status, ready for someone to review
  3. A reviewer changes the status to approved, or rejects it
  4. Once marked approved, the system publishes the post and image to LinkedIn
What you get

Posts that go live only after you approve

You get LinkedIn posts drafted and queued for your review, publishing automatically the moment you mark them approved.

What you get

A published LinkedIn post, with every draft tracked through review in one sheet.

What you need

A tracking spreadsheet, a LinkedIn account, and Google Drive for images.

We can build this. But should you?

The hard question is not how to build it. It is whether this is the right thing to build first.

That is what a Fractional Chief AI Officer figures out with you, before anyone writes a line of code.

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