Agorapulse LinkedIn Post FAQ: AI Draft and Scheduling

The example in the lesson is made up. Jordan is the marketing coordinator at Whitcomb & Hale CPAs, a small accounting firm, and a post about the firm's free year-end tax planning checklist has to go out on Tuesday morning. Agorapulse (agorapulse.com) is a separate, third-party social media management tool. The lesson is a practice copy built from Agorapulse's public help center in October 2026 and was not tested in the real app, so a label or two may look a little different in your account. It is our own lesson, not an official Agorapulse course.

Why use Agorapulse for a small firm's posts?

At a small professional firm, social posts are usually one person's side job. Each post is written from a blank page and put up by hand, so the busy weeks go quiet. The lesson prices this with example numbers: three posts a week at about 30 minutes each is 90 minutes a week. With an AI first draft, a check and one scheduled post, each one takes about 10 minutes, or about 30 minutes a week. Nothing waits on someone being free at 9 AM to press post. Use your own numbers.

A tool that holds posts and sends them out at a set time is a social media scheduler. Agorapulse adds an AI writer inside the same window, so the draft and the schedule live in one place.

What are the steps, start to finish?

The lesson follows this order, taken from Agorapulse's help center:

1. In the left-hand menu, click Create a post to open the Publishing Composer.
2. Under Social Profiles, select the firm's LinkedIn page.
3. Leave Your post empty and click the Writing Assistant icon (the sparkle).
4. Type your request, with the facts, and click Send Prompt.
5. Click Shorter if the draft is long for LinkedIn.
6. Read it, then click Send to Composer.
7. Click the Date & Time icon, then Add date to all profiles.
8. Pick the day and time, then click the orange Apply button.
9. Click the orange Schedule button at the bottom right.

What should I type into the Writing Assistant?

Say what the post is for and give it the facts. The lesson's request is: Write a LinkedIn post for a small accounting firm inviting business owners to download our free year-end tax planning checklist and book a planning meeting before December 15. Friendly and professional, no hashtags.

It names the audience, the offer, the call to action, the real deadline and the tone. Putting the December 15 date in the request means the AI does not have to invent one. A good request like this is a prompt, and the more facts it carries, the less the draft has to guess.

How do I check an AI draft before it goes out?

Read it for dates, numbers and promises. In the lesson, Jordan checks three things in the shorter draft: the checklist is named, the December 15 date is right, and the ask (download, then book a meeting) is the one the firm wants. Nothing was added. AI can write something that sounds right and isn't, which is called a hallucination, so a quick hallucination check is part of the job, not an extra.

For posts that speak for the firm, add a second pair of eyes. The lesson's module page notes that Agorapulse lists multi-step approvals for this.

Key takeaways

• Open Create a post, pick the LinkedIn page, and leave Your post empty before you open the Writing Assistant.
• Put the real facts in the request so the AI does not invent them.
• Use Shorter for LinkedIn, then read every date, number and promise.
• Schedule with Date & Time, Add date to all profiles, Apply, then Schedule.
• Check agorapulse.com/pricing before you plan on the AI writer, since it is not on the free trial.

Frequently asked questions

Is Agorapulse part of Stepthrough?

No. Agorapulse is a separate product from agorapulse.com, with its own account and plans. The practice lesson needs no Agorapulse account, and nothing in it posts anything.

Can I use the Writing Assistant on the free trial?

Agorapulse lists a free trial, but its help center says the AI Writing Assistant is not available on the free trial. Check the Agorapulse pricing page for what each plan includes before you plan on it.

Why leave Your post empty before opening the Writing Assistant?

That is the order Agorapulse's help center gives for using AI: leave Your post blank, then click the Writing Assistant icon. The draft goes into the box when you click Send to Composer.

What can I do with a draft besides Shorter?

The lesson shows Shorter, Longer, Rephrase, Translate in... and Enter your own prompt, plus Copy and Retry. Agorapulse's help center also lists tone options.

How do I get the draft into my post?

Click Send to Composer. The text lands in Your post, where you can still edit it.

Can one post go to LinkedIn and Facebook at the same time?

Yes. Select more than one profile under Social Profiles, then use Add date to all profiles, or set a different date next to each profile.

What is the difference between Schedule, Publish Now and Save draft?

Schedule sends the post at the date and time you applied. Publish Now posts it straight away. Save draft keeps it for later. The lesson uses Schedule so the post goes out on Tuesday at 9:00 AM without anyone at a keyboard.

Do I need to click Apply twice?

In the lesson you pick the day and time in the calendar, then click the orange Apply button. Once the date is applied, the Schedule button can be used.

Should I add hashtags?

The lesson's request says "no hashtags", which suits a plain, professional firm post. That is a choice, not a rule. Say what you want in the request so you don't have to remove it later.

Where do I find the steps in Agorapulse's own words?

In its help article How to create and schedule a post in Agorapulse and its Writing Assistant page.

What goes wrong most often?

Asking for a post without the facts, and scheduling a draft nobody read. See Agorapulse LinkedIn post mistakes. To plan a whole week of posts at once, try the SocialBee lesson, and read the Agorapulse glossary entry for the tool in a paragraph.