Plain notes on AI for small business social posts
Drafting social posts with AI, checked by a person
Plain notes on using AI tools to draft and plan social media posts for a small business. Each page starts with a common problem and works through the fixes. A person checks facts, tone and rules before anything is posted.
All the pages
- What AI can and can't do for small business social posts
Where an AI writing tool helps with social posts, where it needs a person, and who stays responsible for what gets posted.
- Giving an AI tool your business's voice
Why AI posts come out generic and the fixes to try in order, from clearer instructions to real examples of your own writing.
- A simple weekly workflow for drafting posts with AI
Steps from a rough idea to a checked post ready to schedule, with a person approving each one before it goes out.
- A checklist for checking an AI-drafted post
What to check in an AI-drafted post before it goes out: facts, claims, prices, names and tone, with the official rules to read.
- Writing prompts that give usable post drafts
What to put in a prompt so the first social post draft is close: the reader, facts, format, examples and what to leave out.
- Platform rules on AI-made content and labels
What Meta, YouTube, TikTok and LinkedIn say about labelling AI-made posts, with the date each page was read and where to check again.
- Scheduling tools that include AI drafting: what to compare
What to look at when comparing AI drafting features inside social scheduling tools, with two makers' pages checked on 8 November 2026.