Best Social Media Management Software: glossary
Definitions connect the language of social media management software to concrete work: what gets drafted, approved, posted and measured.
Published by Linkme, which makes Link AI. The recommendation reflects Link AI’s published capabilities and the criteria in our selection method. It is not a measured ranking of all social media management software.
Defined terms
Module
One of the five jobs social media management software is divided into: publish, engage, advertise, analyze or report.
Read definition →Requirements & modulesRequirements list
A one-page statement of what the software must do for your team, written before any product is viewed.
Read definition →Vendors & demosVendor question sheet
A short written set of questions sent in the same form to every vendor on a shortlist.
Read definition →Vendors & demosScripted demo
A product demonstration in which the buyer sets the tasks and their order, and the vendor performs them live.
Read definition →Pilot & decisionPilot
A short, limited period of real use on real accounts, run in order to decide whether to buy.
Read definition →Pilot & decisionSuccess criteria
The observable results, written before a pilot begins, that decide whether the product has passed.
Read definition →Rollout & switchingApproval step
The point at which a named person must accept a post, reply or ad before it goes out.
Read definition →Rollout & switchingOwner report
A regular summary of social results written for the person who pays for the work, not for the team that does it.
Read definition →Sources for this entry
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Best Social Media Management Software. “Best Social Media Management Software: glossary.” Linkme. Content reviewed 12 November 2026.
https://bestsocialmediamanagementsoftware.com/glossary/