Summary
You can schedule an announcement to publish automatically at a future date and time. This lets you prepare launch content in advance and ensure it goes live exactly when you need it to, even if you're not available to manually publish.
Steps
To schedule an announcement:
On the announcement draft, click Schedule announcement on the right side.
2. Enter the date, time, and timezone when you want the announcement to go live.
3. Click Schedule. Your announcement is now scheduled for the date and time you selected.
Your scheduled announcement will now appear under Announcements > All in the Scheduled section below Drafts with the date and time you scheduled it for.
Once you have scheduled an announcement, we will email you a reminder 24 hours before your announcement publishes.
Reminder email example:
To reschedule an announcement:
You have two options:
From the Scheduled section: Click into the scheduled announcement and select Reschedule from the banner at the top. Choose your new date and time.
2. From the announcement: Click into the date/time to update.
To unschedule an announcement
You have two options:
From the Scheduled section: Click the 3 dots and click Unschedule.
The announcement will move back to drafts and won't publish automatically.
Notes & important info
LaunchNotes will send you a reminder email 24 hours before your scheduled announcement publishes.
Scheduled announcements respect all your notification settings (categories, channels, subscriber preferences) when they publish automatically.
You can preview the future URL of your scheduled announcement, though it won't be accessible to the subscribers until the scheduled publish time.
Troubleshooting
My scheduled announcement didn't publish: Check that the announcement still has a headline and body content. Announcements without these required fields won't publish automatically.
I need to change when my announcement publishes: You can reschedule anytime before the publish time by clicking the date field in the Announcements table or using the Reschedule button when viewing the scheduled announcement.
I want to cancel a scheduled announcement entirely: Unschedule the announcement using the three-dot menu, then delete it from your drafts if you no longer need it.