Did you know you could schedule facebook posts?
If I have set up a website for you with a blog you know already that you can write your posts ahead of time and schedule them to post for you. That’s what I’m doing with this post. I’m writing it on a friday and scheduling it for a monday. I find using this tactic lets me work on a post and get it done ahead of time, but conform to a post schedule I have made for myself. Also, I find sometimes I have more time to write posts, and sometimes more inspiration, if I schedule the posts then I have a nice backlog of posts. So when a week rolls around when I just don’t know what to blog about or I am swamped with work for a client, or I’m on vacation, my posts can continue to come out without me having to log into the website to hit post.
I love this feature, and have grown used to it. I have at times wanted to do this with social media. With tools like HootSuite you can schedule tweets, facebook updates, you name it. Hootsuit has a very limited free version now, and two levels of paid. It’s a great programs and I have helped a few organizations learn to use it to maximize their social media presence.
Today (friday) I learned that facebook pages has added this feature to their interface and you can post to facebook ahead of time! Not just what you post on your blog and automatically share (if you aren’t doing this, let me know and I can walk you through it) to your facebook page, but regular statuses, images, and videos!
This is fantastic, I have scheduled a few posts from my archives to my brand new facebook page (like it if you haven’t already) so things I wrote in the past can be found there. To schedule a post is simple, just write your status as normal, and then click on the little clock icon in the bottom left side (as seen in the image to the left), you can pick a time and a date. Then, when you visit your page you can also see what is set to post in the future, in case you have any second thoughts.
