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How to Schedule Facebook Posts

If you stop by often you probably know that in addition to blogging and running SNAP! Conference, I work full-time in public relations and social media. As a result, I have to be extra efficient in terms of how I spend my time online.

how to schedule facebook posts

I rely heavily on applications that help me to schedule posts on various social networks. I used to schedule everything via Hootsuite until I found out that Facebook dings posts uploaded by a third party application.

I was super excited this last year when Facebook launched their scheduling feature. It works great!

How to Schedule Facebook Posts

1. Head over to your Facebook page and go to the “status” update box.

How to schedule Facebook posts

2. Once you’ve entered whatever data you’d like into the update box, click on the clock icon located at the bottom left to schedule.

How to schedule Facebook posts

3.  Enter the year, month, date, time you would like your post to go live and click schedule.

How to schedule Facebook posts

Once you’ve scheduled your posts you can review your posting schedule and make adjustments to the timing (you can’t change the text).

To view your scheduled posts, click on the “edit page” option.

How to schedule Facebook posts

From the drop down menu select “Use Activity Posts.”

how to schedule Facebook posts

You will end up at a page that looks like this…

how to schedule facebook posts

You will be able to scroll through and see any scheduled posts.

All done! Super simple.

Do you pre-schedule your posts, or do you just post them when you feel like it?

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  1. Christine says

    October 30, 2012 at 8:13 am

    I had no idea you could do this!!!! I guess I don’t spend enough time testing buttons of Facebook…..Thank you for posting.

    Reply
    • Tauni says

      October 30, 2012 at 1:58 pm

      Christine, It’s such a great tool. I think you will love it! xoxo, Tauni

      Reply
  2. Jessi @ Practically Functional says

    October 30, 2012 at 8:41 am

    Brilliant! I didn’t realize Facebook let you do that. I always just use HootSuite because I can schedule Twitter, FB, and G+ all in one go, but this is super useful for things I just want to post to FB, so thanks!

    Reply
    • Tauni says

      October 30, 2012 at 1:59 pm

      Jessi, I don’t know if you saw the other article I linked to, but did you know that your posts are lost on most people if you schedule via a third party application like Hootsuite? Direct scheduling is for sure the way to go. xoxo, Tauni

      Reply
  3. Becky@OrganizingMadeFun says

    October 30, 2012 at 8:42 am

    I schedule mine everyday. I think the only thing that I’ve noticed about this is that if you want to edit what you scheduled to post, you can’t. At least, I haven’t been able to figure it out! I’ve been telling my friends for awhile that scheduling is really the way to go. Since I live on the west coast, I schedule my first post to go off while I’m sleeping – at 5 AM – and there is already a lot of interaction on my FB post by the time I wake up! So, yes, I love the scheduling!

    Becky B.
    http://www.organizingmadefun.com
    Organizing Made Fun

    Reply
    • Tauni says

      October 30, 2012 at 2:00 pm

      Becky, I will have to try some earlier hours…I seem to get the best interaction between 9-10 a.m. MST 🙂 xoxo, Tauni

      Reply
    • Tauni says

      October 30, 2012 at 2:02 pm

      Oh yeah…I was also going to mention that I too wish you could edit posts later…All you can do is edit the date and time 🙁

      Reply
  4. rachel says

    October 30, 2012 at 10:32 am

    Huh, I had no idea! Thank you!
    Are you saying that its not good to have networked blogs automatically update FB when we publish on our blogs? If that’s the case, then I’d better stop!

    Reply
    • Tauni says

      October 30, 2012 at 2:01 pm

      Rachel, You can use Networked Blogs, but it decreases the opportunity for your fans to see the post significantly. Best just use FB scheduling tool. xoxo T.

      Reply
  5. Kendra says

    October 30, 2012 at 4:22 pm

    I had no idea that using hootsuite isn’t as effective for getting people to see your post! Awesome tip!! 🙂

    Reply
    • Tauni says

      October 30, 2012 at 7:59 pm

      Thanks Kendra! I am glad it was helpful for you! xoxo, Tauni

      Reply
  6. Tabitha says

    October 30, 2012 at 6:17 pm

    What a great idea!! Thanks for sharing. I will definitely be using on my business page http://www.facebook.com/gritssouthernstyle.

    Reply
    • Tauni says

      October 30, 2012 at 8:03 pm

      Great Tabitha. I am so glad that this post will be helpful! xoxo, Tauni

      Reply
  7. Myléne Hillam says

    October 30, 2012 at 8:44 pm

    Thanks for making it so easy to follow. I followed the links before I got here and found some very useful information to consider about using 3rd party apps for scheduling posts. Thanks for your help.

    Reply
    • Tauni says

      October 31, 2012 at 1:54 pm

      Mylene, So glad that you found the post helpful! Hope you have a fantastic week! xoxo, Tauni

      Reply
  8. Sumo says

    October 30, 2012 at 10:27 pm

    Ah! So good to know! This is going to be such a useful tip!

    Reply
    • Tauni says

      October 31, 2012 at 1:54 pm

      Summer, So glad I could share something you didn’t already know…I was worried everyone already used this, but apparently not. xoxo, T.

      Reply
  9. Danette @ All My Love for All My Days says

    October 30, 2012 at 10:31 pm

    I never knew that! This is going to be so helpful! Thank you.

    Reply
    • Tauni says

      October 31, 2012 at 1:53 pm

      Danette, so glad that this was a helpful post! xoxo, T.

      Reply
  10. Kelly@ Here Comes the Sun says

    November 8, 2012 at 8:09 pm

    Thanks for this tip! I just noticed that feature but have not tried it yet. I definitely need to be more efficient with my social media. Also…I just got into the SNAP conference (was on the waitlist). Very excited!

    Reply
    • Tauni says

      November 9, 2012 at 9:35 pm

      Kelly, You will have to try scheduling out. It’s such a time saver for me! I am so glad to hear that you will be joining us in April. I hope you will keep in touch via the blog and Facebook until then xoxo, Tauni

      Reply
  11. Kelvin Hanratty says

    December 27, 2012 at 8:27 pm

    Why is is best to use this over something like hootsuite? I’m interested in how people might miss posts made through HS….

    Reply
    • Tauni says

      December 28, 2012 at 6:16 pm

      Kelvin, Facebook’s content ranking system, Edgerank, automatically puts posts scheduled and posted by a third party service at the bottom. For more information, you might want to read the full post I wrote on this issue a while back https://taunieverett.com/biggest-facebook-mistake/. It’s a slightly out of date, but the information on ranking is still accurate.

      Tauni

      Reply
      • Kelvin Hanratty says

        December 28, 2012 at 10:24 pm

        Thanks for the link. I’ll have to explore this further. I love HS as I can select the networks for individual posts, which saves me a lot of time. Rethink required, methinks. :/

        Reply
        • Tauni says

          December 31, 2012 at 1:46 pm

          Kelvin, It sounds like you appreciate efficiency as much as I do. I use Hootsuite a lot and used to schedule all of my FB posts that way. I did see a big difference in interaction and views after I switched though. -Tauni

          Reply
  12. Birgit J says

    February 9, 2013 at 9:46 pm

    OK, I feel really dumb but how do you get that feature to appear? Is it something I have to set up. I don’t have the clock icon you’re showing.

    Reply
    • Tauni says

      February 11, 2013 at 10:17 pm

      Birgit, Don’t feel dumb. This is a really easy fix! You need to go in and click on “Edit Page,” then select “Update Info.” You need to set a start date for your “company” or site. Once that is set, the clock should show up for you!

      Good luck! xoxo, Tauni

      Reply
  13. Therese Given says

    February 11, 2013 at 8:13 am

    Great info. Never knew that feature existed. Thanks!

    Reply
    • Tauni says

      February 11, 2013 at 9:59 pm

      Therese, It’s such a huge time saver. You will love it! xoxo, Tauni

      Reply
  14. Niki says

    March 4, 2013 at 9:09 am

    What a helpful post!! Thanks, Tauni!!

    Reply
    • Tauni says

      March 4, 2013 at 8:33 pm

      Thanks for commenting Niki. Glad you found it helpful! xoxo, T.

      Reply
  15. Alli Miller @ Cupcake Diaries says

    May 31, 2013 at 9:41 am

    This post is coming in super handy for me this week! I’m heading to NYC and needing to get all my Facebook posts scheduled. Thanks so much for this super easy simple tutorial!!

    Reply
    • Tauni says

      June 2, 2013 at 12:36 pm

      Oh my gosh. Totally jealous of your trip to NYC. How fun! xoxo, T.

      Reply
  16. Juliana says

    September 5, 2013 at 2:30 pm

    Thanks! Great tutorial!!!!

    Reply
  17. Mrs. B says

    September 11, 2013 at 8:21 pm

    Wow! Great tip! I never knew. Thanks for sharing! I normally post on my blog and then wait awhile to post open facebook. This can save me some time. Planning ahead is always good.

    Reply
  18. Jeanee says

    September 26, 2013 at 10:23 am

    This is SO AWESOME! I ‘ve noticed the clock icon, but I never knew what it was really for. THANKS!!!

    Reply
    • Tauni says

      September 26, 2013 at 11:14 am

      Hey Jeanee, Good to “see” you! I love the schedule feature. It saves SOOO much time for me! xoxo Tauni

      Reply
  19. Kristy says

    May 31, 2014 at 10:17 pm

    Mine doesn’t show a clock anywhere?? Is that only the computer? I’m on my phone.
    Thanks!!

    Reply
    • Tauni says

      June 3, 2014 at 4:55 pm

      Kristy, Prior to using the scheduling feature you will need to set the date you “started business” on your page account. Once you’ve got that set-up the feature should show up on your computer and your mobile device. Good luck! –Tauni

      Reply
  20. Becky Hastings says

    March 7, 2016 at 8:52 am

    Does this work with a link that has not been published yet? Sometimes I’ve had trouble pulling images for facebook posts.

    Reply
    • Tauni says

      March 11, 2016 at 10:10 pm

      Hi Becky, it should work just fine. It depends on the platform you’re working on and possibly the code. xo Tauni

      Reply

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