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How to Schedule Facebook Status Updates

Are you looking to schedule Facebook updates to keep your productivity in line and not have to be tied to a computer during the day and yet keep connected? Do you wish you could program your Facebook status updates when you have a really busy day so you don’t miss out on exposure. I’ve found out how to do this and wanted to share this great tip with you.

Here’s the process:

  1. Set up Selective Twitter application in Facebook
  2. Log into your Facebook account first.
    b. In a new browser screen add this URL: http://apps.facebookcom/selectivetwitter/
    c. You will be asked to enter your Twitter user name and approve access, please do so.
    d. If you would like your Facebook updates to appear on your fan pages, please click the tabs in the application to go to pages and then install the application as well as grant access.
  3. Set up an account at www.HootSuite.com Log in to HootSuite and write your Facebook status update. Schedule your micro post using the calendar function and then make sure to end your post with #fb.

That’s it, fast and simple your timed post gets sent to Facebook at the correct time.

Follow-up Note:

This last week the Twitter API was very flaky and I had a lot of trouble getting Selective Twitter to work, so I have found another simpler alternative that you may want to consider instead, it is called Social Tomorrow. With Social Tomorrow, you set up an account and then login to a web interface and type in and then schedule your Facebook Updates. It does not use the Twitter API and so is not subject to traffic overloads as your posts go right to Facebook. For our professional client needs this is actually a better fit for us than Selective Twitter.

6 Replies to “How to Schedule Facebook Status Updates”

  1. Thanks for the post…I have actually been using Schedule-It for my posts…its a free facebook application that does the trick for me..and its free and unlimited..
    I actually tried hootsuite and laterbro along with others…but didnt find them reliable enough..schedule-it seems to be working for me tho lol..for both status updates and to post to friends…check it out
    http://apps.facebook.com/schedule-it/

  2. Hi, I wonder if you can help. I am working on behalf of a company helping them with their social media. I use Hootsuite, i think it is wonderful! Ok, so my question is, I schedule FB posts that usually consist of a link to a property (they are estate agents) on my customers website. Their FB page has got the twitter link all set up, but when I post from Hootsuite this doesnt seem to work. So the post never makes it to Twitter. I am wondering if because I am just posting a link with literally a line of text on FB stops it from linking to Twitter – any idea?

  3. You can set up in your Hootsuite profile unique users tied to email addresses. You may want to try to create a user for each boss. They you will need to login as them to post to Facebook with their profile. Not sure if this will work but worth a try.

    You may also want to try setting up an account for each boss at Sendible.com and then posting from their.

    The manual alternative is to login to Facebook as each boss and post from there.

  4. I am working for a company that wants me to manage a large portion of their social networking. One thing they want me to do is post to the Facebook Group and Like pages as them. Is this something I can schedule on Social Tomorrow?
    I have tried Hootsuite, which is nice but as the owner of my account, when I post to the company group or like page it shows the posting as mine, not Boss A or Boss B.

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