Facebook lately introduced a notable feature "Schedule Posts" for Facebook Page Admins. If you are among the people who are using some third party apps like HootSuite, Post Planner to schedule the posts, then I think they are of little use now.
There are also some downsides for using third party apps. Your page get penalized for using third party apps that publish content on your page on behalf of you automatically, which may lead to a sizable drop in traffic to your page.
Considering, these facts it is advisable to use features provided by Facebook itself.
Schedule posts on your Facebook Page
Facebook help center has provided a page to guide the page admins on: How do I schedule a post to appear on my Page later? The answer:
From your Page's sharing tool:
There are also some downsides for using third party apps. Your page get penalized for using third party apps that publish content on your page on behalf of you automatically, which may lead to a sizable drop in traffic to your page.
Considering, these facts it is advisable to use features provided by Facebook itself.
Schedule posts on your Facebook Page
Facebook help center has provided a page to guide the page admins on: How do I schedule a post to appear on my Page later? The answer:
From your Page's sharing tool:
- Choose the type of post you want to add to your Page
- Click the icon in the lower-left of the sharing tool
- Choose the future year, month, day, hour and minute when you'd like your post to appear
- Click Schedule
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| Schedule Posts on Facebook Page |
If you choose a date in the past, the post will appear immediately at the appropriate place on your Page's timeline. All times correspond to the current time zone you're in.
Once you schedule a post, you can't modify or edit the content, only the time. You can see all scheduled posts in the Activity log.
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You can schedule a post up to 6 months in advance in 15-minute intervals.
Let me know, is this the feature you've been waiting for? Has this feature made any change to your content publishing strategy?