Why should you schedule Facebook posts?
Scheduling Facebook posts ahead of time can help you increase the engagement and conversion rates of your Facebook page. You can also do this by making full use of a social media calendar.
Once you learn how to schedule Facebook posts, you’ll be much more likely to maintain a consistent posting schedule. Furthermore, you’ll notice how much time you’ll start saving by not doing manual, repetitive tasks and limiting all your effort.
It’ll be much easier to ensure that your content is going live at the best times, when your audience is online and ready to engage with it. No matter if you’re on vacation, or sleeping, or simply busy with other tasks, your social media will be covered.
How to schedule Facebook posts directly from the app
Here’s how you can schedule Facebook posts directly from the app:
- Open your Facebook Business page
- Create a new post (it can be a text post, image, or reel)
- Once you’re done editing your post, click ‘Next’
- Find ‘Scheduling options’ and select ‘Schedule for later’
- Choose the date and time and click ‘Save’
- Click ‘Post’ and the content will be uploaded at the time you chose
How to schedule a post on Facebook Groups
Here’s how to schedule Group posts:
- Open one of the Facebook Groups you administrate or moderate
- Create a new post for your Facebook group
- Either click on ‘Scheduling options’ before posting if you add the content from the ‘+’ at the bottom of your screen, or click on the ‘Schedule’ button above your post if you create it from ‘Write something…’
- Choose the date and time and click ‘Post’
It’s important to note that you can schedule posts to a Facebook Group only if you happen to be a moderator or an admin. Being a regular member will not enable you to schedule any Facebook posts to a group. You also can’t schedule Group posts from the Facebook website.
How to requeue scheduled posts on Facebook
To requeue your scheduled posts, you’ll need to use a social media management tool, as it’s not possible directly from Facebook. A good Facebook post scheduler will have features that will allow you to repurpose and repost your evergreen content, saving you time and increasing engagement.
Here’s how to requeue a content category with SocialBee:
- Log into SocialBee
- Access the ‘Content’ dashboard from the left side of the screen
- Choose your Content Category
- Click the ‘Edit Category’ button
- Select the ‘Default Settings’ button
- Select ‘Add new posts to the top of the category’
- Toggle the ‘Can be used as a Random Category’ button
- Toggle the ‘Re-queue after posting’ button
- Click the ‘Save Category’ button
Here’s how to requeue an individual Facebook post with SocialBee:
- Log into SocialBee
- Access the ‘Content’ dashboard from the left side of the screen
- Choose your Content Category
- Click ‘Add post to this category’
- Upload the content you wish to post
- Toggle the ‘Re-queue after posting’ button
- Tick the ‘Expire after it was published’ box
- Type in the number of times you wish the post to requeue
- Click the ‘Save Post’ button
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How to schedule content with Meta Business Suite
The Meta Business Suite is what used to be known as the Facebook Business Suite. It’s the place where Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp meet, making it one of the best free publishing tools out there.
What makes Meta Business Suite, a.k.a. Facebook Business Suite, a unique platform is that it offers some pretty awesome free marketing tools, from analytics and managing your ads, to the opportunity to schedule posts for all your Facebook pages.
You can use it from your desktop browser or by downloading the Meta Business Suite app to your device.
Here’s how you can schedule posts with the Meta Business Suite app:
- Log in to your Business account from the Meta Business Suite app
- Click ‘Create Post’
- When the post is done, click ‘Next’
- From the scheduling options, choose ‘Schedule for later’
- Select when the post should be uploaded and click ‘Schedule’
Here is how you can schedule posts with Meta Business Suite from your desktop browser:
- Make sure your Business page is connected to your Meta Business Suite
- Click on ‘Content’ on the left side of the screen
- Click ‘Create post’ on the top right side
- Create your post and go to ‘Scheduling options’
- Turn on the ‘Set date and time’ toggle and choose when the post should be scheduled
- Click ‘Schedule’ at the bottom of the page
Before you decide to schedule your next Facebook post, pay attention to the ‘Active times’ button in the lower-left corner of the ‘Scheduling options.’ This will help you figure out the best time to post to your Facebook page. The feature is only available from your desktop browser.
Facebook tracks your followers’ activity for you and makes scheduling recommendations based on how active they were during the past seven days. You can experiment with this feature and watch whether your engagement rate will be positively impacted or not.
When scheduling posts, especially when involving custom domain settings for targeted campaigns, using platforms that prioritize secure API management is essential. This ensures that your data interactions are safe and the integrations are robust, providing a secure environment for your marketing efforts.
And the benefits of Meta Business Suite don’t end there. For example, if you get people to contact your business thanks to your amazing content, you can use WhatsApp Business API, which lets you interact with your customers effectively on WhatsApp.
How to schedule Facebook posts using SocialBee
Here’s how to schedule a Facebook post with SocialBee:
- Log into the SocialBee app
- Access the ‘Scheduler’ dashboard from the left side of the screen
- Click ‘Add time slot’ under the day you wish to post
- Select the social profile you wish to schedule posts for
- Select the category of posts you wish to schedule
- Select the day and posting time
- Click the ‘Save time slot’ button
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If you don’t want to schedule multiple posts at once, SocialBee can help with that too.
Here’s how to schedule individual posts with SocialBee:
- Log into the SocialBee Platform
- Create your post using the Post Editor
- When you’re done, go to ‘Post at a specific time’ and click on ‘Add a posting time’
- Choose the date and time; SocialBee will give you a best posting time recommendation highlighted in yellow
- Save the post when you’re done
- Make sure the toggle is set to ‘Approved’ so the post goes live at the scheduled time
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