Nearly every business will have connected to audiences through Facebook or (more recently) Instagram at some point, but posting to social media can feel like a real drain on your time if you're manually posting updates when you want them to be published. This can lead to missed posts and updates meaning your potential customers aren't getting all the latest updates from your business.
Scheduled posts save the day
If you've ever got frustrated with manually posting to Facebook and Insta then you need to know about how to schedule your Facebook and Instagram posts through Facebook Business Suite.
Scheduling in Facebook Business Suite allows you to plan ahead by creating your social media posts for FB & Insta in advance and setting a date and time when you want them to be published. This can be really useful in allowing you to create a week's worth of social content in advance, setting it all to go live ahead of time.
Why schedule social media posts
Beyond the odd frustration or forgotten posts, there's a real advantage to scheduling your socials and that's time saving. By working on your social content for a week in one go, you're not having to take separate chunks of time away from other activities through the week, allowing you to retain focus on other activities.
Take a look at the video below and don't forget to check out our other 90 Second Knowledge Social Media videos for other hints and tips to improve your digital marketing, including how to verify your website on Facebook.
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How to schedule a post in Facebook Business Suite
It's really easy to schedule a post in facebook business Suite and you can do it in just a few simple steps:
- Log into Facebook Business Suite and select the account to post from
- Click the "Create post" button
- In the panel which opens, create your post
- select any images you want
- select whether you want to post across Facebook and Instagram
- In the bottom right, click the drop down next to the "Publish" button
- Select "schedule post"
- Set the date and time you want your post to publish, click save
- Double check your post and click "schedule post"
That's how you schedule a post in Facebook Business Suite.
