10 ways to schedule Facebook status updates
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Facebook, A major social networking site which has attracted almost all the Internet users and so much addictive that we always forget to have our snacks, finish our works etc.. So we always schedule ourselves to manage the time properly and hence finish our work completely !
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The most important activity any Facebook user does is updating his/her Facebook status. In order to manage time you must also schedule yourself while using Facebook,Β So placing a timer besides you and then staying on Facebook doesn’t work all the time. So I have found few online tools,applications and tricks to schedule your Facebook status update while you are busy working or sleeping ;).
Altogether there are 10 ways to schedule Facebook status updates as shown below :
1. TweetDeck
The ultimate twitter client which is not only used to schedule tweets on your twitter profile, but also your Facebook status updates and the Fan pages which you own. Once scheduled below is the screenshot how the update looks in your Facebook profile.
2. Hootsuite
Hootsuite is a web based Twitter application, which is used to post tweets as well as Facebook status updates to your profile as well as the facebook fan pages. These updates can be scheduled easily and very quickly. Below is the screenshot of the Hootsuite application to make you understand its working.
3. CoTweet
CoTweet is not just another Twitter based web application, but a boon for all the corporates who wish to use Twitter for successful business.
This application can be used to schedule the Facebook status updates by integrating with ping.fm account as shown below :
Once the integration is complete you can easily schedule the message as shown below :
4. Su.pr
This online tool powered by Stumbleupon , not only shortens the URL but also syndicates the content to Twitter, Facebook and Stumbleupon.
The content to be posted can be easily scheduled and sent to Twitter and Facebook. This is possible only if you integrate both the Twitter and Facebook account to this online tool.
After the integration you can schedule the posts with or without url to both Facebook and Twitter as shown below :
The only drawback in this tool is the status can have only 140 characters, As it is mainly used for twitter not Facebook. But still you can schedule your Facebook status which are very short and simple ?
5. Social Tomorrow
This online tool provides scheduling of both the tweets as well as Facebook status updates, but very limited.
It allows only 10 messages each to be posted on your Facebook profile, Fan Pages and groups monthly. If you want to post more then you should upgrade your free plan to premium plan.
Below is the screenshot to understand the working of this tool :
The scheduled message appears on your Facebook wall with a hash tag #SocialTomorrow as shown below :
6. Later Bro
This tool schedules both the Twitter and Facebook status updates without registering for the site. You can directly sign in to your Facebook account from here and validate to schedule the status updates.
After validating the Facebook account, the next step is to schedule the message as shown below :
This tool has few drawbacks :
- The message to be scheduled is to be of 140 characters long only.
- The messages cannot be sent to the Fan Pages or groups.
7. Sendible
Sendible is the ultimatum of all the tools. As shown above it allows you to schedule Facebook status, Facebook post, Facebook pages and groups with link previews.
The user interface of SendibleΒ is similar to any normal mail client as shown below :
Yet again this tool too has 100 messages to be sent monthly to Facebook and other Social Networks, if you want to send more messages then you need to upgrade to premium services.
8. SocialOomph
SocialOomph is a must use web based application which is mainly used for Twitter and allows the scheduling of Facebook status and posts only in the paid version.
9. Schedule Facebook Posts via email
As you all should know that Facebook status can be updated by sending emails to the mail-id given to each facebook user whuch can be found here =>http://www.facebook.com/mobile/Β as shown below :
Tech-Tip: Make sure you don’t share this mail id with anyone as it acts as a status updater to your Facebook account.
Now here is a trick, we know that by sending mail we can easily update the Facebook status, So why not schedule you email using Microsoft Outlook or Lettermelater.
Note: The subject of you email is the status which will be updated and the attachment added will be shown as the photo uploaded.
10. Selective Tweets Facebook Application
This application allows you to add selected tweets to your Facebook profile or Fan Pages and to add any tweet to your Facebook status you must add a hashtag #FB at the end of it.
Firstly configure you twitter account is this application , later upon which you can easily update your Facebook status as well as Fan Pages.
Recently I came across 15 Free Twitter Tools For Scheduling Future Tweets and using any 1 among these tools with the selective tweet application will allow you to schedule your both twitter account as well as your Facebook profile status.Β Isn’t that great ?? π
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Thanks for reading friends π I would like to know If I have left any other application or tool to schedule Facebook status updates, If Yes then hit the comment section ;). A comment a day keepsΒ your stress away, so speak your mind and get benefited. π So which tool do you like to use and Why ? π
This is another killer list, after reading Rahul's list yesterday. It's actually the same tools…and that makes things easier.
Hi Sourav π
Few tools are same but rest all can be used wisely to schedule Facebook status updates.
You must try the 9th way which I have discussed here through email scheduling π
Do let us know If you come across any other tools π
Gr8 list up..similar to the one that Rahul mentioned for twitter, though some are new.
I use mainly Hootsuite, sometimes Tweetdeck too
Oh great π
But you can't schedule images in your status using Hootsuite or TweetDeck π
So why not try Sendible or email scheduling !
Sunil this is awesome post to facilitate the facebook status update. Out of these ten solutions, i am sure every one would find his favourate application to use with facebook. i am using tweetdeck and learned to use it with facebook update. Nice work bro. Keep it up to help bloggers community.
Hi Imran π Welcome back π
You are right all use the same twitter application to schedule Facebook status updates.
Thanks for the kind words π
Happy Blogging π
I am really bad when it comes to schedule my Facebook status updates, I'm ok with twitter scheduling. But now after reading your article,I guess I should start with it, it will surely save my time.
Oh I never knew about that π
Anyways Ruchi you must try the 9th way π It's just awesome π
Thanks for commenting π
I see no point in scheduling status updates for future unless you want to wish anyone birthday or something like that?
Hi Saketh π
I am not sure about the advance b'day wishes , but scheduling a Facebook status is important when you are busy for the whole day, but still want to update you status with inspiring quotes.
I use it rarely to wish them for festivals while I am busy with my college project and household work.
Many social media addicts use it to be active on Facebook even while they are sleeping π
Now what do you have to say about these tools buddy ?? π
Thanks for commenting π
Quite informative post Sunil. Thanks for the lists, very helpful if one wants to schedule his/her status updates on Facebook, though I don't see a need to schedule my status updates. Don't you think it's better to schedule your status updates if you have a fan page? But still your hard work shines here. Cheers dude!!! π
Welcome back to Tech18 Shilpi π
Few of these also works with Fan Pages and most of the bloggers use it for groups and Fan Pages only.
I am sure you will use it when you come up with your own blog π
Thanks for commenting π
Thanks! I already use Hootsuite, but not for scheduling stuff in advance. Now I'm going to give it a try!
Really useful, thanks a lot!
Good list. Pity only the heavy hootsuite site and tweetdeck are the free, unlimited options. Laterbro is limited to twitter status size.
nice list…I have been using Schedule-It
Its an application integrated into facebook as a facebook app that does the trick for me…and its free and unlimited… http://apps.facebook.com/schedule-it/
You've really got great things on Tech18 for facebook. Nice list of 10 sites. I have used them for Twitter, now will try out for Facebook too.
Hello Rajesh π
Thanks for spending your valuable time on Tech18, we would love to check your blog very soon and
also linkback in our upcoming posts if possible.
Happy Blogging π
Thanks friend. That sounds really nice.
Great list and explanation. I can't wait to try some out, especially hootsuite and sendible. I love that efficinecies are coming to serious social media!
Thanks!
it was a useful article for me
thanks a lot
wish you have all thing you want as you let me have this information π
All my regard
I use the scheduling option to schedule my boss' fb and twitter posts throughout the day. I have found twaitter to be awesome for when I need to send them all to the same account, however if you forget to uncheck the box to unping it from sending to fb, it sends and makes you look tacky.
Sendible does not longer have the free version. π now you have to pay for every single plan.
You can also schedule facebook updates with a very simple application called PostCron, postcron.com. PostCron is the easiest application of this kind.
I use Hootsuite and like it…thanks for the list, I'll be checking out some of the other options.
anyone know which one of these scheduling tool’s provides the image and text of a link with your scheduled post?
ex: I use a fb page to promote blog posts. I would need a scheduler that links text/image/link as if you were posting a link regularly.Β
thaks! Β