Episode #17: Timing & Scheduling Social Media Posts

Jim O’Reilley and Birgit Pauli-Haack discuss ways to streamline scheduling social media publishing and cross-posting. Use analytics tools to find out when your followers, fans are online so you can optimize visibility of your posts. Make a plan for your online activists’ volunteers to spread out their reposting, retweeting and sharing of your information. Learn more about the Social Quant Study on how to increase your Twitter engagement. And learn of methods how to reshare Instagram photos on Instagram and Twitter.

NPTech News

• The Webby Awards
  • Internet Archive – Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Women’s March – Social Movement of the Year
  • Women’s Footprint in History – UN Women produced by Elkanodata – Winner Webactivism
  • Shout Your Abortion by Civilization – People’s Choise
• WordPress: Target Browser Coverage by Matt Mullenweg
• NPTech News curated by Birgit Pauli-Haack

Find the best times for maximizing social media reach

• Facebook Page Insights
• Twitter Analytics
• Buffer App
• Klout

Apps for scheduling social media posts in advance

• CoSchedule
• Buffer
• HopperHQ
• IFTTT

Apps for reposting photos on Instagram and cross-posting to Twitter

• Repost for Instagram
• IFTTT Applet

Articles and other content mentioned

• Instagram reaches 700 Million users
• How to Improve Tweet Activity – A Study of One Billion+ Tweets
• Episode #7 Connection your website to the Social Networks
• Increasing Your Social Media Visibility via Google, Facebook and Twitter

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