How To Schedule a Facebook Share
This is one of those blogs that I’m writing because people keep asking me this question time and time again! Facebook doesn’t have a built-in way to schedule shared posts but sometimes for business purposes, we need to do this. Why?
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Sharing other people’s content is important - social media doesn’t really work if we don’t share
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We don’t want to overwhelm our audience with a bunch of back-to-back posts
The key to this is finding the unique URL to the post you want to share. Read on for instructions for both desktop and mobile.
On Desktop
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Find the post you want to share. See where it says the time posted? It might look like the image below “September 25 at 7:56am” or “1 day ago” or “53 mins”. You might not realize, but that is a clickable link.
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Click it!
The post will appear by itself like below. See the long crazy URL in your browser bar? That is the unique URL to this specific post.
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Highlight the *entire* link
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Copy the link (it will automatically save to your clipboard)
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Go back to your business page
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In the update box where it says “Write something” paste the link. The post preview will show up automatically underneath the update box
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Delete the big ugly link - this will not delete the shared post from the preview!
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Write your own caption on why you're sharing this post, why you think it's important, or why you think your audience might like it
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Scroll down until you see the Publish button
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Click the drop-down arrow beside the Publish button
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Click Schedule
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Select the date and time you want the post to go out
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Click Schedule
Your scheduled posts can be viewed by clicking “See post” or “Publishing Tools”.
On Mobile
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Find the post you want to share
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Tap the “Share” icon
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Tap “Copy Link” (it will automatically save to your clipboard)
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Go to your business page
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Tap the “Publish” icon
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Paste the link. The post preview will show up automatically underneath the update box
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Delete the big ugly link - this will not delete the shared post from the preview!
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Write your own caption on why you're sharing this post, why you think it's important, or why you think your audience might like it
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Tap the “Continue” button
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Tap where it says “When will this be published?”
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Select “Schedule”
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Select the date/time you want to post
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Tap “Done”
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Tap “Schedule”
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Tap OK
Your scheduled posts can be viewed by tapping “Scheduled Posts”