Best and Worst Times to Post on Facebook (13 posts)

Topic tags: management, posting, timing
  • While this article doesn’t pertain to all businesses, still a good read:

    http://mashable.com/2012/05/09/best-time-to-post-on-facebook/

  • @daedalusamy Please make sure when postings articles of this type you include conversation starters or questions to spark conversation on the article. We do not want to have posts of just articles without having conversation developed on the topics. @andrea-vahl

  • Ah okay! I’ll add this question to my previous post then -

    Does anyone out there find these times to be true? I know if I post early in the morning we barely get any responses and that the middle of the day does seem to do best. Although I also think the posts have to do with the content itself too and not just a certain time of the day.

  • I think you are correct with it being content driven when is the best time.  I have found that my highest like/share times do not match up with anyone’s list.  Yet, people know what time of day approximately I will be posting something and now they come look for it at that time – and let me know when I skip a post.  

    I do have a generic rule of thumb though – if something does not get a certain number of likes within a certain time period I take it down.  

  • @daedalusamy  Saturday! I like Saturdays to post on. :)

  • I DO MORNING  NOON AND NIGHT…..  for  different   groups…..  very  fuzzy on this…..  @carlagoddard sometimes   i take  stuff  down too if it  gets nothing…..

    you  could  sure see a lot  more of our posts  and    activity on the old  layout  on  facebook…seems  that w ay  to me anyway….but i  guess it  doesnt matter   if  its TRUE  that only  about  4%  of  your  fans  ever  come  back to  your page…..this  still bugs me…i  can  hardly  believe it…but  so many  seemed  to accept it on  here…i got  45  replies to a post today…so i do  feel like they  read  what i  send out there…. even if  they dont  come  back to the page…

  • I’m totally new to this, so please excuse my stupid question –

    Should I be taking stuff down? My posts usually get NO interaction, so I’ve thought about taking them down and then I decided not to because I thought it might adversely affect the image I’m trying to build. What do you suggest?

  • @nikkithelin There are no stupid questions, Nikki!

    I know that feeling. But focus on what you shared instead of focusing on interaction (or lack of interaction). Someone who visits your page is going to see the list of things you shared. Make sure you are sharing great stuff that will really interest your potential community members. When they find you, they will love what you have posted.

    Hang in there. It takes time, hard work, and patience to build a community and interaction. 

  • No definitely don’t take posts down, @nikkithelin People like to read through your posts sometimes and see what you are about.  It’s hard when it feels like you are talking to crickets but we all start with one fan. 

  • For my clients, i do a weekly analytic report which i put into a nice infographic and one of the things i include is a breakdown of the timing of posts. 

    So i lay out all the posts i make for the client on a timeline and represent the responses/retweets/comments i get for each post with dots. I often notice a pattern whereby posts on certain timings will garner larger dots (interaction). Hence, i do think there is some truth to it. 
    However, there are many other variables to consider and i do believe the nature of the post / type of product does play a role in determining the ‘best’ time to get the most traction. I tend not to believe that there is a general rule such as –> “Want your link to get the most traction on Twitter? Post it on a Monday between 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. ET.”  I hope i make sense! :)

  • Thanks for your encouragement, @charlene-kingston and @andrea-vahl!

    I realize more and more everyday just how little I know about social media and website marketing. It’s really discouraging sometimes! I’ve accumulated 153 ‘likes’ on my page, but I just can’t seem to get anybody responding to anything I do. My page is only two weeks old, though, so hopefully with time I’ll get the interaction I’m looking for.


  • @nikkithelin 2 weeks and 153 likes !  you are doing something right.   We have had a steady build now for 2 years and just hit 2000.   It is amazing what finally gets fans engaged.   I’ve posted stuff that I swore would be a big hit and failed, and other things I just posted for the heck of it, and it was well received.  Just keep posting and asking for a response. 

  • I’ve seen articles that list practically every time of day. I use Crowdbooster and it gives me the best times to post based on previous fan interaction.


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