One of the biggest issues with the Timeline format has been regards to the “recent posts by others” When a fan makes a post to your page, the post gets shoved into a box on the right instead of displayed in the page feed.

About a month ago, my wife and I started following an Autism mom who has figured out a great work around for this issue. 

She reposts the posts left by her fans so they show up in her Timeline. Not only does this allow for better exposure for her fans, it creates better engagement because now the comments are more visible to others who are used to participating in this fashion. Sure it’s more time consuming to repost, but what a way to stand out to your fans, and if it’s a business, doing this would put you above your competition and give your customers that personal attention they’re used to getting face to face.

If you’re curious, take a look at her FB page – Homestyle Mama (with a side of Autism)

Enjoy … Scott

@scottprock Hi Scott

This is a great idea but instead of re-posting it, you can do this with one click via Facebook.

On your page, where the list of “Recent Posts by Others” is located (to the right towards the top of the page) click on the “x” in the top right-hand corner of the post your want to show on your page and select “Allow on Page”.

You can even “Highlight on Page” as well.

Hope that makes life easier.

Russ

Thanks @russellallert … I think we posted near the same time lol … I just learned that too. Makes you wonder why FB hides that under the “remove” x

Thanks again … Scott

What a GREAT tip!! Thanks for sharing this!

Heather

@clusterwebdesign No Problem, Heather.

Wow, this is awesome, I just went through my two pages and “Allowed” several posts from fans. This will be huge for our page!

@scottprock thank you for the tip, I checked that page and it was very cool.

@scottprock Thank you, Thank you, Thank you for this great tip!  I will start utilizing this on several of the pages I admin.