How often to post your blog content to social media?
Twitter:
- Boost your blog post up to 4 times per day for initial promotion
- Re-post your content with different comments once a day over the next few weeks, then slow down to once a month for your evergreen content
- Please Note: For every 3 pieces of creative or promotional content post 5 pieces of curated content from other sources and 2 pieces of personal content (that can also be replies and RTs with personal comments)
- Remember: The best times for posting to Twitter are the morning hours from 8 a.m. – 10 a.m, middays from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m and after work from 4 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Facebook:
- Promote your blog post once for initial promotion
- Also post to your page and relevant groups, but do so at different days and times and use different comments
- Make your comments personal for more engagement
- Re-post your evergreen content every 3-4 month on your profile or page
- Remember: The best time for Facebook postings is in the afternoon from 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. and in the evening from 6 p.m. – 10 p.m., also on weekends
Google+:
- Post your blog post once for initial promotion
- Also post to your page and relevant groups, but do so at different days and times and use different comments
- Make your comments personal for more engagement
- Re-post your evergreen content every 3-4 monthe
- Remember: The best times for posting on Google is in the morning from 7 a.m. – 10 a.m. and in the afternoon from 2 p.m. – 3 p.m.
LinkedIn:
- Post your blog post once for initial promotion
- Post recurring updates to your profile once a week, then slow down to every 3-4 month on your profile, but not on your page
- Also post to your business page and / or your focus page depending on your content but do so at different days/times
- Post your blog content in groups, but do not just copy & paste, but use different comments depending on the group and target audience and post on different days and times
- Re-publish your blog content on LinkedIn Pulse
- Remember: The best time for LinkedIn postings is during office hours from 8 a.m. – 10 a.m. and in the afternoon from 4 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Pinterest, Instagram, Flickr
- Post your featured image of your blog post for initial promotion
- Then post all suitable graphics of your blog post over the following days
- Remember: The best times to post on
- Pinterest is around midday from 12 a.m. – 2 p.m. and in the evening from 7 p.m. – 10 p.m. and also post on weekends
- Instagram is around midday from 12 a.m. – 2 p.m. and in the evening from 7 p.m. – 10 p.m.
- Flickr is in the early morning hours from 7 a.m. – 9 a.m. and in the evening from 5 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Medium, Tumblr, LinkedIn Pukse, Slideshare, Scribd, Issue, Quora, . . .
- Re-Publish your blog content to other blogging networks and content sharing sites to give your content a wider outreach
- You may vary your headlines and your copy
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