A scientific guide to posting Tweets, Facebook posts, Emails and Blog posts at the best time

10.7K Flares Filament.io 10.7K Flares × We’re pretty keen on optimal timing for social media here at Buffer, and I figured it was high time I collected all the information we have about online communication into one place. I’ve collected research and stats on Twitter, Facebook, email and blogging to help you find the best time to communicate with others in each format. The tricky thing I’ve come across is that since the web is still so new, a lot of the research available to us is conflicting. So my suggestion would be to use this guide as just that—a guide to help you work out what to test for your own audience, so that you can see what actually works best in your specific case. Let’s get into the stats then! Facebook – find the best time to post your updates When I posted about Facebook’s News Feed algorithm, one of the factors I talked about was time decay. In terms of specific days and times to post on Facebook, here are some of the stats I found: Timing depends on the individual

These 5 Posts Will Increase Your Facebook Engagement Overnight A lot of businesses create Facebook pages and then assume their fans will engage with every post. Bad assumption! Just because someone has Liked your fan page doesn’t mean they’ll Like & comment on your posts. After all, you aren’t “Friends” with them. The ONLY way to capture the attention of your fans is to publish great posts that entice them to engage. Here are 5 posts that will do that: 5 Posts to Increase Engagement on Facebook Immediately 1. Every time I post a funny picture like this and then ask fans to caption it, the response is huge. People just love to add their funny comments to photos like this. I posted this image while writing this blog post and quickly have gotten 20 shares, 20 likes and 10 comments. We already know that photos get great Edgerank in Facebook. Check out Josh’s post where he shows you how to find awesome photos to share on Facebook if you’re having trouble finding images. 2. Quotes are maybe the simplest way to increase engagement on your page. Why? 3. 4. 5. Why?

20 Google+ Pages That Your Business Should Follow (Part I) Posted July 9, 2013 by John Anyasor | Google Plus continues to grow into a stronger social media platform everyday. Since turning two last week, Google Plus has seen more than 500 million users to date. We realize a great deal of Google Plus information is available on the Internet, from how to use Google Plus Business pages for your website to how authorities share priceless business knowledge. Below, we compiled 20 Google+ page recommendations to follow if you manage a small business. Successful business people to follow on Google Plus.Google Plus pages on the subjects of Google Plus and Google for Business.Winning examples of Google Plus Business pages. Google Plus Pages of Business People +Ana Hoffman – Does the phrase “big web traffic for small budgets” sound appealing to you? Google Plus Pages about Google and Google Plus +Google for Entrepreneurs – The official Google Plus page for entrepreneurs highlights Google’s efforts to increase entrepreneurship worldwide. Finished?

“you simply can’t train people to be social!” Over the past year I have been working on change initiatives to improve collaboration and knowledge-sharing with two large companies, one of them a multinational. In each case, implementation has boiled down to two components: individual skills & organizational support. Effective organizational collaboration comes about when workers regularly narrate their work within a structure that encourages transparency and shares power & decision-making. I have also learned that changing work routines can be a messy process that requires significant time, much of it dedicated to modelling behaviours. My Internet Time Alliance colleague, Jane Hart, notes, ” … as for the new social and collaboration skills that workers require, well you simply can’t train people to be social! Jane refers to the collaboration pyramid by Oscar Berg, an excellent model to show what needs to be addressed to become a social business. Creating a supportive social environment is management’s responsibility.