[Easy] Use Buffer to Schedule Social Media Posts
- 1. by: Anne Uy buffer For Scheduling Social Media Posts A Beginner’s Guide to
- 2. Thank you! This slide presentation is created by: Anne Uy Freelancer | Virtual Assistant @AnneUy_ anne.uy7@gmail.com Image credit: Designed by Freepik.com
- 4. Buffer is a simple and easy-to-use online tool/website…
- 5. …for automatic scheduling of your Social Media posts.
- 6. Set your posting times… (aka the schedule) Image credit: Designed by Freepik.com
- 7. …and what posts to share. Image credit: Designed by Freepik.com
- 8. Buffer sends out your updates on your preset schedule. Image credit: Designed by D3images - Freepik.com
- 10. Buffer frees you from manual posting that takes time… Image credit: Designed by Jcomp - Freepik.com
- 11. …makes your updates evenly spaced out … Image credit: Designed by Freepik.com
- 12. …sends your posts even when you sleep… Image credit: Designed by Freepik.com
- 13. …or away. Image credit: Designed by Freepik.com
- 14. Currently, Buffer supports 6 Social Media platforms.
- 15. Available on your PC, iOS, and Android devices.
- 16. Choose from free and paid plans today.
- 18. Sign up for a free Buffer account
- 19. In Google Search, type “buffer.com”…
- 21. Click this.
- 23. Enter your chosen password.
- 26. Click this.
- 27. Enter your Twitter email…
- 28. …password…
- 29. …and click this.
- 30. Then wait.
- 31. Click “Sign In”
- 32. Your Twitter account is now connected to Buffer.
- 33. Click this to add your Facebook account.
- 34. Click this to add your LinkIn profile.
- 35. For now, lets just skip these.
- 36. Click here.
- 37. Click here to choose your time zone…
- 38. Click here to choose your preferred time format.
- 39. When done, click this.
- 40. Click this.
- 41. Click this if you want to change this number.
- 42. Then click this.
- 43. Click this.
- 44. Choose and click 1 of these.
- 45. Then click this.
- 46. Click this.
- 47. This is your Buffer dashboard.
- 48. The left side contains all your Social Media accounts.
- 49. In this case, you only your Twitter account.
- 50. Click this to connect more social media accounts to Buffer.
- 51. How to schedule your posts in Buffer
- 52. Click on the social media account. In this case, Twitter.
- 53. Under the Content tab...
- 54. …is Queue.
- 55. Queue stores all your posts here.
- 56. Click inside the text box.
- 57. Type your message here.
- 58. Click “Add to Queue”.
- 59. Or you can click the down arrow...
- 60. …and choose 1 of these 3 options.
- 61. Here’s your first Tweet.
- 62. Click this.
- 63. Here’s your first update for today.
- 64. Scheduled to be send out on this time.
- 65. How to edit your updates in Buffer
- 66. Click the update you want to edit.
- 67. Click here to edit the text.
- 68. Click here to change the date.
- 69. Click here to change the time.
- 70. Click “Save”.
- 71. How to schedule a post with image in Buffer
- 72. Click inside the text box.
- 73. Type your message/update here.
- 74. Click this.
- 75. Find the image that you want to add.
- 76. Click “Open”.
- 77. Your image is now uploading to Buffer.
- 78. When done your image will appear here.
- 79. You can add 4 images per post.
- 80. To add more image, click this.
- 81. When done, click this.
- 82. Here’s your new post with the image.
- 83. You now have 2 posts in Queue.
- 84. You can also drag and drop your updates to change its order in Queue
- 85. Click and hold the icon in front of the post.
- 86. …then drag and drop it in its new position.
- 87. How to use Buffer Analytics
- 88. Click the Analytics tab.
- 89. Click 1 of these to sort your updates.
- 90. Or scroll down to see all recent updates.
- 91. How to change your posting schedule in Buffer
- 92. Click the Schedule tab.
- 93. Click here to change the time zone.
- 94. And type a city.
- 95. Click on the Day to pick or unpick on what days you will send out posts.
- 96. Click on the down arrow to edit.
- 97. Click this to delete this posting time.
- 98. Click this to add another posting time.
- 99. That’s it! You can now start using Buffer! Image credit: Designed by Freepik.com
- 100. Thank you for viewing! Connect with me: Anne Uy Freelancer | Virtual Assistant @AnneUy_ anne.uy7@gmail.com Image credit: Designed by Freepik.com