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Scheduling LinkedIn Posts on a Personal Profile

(Company Pages coming next!)

By Tai FrelighPublished about a year ago 3 min read
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LinkedIn has now rolled out a scheduling feature for profiles. If you don’t have it yet, it should be coming very soon. You can tell if you have it by the little clock icon next to the “post” button. Click on the icon to set up a scheduled day and time to post.

From TechCrunch:

LinkedIn is rolling out a new feature that allows users to schedule posts to send at a later time.

The Microsoft-owned social network has seemingly been testing the new feature internally for several months already, according to at least one online report back in August from web developer and app researcher Nima Owji, but it seems that LinkedIn is now readying things for prime time, according to a growing number of reports across social media.

Matt Navarra, a social media consultant and renowned tipster, confirmed yesterday that he was now seeing the post-scheduling feature inside the Android app and on the LinkedIn website itself. Internally at TechCrunch, it’s a bit of a mixed bag with some of us seeing the feature and others not, and we have managed to independently confirm the feature on the web.

Those that do have the feature will see a little clock icon beside the “post” button within the message compose box.

You can schedule three months out, but only certain kinds of content can be scheduled. For instance, you can’t schedule a poll. Once you’ve selected your date and time, it will take you back to your original post where you can then finish writing it.

Once your post is written and you’ve verified the date and time is correct, you can hit the “schedule” button and submit it into the schedule. You can view all previously scheduled posts on the previous screen when you select the date and time.

As of this writing, the scheduling option is not available for company pages yet, but that is hopefully coming next!

But in a recent LinkedIn newsletter, the option to schedule articles is coming soon.

Read more HERE in TechCrunch:

Since this article was originally published, a LinkedIn spokesperson has divulged a few more of the details of this launch, confirming that it is limited to the web and Android for now, with iOS coming “soon.

Also, scheduling will initially work with text posts, videos and images up to three months in advance, with plans to extend support to LinkedIn Groups, Pages and other kinds of content.While millions of marketers, influencers and “thought leaders” the world over will no doubt rejoice at this new feature, it is worth noting that similar functionality has been available for a while already through third-party platforms such as Hootsuite and Buffer. However, not everyone is happy giving third-party platforms access to their LinkedIn accounts for data-privacy reasons — plus, native functionality is nearly always more convenient, particularly for those who only want to share a specific piece of content to their LinkedIn followers.

That’s it! Super easy to schedule posts and a very useful tool to beef up your posting schedule and fill in gaps. Don’t post on weekends? Now you can without actually having to post in real time. Can’t post every day? Schedule out content for the whole week in one evening. The possibilities are endless.

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Tai Freligh

I write about entertainment and pop culture. My favorite movies are superhero or comic book movies...same with TV shows. I'm based in Huntington Beach, CA, but have been known to jaunt into L.A. Exclusive interviews are my jam.

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