I get asked that a lot… “Don’t you EVER sleep?” I live in Hawaii, several time zones west of many of my friends, yet I seem to be online at all hours of the day and night posting on Twitter and Facebook.
I’ll let you in on a little secret.
Almost every day I spend a block of time reading a few websites that keep me abreast of the latest developments in technology, the world of digital gadgets, Christian leadership and other topics of personal interest. As I scan those sites I often see things I believe would be of interest to my friends. When I do, I write a very brief sentence or phrase — sort of a tease about the subject — and paste in the URL of the article… the kind of thing most people who use Twitter do when they want to share an article or an idea.
The difference is, I don’t Tweet immediately, but, instead, I add that post to a queue at bufferapp.com where my FREE account allows me to pre-stack Tweets to be posted on a schedule I determine. The result is that while I am asleep in Hawaii BUFFER releases those Tweets on Twitter on my schedule, and then Twitter automatically updates my Facebook status. Seven or eight times each day my Twitter and Facebook status each get filled with tasty nuggets that were actually loaded in hours (or a day) before in just a few minutes.
Round-the-clock web presence achieved without losing any sleep!