10 Cool Facebook Status Tips and Tricks (Part 2/5)

3. HOW TO: Pre-Schedule Status Updates

While SocialOomph, Sendible and HootSuite offer the same kind of service, the simplest way to schedule Facebook status updates is by using the easy, free Later Bro service.

Just sign in with Facebook Connect, select your time zone, type in what it is you would like to say, set the calendar and clock to when you would like to say it, and presto!

4. HOW TO: Tag People in Your Status Updates

This new function was announced in September 2009, but I bet not many of us know how to tag a person in our status. Before I knew about this, guess what? I even type “Tag: Friend’s Name” hoping the effect of my friend’s name “to be linked“.

To mention someone in a status update just type “@” (Shift + 2) in the status bar and start typing their name as it appears on Facebook. An auto-generated list will then come up with people in your social circle whose name starts with the letters you have typed. The feature also works with pages, brands, events and companies – just like the example shown above!

Hit the name you want, complete the update, click share and the name will become a hyperlink (you won’t see the “@” symbol) and will appear in blue text – it is linked!

Source from: Amy-Mae Elliott