Achieve the greatest traction for your writing by saving the most important Social Media updates for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, in that order. Post lighter and/or less critical updates on Monday and Friday.
The importance of Tuesday has been coroborated.
Just review a study on the best days for click through rates on Facebook wall posts to learn more. While this specifically examined Facebook results, I believe that the same days are likely best for your blog and Twitter posts too.
I’ve long suspected this from my own observations and data analysis. Another factor to consider is when you receive the most comments. I typically find this to be Tuesday, although it can vary by topic.
How to use this to your advantage.
You want your hard work to be available when the greatest number of visitors are likely to see the new content.
I prefer posting early morning on Tuesdays through Thursdays, in time to be available for East Coast visitors. While Monday often provides a great number of visitors as well, they appear easily distracted by an overload of information.
Tuesday’s traffic is typically of higher quality. By that I mean more actions per person on visits of longer duration.
What day of the week is best for your traffic?
