Want 20% more time in your day? Use these keyboard shortcuts to do everything faster — from content creation to posting and engaging on all your platforms.
Did you know using keyboard shortcuts can save you hours of time? Holy shift! As a social media marketer, think what you could achieve with all that extra TikTok dancing practice?
But seriously: Shortcuts can help you schedule social media posts, reply to DMs, insert hashtags (without copy/pasting), switch between tabs and accounts, and so much more. There’s a faster way to do nearly everything you need to in a day.
This is your one-stop shop for time management optimization. Keep reading to find out the 111 keyboard shortcuts for Mac and PC you need to know as a social media manager.
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A keyboard shortcut is a specific combination of keys that triggers an action on your computer, e.g. copying or pasting a piece of text.
You can do almost anything with shortcuts, including taking screenshots, scheduling social media posts, switching programs, finding documents and text quickly, and so much more.
A study found that keyboard shortcuts are, on average, 18.3% faster than using a mouse for common tasks!
Keyboard shortcuts look a bit different on PCs and Macs. Most shortcuts start with the same key: either Control (on PCs) or Command (on Mac). Functionally, this is really the same key — the naming is just different between operating systems.
It should be labeled on your keyboard, but if not, remember:
PC users = Control
Mac users = Command
Sometimes keyboard shortcuts are different between the two operating systems. If there are Windows or Mac-specific versions of the social media shortcuts below, I’ll mention it. Otherwise, I’ll default to saying “Control” below because even though I’m a Mac user now, I grew up the way all elder millennials did: Windows 98, baby.
Note: To use these, you need to enable Facebook keyboard shortcuts in your settings. You can turn them on, off, and also enable or disable single key shortcuts.
You can also navigate to different areas of Facebook with the following keyboard shortcuts, but these only work on Windows:
In Chrome:
In Firefox: Press Shift + Alt +1, and so on.
Mac tip: Some reports say these work in Safari as Control + Option + 1, however they did not on my M1 MacBook with Monterey. If you have an older Mac, give it a try.
You can also navigate Twitter by pressing the following keyboard shortcuts at the same time:
In a list of candidate profiles in search results:
These shortcuts work in most applications and web browsers, though some apps may have their own specific shortcuts. You may be familiar with most of these already, but don’t underestimate how much time these can save you compared to clickin’ around.
When it comes to content creation, batching your production and getting your captions, graphics, and links all done at once is essential for your workflow. The faster you can make content, the more you can make, and the better your social media marketing ROI will be.
Take a screenshot on PC
Take a screenshot on Mac
Put these shortcuts in your back pocket ‘cause you’re going to use them daily. Oh, the shortcut for that? Ctrl + ↓ = send to back (pocket).
These shortcuts can seriously boost your productivity in Hootsuite:
On most devices, you can assign a long text phrase to a key or shorter phrase, which saves you from having to type it all the time. Use this for hashtags, answers to frequently asked questions, common DM responses, and more.
Use your text replacements in the Hootsuite mobile app or on the web while scheduling posts to save a ton of time:
Use these in the search bar in a new Stream to supercharge your content curation and engagement research.
Go to the Streams tab, then click Add Stream at the top:
Select the account you want to use, tap Search, enter one of the following shortcuts, and click Add stream.
In this example, my Stream shows social media posts about marketing that don’t have links—perfect for adding to my content curation workflow.
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