Inbound Marketing University

I was just watching one of the video classes and it was mentioned to NOT use auto outposting of a blog entry. I have clients who are moving into inbound marketing and Social media at a time when their staff have been cut back and if they need to create good content and then make time to spread the word that the new content exists, that will turn into a barrier to frequency. Is there a problem using the auto outpost to get them started or use it in some circumstances? In what circumstances?

I autopost to Facebook, but then go into Facebook later and get involved in the the dialog about the post.

Any guidance is appreciated.