Post on 16-Apr-2017
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HOW TO AUTOMATE SOCIAL MEDIA POSTINGS THRU
ZAPIER
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Zapier is a web automation app
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It allows easy connection to your web apps
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How does it work?
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You just make a Zap
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And what is a Zap?
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A blueprint for a task you’d want repeated
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The app then runs your app AUTOMATICALLY
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Without any additional work from your end
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Track activities from your dashboard
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Oversee your “zapped” accounts
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Switch on/off your Zaps as desired
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You get to focus on your business
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Because Zapier does your repetitive tasks for you
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There are hundreds of Zaps available
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Today, you’ll learn Facebook posting automation
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Go to your browser
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Let’s use Google Chrome to download Zapier
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Let’s choose
and Zapier
integration
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Click this
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You’ll see the Facebook + Zapier Login Screen
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Click here
to create
an
account
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Fill out
name,
email and
password Then
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You’ll be taken to Zapier’s homescreen
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Let’s choose among the FB Zaps available
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Let’s choose Twitter and Facebook Zap
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New tweets
will be
shared to
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Let’s now make
our first zap
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You first have to create the trigger app
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This app will activate your selected zap
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We’ll use
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Name the Zap
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Choose the specific “trigger”
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Decide
on a
trigger socialdigially.com
Let’s choose My Tweet
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Click this
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Click this
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Log in to your Twitter account
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Type Twitter
name/email and
password and
Authorize socialdigially.com
Click to
test
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Once
successful,
click this socialdigially.com
Test Twitter
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Now test your
tweet socialdigially.com
Check your
Twitter socialdigially.com
Now choose your action app (Facebook)
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Click this
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Then select an “action” in Facebook
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Decide
on an
action
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Pick “Post Photo to Timeline”
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Log in to
your
account
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Click
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Click
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Then
click
Okay
Choose your
audience socialdigially.com
Test
FB
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Click this
once okay socialdigially.com
Copy from Twitter the link to the post
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Link
Put a description
as desired socialdigially.com
Click
to test
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After successful
test, click Finish socialdigially.com
Steps to create
your zap are now
complete socialdigially.com
Now turn on
your Zap
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Let’s check your new
Zap in the dashboard socialdigially.com
And there it is!
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Inspect your Twitter and FB Timeline postings
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New Tweet = New post in FB Timeline
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Let’s do another FB Zap
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We’ll choose Instagram as the Trigger App
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Zapier will
share new
photos to FB
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Click
this
New Zap Name
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Let’s select New Media Posted
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Click
this
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Click this
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You’ll be taken to your Instagram sign-in screen
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Allow
access socialdigially.com
Instagram Zap
now set up socialdigially.com
Test set up
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Once okay, Save
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Check
your
posting
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new posting
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Now choose your action app (Facebook)
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Click
this socialdigially.com
Let’s Pick
Post Photo
to Timeline
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account earlier socialdigially.com
Test it again and save
once okay socialdigially.com
Set up
the FB
posting
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Indicate
the
“trigger”
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from
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Be ready
to test it
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Hit Finish socialdigially.com
Turn on your Zap
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Let’s check the
dashboard socialdigially.com
And you’re done!
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This is your
trigger
post)
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And the
action
(FB post)
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There are hundreds of Zaps to choose from
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Pick those most useful to you
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Thank you for learning Zapier
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