How to Use IFTTT to Automate Social Media Postings Selectively

TO AUTOMATE SOCIAL MEDIA POSTINGS

SELECTIVELY

HOW TO USE

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Are you tired of repetitive online tasks?

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Do you want to put the internet to


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work for you instead the other way around


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by setting up simple connections between the


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apps and devices you use every day


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such as

and more?© Your Keen & Crisp VP | KevChavez.com | All Rights Reserved

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Learn how to automate your world with IFTTT !


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What is?


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IFTTT is a free productivity web-based app


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that allows users to create chains of


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simple conditional statements, called "recipes".


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You can connect apps and devices you love


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with "if this, then that" statements


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which are triggered based on changes to


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other web services such as:


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Let’s BEGIN!


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First, open a browser by clicking it.


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For this tutorial, let's choose Google

Chrome


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Double-clickthis icon


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A new window will pop-up


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Click the URL


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Type https://ifttt.com/ then hit Enter on your keyboard


https://ifttt.com/

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You will be redirected to IFTTT ’s site


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Click Sign Up


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Type in your Email


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Type in your Password


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then click Create account


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Welcome! You are now logged in.


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You haven't created any IF recipes yet!


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Click Browse to look for recipes


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Here are sample recipes made by other users


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Click Channels for available apps to connect using IFTTTTTTT


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Channels are also platforms that you want to automate


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There are over 351 apps that you can automate


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To name a few: Blogging,


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Business tools,


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Calendars & scheduling,


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Cloud storage,


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Email,


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Notes,


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Notifications,


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Photo & video,


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Social media apps,


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Task management & to-dos.


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Go back to My Recipes


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Click Create a Recipe


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A recipe is a combination of


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a trigger and an action


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Click this to set up a trigger


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Search for a trigger channel


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by typing the app's name here


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Let’s try typing “Facebook”


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Click face


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Connect FacChannel to your IFTTT account


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Type in your Email or Phone Number


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Click Log In


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Click OK

Kevin


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Click Not Now


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Your faceaccount is now connected!


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Click Done


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Click Continue to the next step


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You’ll now choose a Trigger


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Let’s choose Your profile changes


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This trigger will check if your face profile changes


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Click the dropdown button of Profile field


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Select Profile Picture


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then click Create Trigger


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Now let's set up the action


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Click that to set up the action


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Search for an action channel by typing the app's name


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Let's type in Twitter


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Click Twit


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Connect twi Channel to your IFTTT account


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Type in your Username or email


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Click Authorize app


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Your twitaccount is now connected! Click Done


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Click Continue to the next step


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You’ll now choose an action


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Let’s choose Update profile picture


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This action will happen when you update your face profile photo


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Click Create Action


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Click Create Recipe


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You've created your first IFTTT recipe!


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You can manage your recipe by:


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1. Turning it off


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2. Publishing it


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Give your recipe a title by typing it here


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Scroll down & type in notes as instructions


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Scroll down and click Publish Recipe


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Your recipe is now published!


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3. Click this to check


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if the Recipe is working


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4. Check the log files


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to view the recipe's history


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or5. Delete the recipe


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You will be asked to confirm the deletion


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If you want to delete, click OK


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If not, click Cancel


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Now every time you change your FB profile pic,


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your twit profile pic will also update automatically.


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You can now start adding more Recipes


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to put the internet to work for you


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1. Pin to Blogs


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2. Facebook to Blogs


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3. Email Posts to Blogs


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4. Blog Comment to SMS


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5. Send Images to Blog


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6. Facebook Status to Twitter


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7. Tweet to Tumblr


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8. Text to Facebook


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9. Voicemail to Facebook


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10. Post Pre-arranged Status Updates


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11. Read Tweets Later


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12. Send Thanks to New Followers


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13. Feedly to Buffer


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14. Blog to Twitter


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15. Save Tweets to Sheets


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16. Learn When the International Space Station is Overhead


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17. Save Free MP3's to Dropbox


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18. Add Movie Openings to Your Calendar


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19. Log liked Music to Google Sheets


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20. Alert for Free iTunes music


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21. Share your favorite videos on Tumblr


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22. Save SoundCloud MP3's to Google Drive


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23. Get Notified of New or Expiring Netflix Titles


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24. Let Liam Neeson Recover Lost Smartphone


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“The first rule of any technology is used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the

inefficiency.”

– Bill Gates, Co-Founder of Microsoft© Your Keen & Crisp VP | KevChavez.com | All Rights Reserved

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There you have it


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Thank you for investing on yourself


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