How to Use IFTTT to Automate Your Social Media Postings
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HOW TO USE IFTTT TO AUTOMATE YOUR SOCIAL
MEDIA POSTINGS BY ALLAN T. AGUIRRE
© Allan T. Aguirre – Your Virtual Office Manager
IFTTT means If This Then That
It allows you to link your web services
Let’s start by opening your browser
Go to www.ifttt.com
IFTTT sign up page
Click Sign up
Enter your Email address
Enter your Password
Click Sign up
This is your IFTTT dashboard
An applet brings your services together
Click Get started
You can view recommended applets for you
Scroll down to view more
Or click Search
Select from the categories
Scroll down to view more categories
Let’s have Social networks
Click Social networks
You will have social networks services
Let’s click Facebook
Click Connect
Log in to your Facebook account
Enter your Email or Phone number
Enter your Password
Click Log in
Notification from IFTTT
Click Edit this if you want to change
Otherwise, click Continue
Another notification from IFTTT
Click Not Now to skip
Or click dropdown to change
Then click OK
IFTTT would like to manage your Pages
Click Not Now to skip
Click Review the info you provide to review
Then click OK after review
Start managing your Facebook
You can select from existing applets
For example, tweet your FB updates
This applet was created by a different user
Click Tweet your Facebook updates
Click Turn on
IFTTT needs to access your Twitter
Click Ok
Please read this note
Enter your Twitter’s Username or email
Enter your Password
Click Authorize app
You now have a new applet
For example, I posted this in my Facebook timeline
Immediately, it is my tweet
Click profile name to create new applet
Click New Applet
Click this
Choose a service
You can search the service
Or scroll down to search
Let’s click again Facebook
Choose a trigger
Let’s say something about your FB photos
Click You are tagged in a photo
Click that
Choose action service
Type to search a service
Or scroll down
Let’s say I want Dropbox
Dropbox is a cloud storage
Click Dropbox
Click Connect
If you have a Dropbox account, enter your Email
Enter your Password
Click Sign in
Click Create a new account to open a Dropbox account
IFTTT notification
Click Allow
Next is to choose your action
Click Add file from URL
IFTTT links your FB to Dropbox
Click Create action
Review and finish the link
Click Finish
You now have a new applet
That you have created
If you’re tagged in FB, your photo is in Dropbox
For example, I was tagged in this photo
I will log in with my Dropbox account
My Dropbox has an IFTTT folder
Click IFTTT folder
Click Facebook folder
Click the file
My photo was saved in Dropbox
I have now two applets
To create new applet, click New Applet
Click again this
Again, you have a selection of services to select
You can link your Gmail account
To your Evernote account
Or your Facebook account
To your Instagram account
And a lot more
IFTTT really empowers you to be more efficient
While having fun
Now signing out
“I couldn't tell you in any detail how my computer works. I use it
with a layer of automation.”
- Conrad Wolfram