Link your Blog, Twitter and Facebook Together like a Daisy Chain

Posted November 23, 2010 by Brett Miller

LEVERAGE:
It's the state of doing something once and having that action duplicate on its own.

What if you only needed to post to your Blog the one time and it would automatically tweet on your Twitter account which in turn would automatically post that tweet onto your Facebook page? Would that be a time saver?

It's actually rather simple. Here is the easy step-by-step:

LINK YOUR BLOG TO TWITTER TO FACEBOOK

1) Login to your Google or Gmail account. (If you do not have one, get one.)

2) Go to Google's Feedburner service at http://feedburner.google.com and login using your Gmail login information.

3) Create a Feedburner feed by following the directions, or if one is already set up, click on the link for your Feed.

4) Inside your Feedburner account, click on the “Publicize” tab, then click on the “Socialize” option on the left.

5) Inside “Socialize”, click on the "Add a Twitter account" button and follow the instructions. (You will need to already have a Twitter account. If you don't, create one now.) Include "Title and Body" and "Don't add any hash tags." Be sure to click the "Save" button on the bottom.

6) Inside your Facebook account, search for “Twitter” in the search box. Many options will come up. Select one of the following based on your preference and install its Application:

a) "Social Tweet" will give you the best of both worlds. It will post your Tweets on Facebook. It will also do the reverse and post your Facebook status as a Twitter Tweet.

b) The official "Twitter" Application: Will post your tweets to your Facebook profile or Facebook page.

c) "Smart Twitter" for Pages lets you update a Facebook page's wall from a twitter account. However, it will not copy updates that don't belong on Facebook -- like retweets, @replies, or #hashtags

That’s it! Now, you can post once to your Blog and update your Twitter and Facebook at the same time.

FEELING ADVENTUROUS? TRY PING.FM

Ping.fm - http://www.ping.fm - is a free to use online service that lets you be able to post to all of your favorite services. Whether it be Tumblr, Blogger, WordPress, Delicious, Twitter, or even Facebook, Ping.fm allows you to post to all your favorite services with a click of a button. Ping.fm supports over 34 well known social networking platforms.

Now there should be no reason why your site shouldn’t have a Facebook page, a Twitter page, and… you get the idea. Although this may sound a bit difficult to set up, it is not. Once you input your account information into Ping.fm for the services you want to reach out to, it is set and forget.

If you don’t have an account for the platforms that Ping.fm supports, this may be the opportunity to do that because this is as automated as you can get. Once you set up your accounts, you have access to posting onto all of your social networks at once from Ping.fm’s advanced interface.

This paragraph was pulled from the excellent posting by Albert Fang at: http://www.mooladays.com/2010/11/11/ping-fm-review-stay-connected/

I recommend reading it and trying Ping.fm - it is an amazing free service.

I can't offer support on any of these applications, so I suggest you read the instructions and use their tech support if you have any questions.

Happy Posting!