How to use Zapier to automate social media postings - Tere Datinguinoo - Social Digital Ally

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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

Facebook

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

Facebook

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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

Twitter

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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

Facebook

account

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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

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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

instagram

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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Instagram

new posting

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Now choose your action app (Facebook)

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Click

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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

Instagram

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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

(Instagram

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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