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

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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-click
this 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

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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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or
5. 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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CONGRATS!

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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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24 Best IFTTT Recipes
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

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There you have it

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Thank you for investing
on yourself

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Apply what
you have
learned

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and…

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