How to use around.io. Start thinking of social as a marathon, it takes time, patience, and a lot of hard work.

1. How to use
around.io

2. Log in/Sign up
skip if already done
• If you are already signed up, go to
http://around.io (website) & log In to your
account
Or
• Signup for free (for 7 days) No credit card
required
(you will need to use around.io for less than 7
days to see the results)
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3. Connect your accounts
• First, Log in
• Click on “Settings” (top right)
• Add your Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest & shop
account (just click on buttons)
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4. Add #hashtags
• You will see basic hashtags there
• We HIGHLY recommend add hashtags that you
use and like
• These hashtags will be available to you around
the application
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5. Go to “Your shop name” tab
• Find “Your shop name” tab in left navigation
panel
• You will see all your products here
• Click on any product image
• You will see prefilled options to Post, Tweet, Pin
OR
• Click on any social media icon below project
image
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6. Facebook Postings
• For Facebook: You can post right away or
schedule for later, on your timeline, Pages,
Groups etc.
• You can post with images: Just click on small
check box under the Facebook post option
• You will have to enter the text if you choose to
post images, link will be included in post
automatically
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7. Twitter Tricks
• You can tweet now or schedule later
• You can tweet with images (click on “Tweet
with image” checkbox under Tweet box)
• We automatically shorten the URL’s of your
products
• Tweet 3 times: Schedule’s tweet 3 times in
next 24 hours for maximum exposure
• You can select multiple days for scheduling a
tweet
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8. Pinterest Pins
• This works amazingly as well, make sure you
have connected your Pinterest account
• Schedule the pin and you are done
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9. Google +
• Currently you can only post G+ posts when
you are logged in to your around.io account
• No scheduling supported yet and there is no
timeline on when it will be supported
• As soon as Google allows small players (like
us) to do this
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10. Twitter Plan
• Just click on it, from left navigation lane
• See how it creates a plan for your day in few
seconds
• If you dont like the plan, just pick a different
plan from right top corner
• It comes with links, hashtags and time, just hit
save and be done for the day
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11. Pinterest Plan
• Just click on it, from left navigation lane
• See how it creates a plan for your day in few
seconds, just pick boards for each item and
you are done
• If you don’t like the plan, recreate it by clicking
it again, or delete the rows you don’t want
• It comes with links, hashtags and time, just hit
save and be done for the day
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12. More Social platforms
• We are constantly adding ways to post on new
platforms like
– Tumblr
– Waleno
– Stumble Upon
– More coming soon
(if you have some platform you want us to add,
email me at hi@around.io)
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13. Wait & Watch
• No just wait & watch your social media reach
grow
• Social media is a marathon, it takes time,
patience, and a lot of hard work
• It’s continuous work, if you want to see the
results
• There is no alternate to interactions, and
replies, you should do them yourself
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14. How to reach me?
• In case you get stuck, this is how to reach me:
hi@around.io
Facebook
Twitter
Pinterest
Google+
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15. Thank You
• In order to get most out of social media, you
have to be active on it, all the time
• Once again, there is no alternate to
interactions, we help you post content, its
your responsibility to reply to interactions you
get
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