This document provides instructions for using IFTTT (If This Then That) to automate social media postings. It explains how to sign up for IFTTT, connect various web services like Facebook and Twitter, and create "applets" to link triggers in one service with actions in another service. For example, an applet could post any new Facebook status updates as tweets. The document walks through the step-by-step process of setting up several example applets, including automatically saving any photos you are tagged in on Facebook to a Dropbox folder.

1. HOW TO USE IFTTT TO
AUTOMATE YOUR SOCIAL
MEDIA POSTINGS
BY ALLAN T. AGUIRRE
© Allan T. Aguirre – Your Virtual Office Manager

2. IFTTT means If This Then That

3. It allows you to link your web
services

4. Let’s start by opening your browser

5. Go to www.ifttt.com

6. IFTTT sign up page

7. Click Sign up

8. Enter your Email address

9. Enter your Password

10. Click Sign up

11. This is your IFTTT dashboard

12. An applet brings your services
together

13. Click Get started

14. You can view recommended applets
for you

15. Scroll down to view more

16. Or click Search

17. Select from the categories

18. Scroll down to view more categories

19. Let’s have Social networks

20. Click Social networks

21. You will have social networks
services

22. Let’s click Facebook

23. Click Connect

24. Log in to your Facebook account

25. Enter your Email or Phone number

26. Enter your Password

27. Click Log in

28. Notification from IFTTT

29. Click Edit this if you want to change

30. Otherwise, click Continue

31. Another notification from IFTTT

32. Click Not Now to skip

33. Or click dropdown to change

34. Then click OK

35. IFTTT would like to manage your
Pages

36. Click Not Now to skip

37. Click Review the info you provide to
review

38. Then click OK after review

39. Start managing your Facebook

40. You can select from existing applets

41. For example, tweet your FB updates

42. This applet was created by a
different user

43. Click Tweet your Facebook updates

44. Click Turn on

45. IFTTT needs to access your Twitter

46. Click Ok

47. Please read this note

48. Enter your Twitter’s Username or email

49. Enter your Password

50. Click Authorize app

51. You now have a new applet

52. For example, I posted this in my
Facebook timeline

53. Immediately, it is my tweet

54. Click profile name to create new
applet

55. Click New Applet

56. Click this

57. Choose a service

58. You can search the service

59. Or scroll down to search

60. Let’s click again Facebook

61. Choose a trigger

62. Let’s say something about your FB
photos

63. Click You are tagged in a photo

64. Click that

65. Choose action service

66. Type to search a service

67. Or scroll down

68. Let’s say I want Dropbox

69. Dropbox is a cloud storage

70. Click Dropbox

71. Click Connect

72. If you have a Dropbox account, enter
your Email

73. Enter your Password

74. Click Sign in

75. Click Create a new account to open a
Dropbox account

76. IFTTT notification

77. Click Allow

78. Next is to choose your action

79. Click Add file from URL

80. IFTTT links your FB to Dropbox

81. Click Create action

82. Review and finish the link

83. Click Finish

84. You now have a new applet

85. That you have created

86. If you’re tagged in FB, your photo is in
Dropbox

87. For example, I was tagged in this
photo

88. I will log in with my Dropbox account

89. My Dropbox has an IFTTT folder

90. Click IFTTT folder

91. Click Facebook folder

92. Click the file

93. My photo was saved in Dropbox

94. I have now two applets

95. To create new applet, click New
Applet

96. Click again this

97. Again, you have a selection of
services to select

98. You can link your Gmail account

99. To your Evernote account

100. Or your Facebook account

101. To your Instagram account

102. And a lot more

103. IFTTT really empowers you to be
more efficient

104. While having fun

105. Now signing out 

106. “I couldn't tell you in any detail
how my computer works. I use it
with a layer of automation.”
- Conrad Wolfram