This brief presentation explains how to maximize your social media activity, by connecting social media websites so that a post on Twitter or Tumblr then shows up in your Facebook timeline. It was part of the program for the Social Media Pre-Conference on Wednesday, June 19, 2013 at CWW 2013.

1. Tying it all Together
Connecting Social Media Sites
Cherie Dargan, CWW 2013

2. Overview
You can change the settings in your various social media
accounts so that when you post in one, your post will also
appear in another one,
The two accounts most frequently linked would probably be
Facebook and Twitter. Another two frequently linked
would be Facebook and Pinterest (or Twitter and
Pinterest).
Reminder: you need to have already set up accounts in both
social media websites before you do this!

3. Example: Facebook and Twitter

4. How did I do that?
I setup my Twitter account to connect to
Facebook, so when I post to Twitter, it appears
on Facebook, and includes the phrase "via
Twitter."
To do this, find the icon for settings on Twitter.
It is towards the upper right: it looks like a
gear. Click on it and go down to settings.
Then select your profile: there is a place to
connect to your Facebook account.

5. Find the settings icon

6. Next, go to your profile

7. Twitter's Help page
https://support.twitter.com/articles/31113-how-to-use-twitter-with-facebook
To connect your Twitter account and your Facebook profile:
1.Log in to the Twitter account you want to associate with your Facebook profile.
2.Go to your Settings menu's Profile tab.
3.Scroll to the bottom and click Sign in to Facebook and connect your accounts.
4.When prompted, select the privacy settings for who will see your Tweets posted to your
Facebook wall. It is set to public by default.
5.Click Log in with Facebook and enter your Facebook login credentials.
6.Click Allow to accept permissions.
7.Your Tweets will now post to your profile Facebook wall and your username will be displayed
there as well. @Replies will not be posted.

8. You can also select other apps

9. To connect Facebook & Twitter,
First, go to the URL https://www.facebook.com/twitter/
You will see my accounts are linked, and there is a checklist
of what items are included, along with a reminder that only
public posts on your Facebook page will be posted on
Twitter. So you may need to tweak your privacy settings as
well.
If you make changes, be sure to save them.

10. Facebook.com/twitter

11. To connect Facebook with other apps
Go to the Icon for settings (it looks like a gear)
Click on account settings.
Select Apps to view a list of the apps you may
have already connected to Facebook: for
example, many people use their Facebook login
credentials to use Pinterest.
Click on each App title to view the details.
Save if you make any changes.

12. Tumblr & Facebook or Twitter
Click on the gear icon to get account settings.
Find the name of your page and click on it: this
brings up a long form. About halfway down,
you will see that my Tumblr feeds both
Facebook and Twitter.
However, if a post is longer than 140
characters, only the first chunk will appear on
Twitter.

13. Tumblr print screen

14. Pinterest -- find settings

15. Pinterest

16. Pinterest
Under account settings, there is a list of
circumstances to select to get an email.
Then there is a section for Social Media
networks: you can use either Facebook or
Twitter credentials to log into Pinterest.
Items you post will appear in your Facebook
timeline.

17. Pinterest settings

18. LinkedIn
There are ways to search your email accounts to see if your
contacts are on LinkedIn.
However, there are no account settings that make it easy to
link to social media. There were instructions in the user
group forum for connecting to Facebook.
I would hesitate, however, since I cannot completely
control what gets posted on my Facebook wall.
You can add links to your blogs, Twitter feed, company
website, etc. in your contact information, which is part of
your profile.

19. Can link to websites

20. Conclusion
Linking social media websites makes a lot of sense: you can
post one time and have it appear on two websites.
To link accounts, find the settings icon and look for social
media.
Most of these sites have developed "Help" pages with
instructions.

21. Need help?
Please ask me for assistance: if I can't help, I
will help figure out who to ask!
Cherie Dargan
cheriedargan@gmail.com
cherie.dargan@hawkeyecollege.edu