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If This, Then That

10/29/2015

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There are countless tools and sites out there to help optimize your social media presence. I want to share one that offers a great solution to a very common problem.

The problem
How often have you logged onto Twitter and seen people in your feed posting links to their Instagram pics? Probably pretty often. And how often have you actually clicked through to see those pictures? Probably a lot less often, right?

Fair enough. Who wants to click a link to see if the content is worth exploring?  

Wouldn’t it be nice if, without any extra work, you could post your actual Instagram pictures (as opposed to links to those awesome pictures) directly to Twitter, just like you can post them directly to Facebook? You can! And it’s easy. Let me explain.

Why post to Instagram at all?
You could post your pictures directly to Twitter, skipping over Instagram outright. But Instagram has amazing filters and very engaged audiences. The goal isn’t to minimize networks—rather it’s to minimize the amount of work it takes you to positively engage with multiple networks.

Instagram is owned by Facebook, posting there directly is as easy as hitting share. But when you try to cross-post to Twitter, they only tweet out a link. They are seeking to drive your followers away from Twitter and to Instagram. Which might be good for them. But it’s not good for you.

The solution
It’s simple. Set up an account with “If This, Then That.” (www.IFTTT.com) Once you have an account, you can set up all kinds of cool tools (they call them recipes).
  • IF it’s going to rain, THEN send me an email.
  • IF someone lists a new printer for sale on Craigslist, THEN send me an alert.
  • IF I change my Facebook profile picture, THEN automatically change my Twitter profile picture.

Clearly, there’s plenty you can do with this site. But to solve this particular problem: sign up, set up a recipe so that IF you post a picture to Instagram, THEN it will share it to Twitter. You can search around in their “Recommended Recipes” or just follow this link.

Give IFTTT access to both your Instagram and Twitter accounts and confirm the recipe. Then anytime you post a picture to Instagram, it will automatically tweet out the same picture to your Twitter network. With no additional work, you will reach twice as many networks! (3x if you are already sharing directly from Instagram to Facebook.)

Now instead of your feed looking like this:
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It will look like this:
Picture
Picture
Picture
Which do you think are going to get higher engagement rates?

Let me know if you need help setting up your recipes. Happy sharing!
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