automating social media with yahoo! pipes and ifttt

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Social Media Automation

with and

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What This Isn’t

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What This Is

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How I discovered this awesome automation

combo• IFTTT was becoming popular• Heard a presentation on

Yahoo! Pipes• Tedious manual posting

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“create data mashups by aggregating web feeds, RSS feeds, web pages, and various services”

- www.pipestutorial.com

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Create A New Pipe

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Insert The RSS Feed

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Customize it

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Connect the Dots

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Test, test, test

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Get the RSS feed

http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.run?_id=1cd2d1a5e524e62af224721ea8911196&_render=rss

http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.run?_id=1cd2d1a5e524e62af224721ea8911196&_render=rss

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“Put the internet to work for you”

- IFTTT

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Find the right recipe

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Insert Your RSS Feed

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But wait!

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Select Your Social Network

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Choose an Action

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Tada!

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Some Resources

Pipes Tutorial - bit.ly/RqK2uGYahoo! Pipes Blog - bit.ly/QNvQcW Yahoo! Pipes Documentation -bit.ly/QC0ybI

Program Your Life with IFTTT - bit.ly/PNmYoK

IFTTT Recipes - bit.ly/QoNrr8Distribute Content Across Multiple Networks

- bit.ly/VZYV8n

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Thank You!

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