May 21, 2013

Post to Multiple Social Networks

I've spent some time trying to find the best way to make one status update synch to all my social networks for the past year. There were many hiccups and limitations, but today I found the ideal solution... for me and maybe even for you.
The idea about GPlusLabs is to synch your Google+ posts with other networks. So, Google+ will be the driver and everyone else the passenger. It's actually a fairly simple to set up.
  1. Go to GPlusLabs and log in with your Google account.
  2. Once logged in, connect to one of three social networks (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn)
  3. Authorize the app for the social network.
  4. Once authorized, a dynamic email address will be created for posting. Copy this email address (right-click the linked account and select Copy Email Address).
  5. In Google+, go to People and add this email as a contact. For example, Facebook Synch or Twitter Synch. You may need to actually add this contact to a circle.
  6. Repeat steps 2 through 5 for all the connected accounts you want to link.
  7. Once done, post a status to Google+ and ensure your regular circles are included and most importantly the specific contacts for the synchs (for example Facebook Synch and Twitter Synch).
  8. Once the post is completed, you should see within minutes an update to Facebook, Twitter, etc. with your post.
It's only taken a year, but now I can fully synch my updates from a single post. Awesome!

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