Course Curriculum

Easy IFTTT: Social Media Automation in 15 Minutes with IFTTT

6sections

16lectures

59mtotal

What you’ll learn

Learn to Link All Your Social Networks, so they can power each other.
Use IFTTT for Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, etc... Like a Ninja!
Use Social Automation to drive stronger personal/professional brands, or just save you some time!

What am I doing here, and what will I accomplish?

This first lesson describes the journey you can expect to take while navigating this course. Where will you begin? What's expected of you? What can I expect to learn?

2:37
What is IFTTT and Why is it so AWESOME?

In this lecture we will get introduced to the powerhouse behind it all... IF This Then That (IFTTT.com). What is it? Why Should I care? What can I use it for?

3:03
Getting All Signed Up

Walkthrough of registering at all of the Social Networks you'll need to follow the BrowserBlog example.

2:23

Intro - Getting Started with Recipes

You'll learn exactly what we expect to do in the lesson on Getting Started with Recipes

2:17
Getting Started with Recipes

This lesson is all about diving into the IFTTT.com website. Its an overview of everything you need to know to easily get the most out of what they have to offer.

5:46
Intro - Required Accounts

You'll learn exactly what we expect to do in the lesson on Creating the BrowseBlog Project.

1:48
Registering Social Accounts to Create BrowseBlog

Set up Tumblr to create a new post when you 'like' a video on YouTube. Twitter will then Tweet a link to the Tumblr Page, and Facebook will share an update with the Tumblr post as it's content.

4:37

Intro - Linking Tumblr to Twitter

You'll learn exactly what we expect to do in the lesson on linking your Tumblr Account to your Twitter Account. We have to do this so that Posts from Tumblr can be tweeted out on Twitter Automagically.

1:27
Linking Tumblr to Twitter

In this video you'll use a recipe to automatically Socially Market your Tumblr Blog content on Twitter.

3:10
Linking Tumblr to Facebook

In this video you'll use a recipe to automatically Socially Market your Tumblr Blog content on Facebook.

3:16
Testing the Recipes

In this video you'll learn about how IFTTT Recipes run, and whats going on with yours. You'll also learn how to test that your Recipes are working correctly, and verify that the results are what you'd expect.

4:07

Intro - Populate the Blog By Browsing the Web

You'll learn exactly what we expect to do in the lesson on Populating the Blog by browsing the web.

2:27
Populate the Blog By Browsing the Web

In this video we will go use a Recipe to create new Tumblr Blog Posts anytime I like a video on YouTube. This is why I called the project BrowserBlog, because you can put stuff on your blog, just by browsing the Web like you normally would.

4:52

Intro - Creating your Own Recipes

You'll learn exactly what we expect to do in the lesson on creating your own Recipes.

2:37
Creating your Own Recipes

In this video, we will walk through creating our own recipes from scratch. I'll modify the default stuff that IFTTT gives us, and after seeing this you're gonna wonder why you've waited so long! Note: I messed up in the video & decided not to reshoot on purpose. I left it in because I felt it was important for you to see how I approached fixing it, until I got what I was looking for.

14:23