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Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Becoming a social media powerhouse in one week (phase 3)

Phase 3 of 5
This blog will be of interest to people who are interested in using social media for a business, but is not limited to them. There are plenty of people who like to write about their lives, their pets or something else about which they are passionate and share with the world. Follow along to get set up for online blogging!

3. Setting up a blog and having it automatically feed into Twitter and vice-versa
3.1. Go to www.blogger.com
3.2. Click “Create a Blog”
3.3. Complete the form and click “Continue”
3.4. In the next screen, name your blog, then have fun designing the page elements, colors, etc.
3.5. When you’re all set, you can see your dashboard where you can set up your Profile, follow other blogs, and make your first blog post.
3.6. Look for the Twitter Gadget in page layout mode and add it to your layout.
3.7. To make your first blog post, click the “New Post” button, then type in the window. It works similar to Microsoft Word.
3.8. When you’re done, click “Post”
3.9. Now go to a new Web site called www.twitterfeed.com
3.10. Click the “Log into Twitterfeed” hyperlink under number two
3.11. In the text bar on the next page, copy and paste the URL of your blog (go back to www.blogger.com and click “View Blog”)
3.12. Click “Login”
3.13. Click “Go to My Twitter Feeds”
3.14. Click “Create New Feed”
3.15. Select “Create New Twitter Feed”
3.16. Click “Authenticate at Twitter”
3.17. Click “Allow”
3.18. Your RSS feed URL should be http://yourblogname.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
3.19. Include your bit.ly API and login information
3.20. Click the “Active” checkbox at the bottom and then “Update”
3.21. To set yourself up to be able to post to your blog from your cell phone, click the “Settings” tab
3.22. Click the “e-mail and mobile settings”
3.23. Scroll down and click “Add mobile device”
3.24. From your cell phone, text the message that pops up to the number they give you
2.25. Now text back the word “stop” to not receive confirmation text messages
2.26. Now send a test text to this number and see it appear as a new blog post!

1 comment:

  1. great tips, twitter and blogging can be a powerful tool if you market your blog right. i enjoy reading your blog for some time now. good post!

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