How to use IFTTT for Beginners
- 1. IFTTT ( “if this, then that” statement ) ( TUTORIAL )
- 3. Type IFTTT.com in your browser
- 4. Click ENTER in your keyboard
- 5. Look for the SIGN UP button on the upper right corner
- 6. Click the SIGN UP button
- 7. Fill up the empty boxes with appropriate information
- 8. Enter your email address
- 9. Provide also your password
- 10. Then Click CREATE ACCOUNT
- 11. Click the word THIS to learn the basic format of IFTTT
- 12. This is a sample statement to get you started with IFTTT
- 13. Click the word “that” to complete the statement
- 14. This is a sample statement using IFTTT called recipe
- 15. Now click CONTINUE to learn more about the basic set up
- 16. This is an example of a recipe after connecting two channels
- 17. Click continue to discover more
- 18. Here are some of the channels that you can connect using IFTTT
- 19. Click the icons that interest you -example FB, GMAIL, TWITTER
- 20. Then click CONTINUE after choosing 3 channels
- 21. You are now presented the different recommended recipes
- 22. Let’s choose recipes for SBO by clicking on it
- 23. These are some of the recommended recipes
- 24. Click my recipes to create your own
- 25. Click Create a Recipe to make an “IF Recipe”
- 26. Click the highlighted word “this” in the IFTTT statement
- 27. Search for the channel that you would like to trigger
- 28. Scroll down your mouse to look for the Facebook icon
- 29. Click the Facebook icon
- 31. Click Not Now when IFTTT would like to post to facebook for you.
- 32. Click DONE to proceed to the next step
- 33. Click continue to the next step button
- 34. Click one among the triggers
- 35. Click “create trigger” button
- 36. Now click the word “that” in the IFTTT statement
- 37. Again, choose an action channel to connect
- 38. Scroll down and look for the twitter icon
- 39. Click the twitter icon
- 40. Click connect button to connect with twitter
- 41. Click “authorize app” for IFTTT to use your account
- 42. Click done button to proceed to the next step
- 43. Click “Create Action” to complete action fields
- 44. Click post a tweet with image
- 45. Write the caption that you want to be posted on twitter
- 46. Example: hey, take a look at this new image I have found
- 47. Click “create action” button
- 48. Just wait while your recipe is being processed
- 49. Here is the 2 channels linked together using IFTTT
- 50. Click “create recipe” to create and connect
- 51. Your RECIPE is already created with an ID No. 40415883
- 52. This recipe will connect your facebook and twitter accounts
- 53. Review the action to be done then click UPDATE button
- 54. So here is the recipe title that you have created
- 55. Click Turn Off if you no longer want IFTTT to post for you
- 56. Now let’s check if the new recipe works
- 57. Go to your facebook account then upload a new photo
- 58. Right Click on your profile picture to upload
- 59. Click on your chosen photo
- 60. So here is the new profile picture that you just uploaded
- 61. Now sign in to your twitter account to find out
- 62. Click “View File” to see your automatic post
- 63. Here it is posted automatically in your twitter account
- 64. Time to create a new RECIPE with IFTTTT
- 65. Go to IFTTT.com again then Click My Recipes
- 66. Click Create a Recipe button
- 67. Click the highlighted word “this” in the IFTTT statement
- 68. Look at the channels and choose a trigger
- 69. Scroll down and look for the facebook icon
- 70. Click on the Facebook icon
- 71. Choose a trigger among the choices
- 72. Look for a trigger if you are tagged in a photo on facebook
- 73. Click on the trigger
- 74. Click Create Trigger button
- 75. CLICK the highlighted word “that”
- 76. This time look for dropbox as an action channel
- 77. Scroll down until you find the dropbox icon
- 78. Click on the dropbox icon
- 80. Click allow button for IFTTT to use your dropbox
- 82. Click continue to the next step button
- 83. Now you have to choose an action again
- 84. Click one among the choices
- 85. So you are done with the 6th step -scroll down
- 86. Look for the Create Action button then click
- 87. Click Create Recipe button
- 88. So here is the recipe that you just created
- 89. Scroll down again then click Update button
- 90. Click the edit symbol if you want to change the action
- 91. Click the stop symbol if you no longer like IFTTT to do the task
- 92. And there are lots of other recipes that you may create based on your personal or business needs That is the awesome IFTTT
- 93. To name a few, check out the following sample recipes
- 94. It’s easy as long as you have accounts in these channels
- 95. Just go back to the tutorial and follow the same procedure
- 96. Whether you want to connect the social media
- 97. Or any internet platform i.e. google apps
- 98. You can automate saving or posting
- 99. Or sync all your devices
- 100. Automatically download attachments or back up any materials as needed
- 101. Most of all you may use IFTTT to thrive in your business
- 102. So, that’s IFTTT! Thank you for your time. Hope you learned something from me again. Remember, if you need a VA just contact me: ENTERPRISING DIVINE, YOUR E.V.P. ONLINE (enterprising virtual professional)