How to Sync your Twitter, Facebook, and Linked-In Status Updates

Strangely enough, I’ve been asked this question by multiple people recently. So, here’s the skinny – it’s a lot easier than you think:

1. Account Setup.

Set up accounts in each of these social networks. You should have your own account for Facebook, Twitter, and Linked-In. Make sure you have the usernames and passwords for them all.

2. Install the Facebook App.

In Facebook, add the Application TweetSync to your profile (http://apps.facebook.com/tweetsync/). Follow the instructions. Add your Twitter account information per the setup, and give permission to TweetSync to write to your profile.

3. Configure Linked-In Settings.

In Linked-In, under your Home, you’ll see where you can add a status update. Right under that is a Twitter icon. Click that and edit settings.

And there you have it.

When you post to Twitter, Linked-in and Facebook will receive the update and re-post it, usually within 1-2 minutes. When you post to Linked-In, it’ll post there and then get cycled out to Twitter, which then hits Facebook. When you post to Facebook though, only Facebookers see the update – myself, I like it like that! Twitter becomes my broadcast channel; more private communications can take place in Facebook.

Give it a try! And hey: it really doesn’t matter if you’re using a 3rd party client-side application either because all of this is taking place in the background. So it doesn’t matter, say, if you like using TweekDeck or Twhirl or your cell phone. It all takes place in the background. Easy-peasy.

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