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How to use Buffer
By Rowena Caro2015
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What is buffer?
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A new and smarter way to share what you want to share on Social
Media.
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What it does ?
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Simple
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You add updates to your Buffer queue and it will be posted for
you well spaced out over the day - and at the best times.
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Its like your magic box you can use anytime to fill with great
Tweets, Facebook stories or LinkedIn updates.
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Just drop them in and you dont have to ever worry about when it
will be posted, its all taken care of by Buffer for you.
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Go to www.buffer.com
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This will appear10
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Click here11
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You can connect your different social media accounts
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Lets try to connect using my twitter account
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This will appear14
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Enter your username
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Then Click Authorize app16
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Click Sign In to authorize Buffer to use account
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Twitter account is now connected
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Add your 2nd social media account. Click Facebook
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Enter your Facebook Login details
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Click Login
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This will appear22
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You will be asked to choose between
your facebook profile or page.
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For this exercise, I click a page that I manage
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My FB page is now connected to buffer
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You can now Set up Schedule. Click Set up my Schedule
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Your time zone confirmation will appear
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Click on Timezone to schedule your post on the right time
zone
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Choose the Time Format you want
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Then, Click Continue to Next Step
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This will appear
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For your fb account choose how many times per day
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For now I Choose 1 time per day
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Then, Click every day of the week
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For twitter you can choose 3 times per day on Mon, Wed, Fri and
Sun only
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Then Click Continue
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This will appear
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Click Lets go!
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This will appear
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Enter your email address, then Click Continue
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This will appear, Then Click Go to my Dashboard
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Buffer Dashboard Looks like this
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To Start sharing click on the dashboard
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Then Click Add to Queue
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This will now appear on the dashboard
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To attach a photo to the post
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After typing your message, Click on the Camera icon to attach a
photo
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Your documents will appear
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Click the photo you want to attach on that post
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Click Open50
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Photo is now added to your post
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Click Add to Queue52
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Here are the 2 post we added in buffer.
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Another way to post in buffer is from the
web.
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While surfing in the internet and you found
something worth sharing in your social
media account.
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http://mytrulyrichclubexperiencephilippines.blogspot.com/2013/03/powertalk-find-your-emotional-why.html
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Click on the Buffer icon on the upper right of the
browser
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This will appear58
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Click on the text box to edit or add the message on the post
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Post text edited60
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Click Add to Queue61
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Please note that there is a number beside the Add to Queue
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The Add to Queue box is in blue
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That is the allowed number of
characters left to be added to the post
text.
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If the text in the post exceed the number of characters allowed
by buffer
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The number had a negative sign (-) and the Add to Queue box is
no longer clickable
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Do not exceed the number of post character
Exceed the number of post character
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After editing the post characters, Click Add to Queue
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It appears now on your dashboard
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This will appear on your facebook Timeline
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However, there are post you want only to
appear on your facebook but not on
Twitter
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2 ways of doing it
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Click Power Scheduler
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This will appear
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Choose which social media you want to share this link
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If you choose facebook only, Click the Twitter icon
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Twitter icon disappear78
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If you choose the post to appear only on your twitter account,
Click
Facebook icon
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Facebook icon disappear
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Click on the Social media account you do not want the post to
appear
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If you want the post to appear only on facebook Click the
Twitter icon
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This happens
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If you want the post to appear only in twitter, Click the
Facebook icon
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This happens
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Schedule is one of the feature of Buffer
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Click Add a Posting Time 88
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2nd Schedule will appear
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Click the Drop down menu to edit the specific time you want the
post/tweet to
appear on your timeline
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Another feature of Buffer dashboard is the Analytics
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Click Analytics92
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These are the features of Analytics
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You can see the analytics of your latest post
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If you avail for Buffer Awesome Plan
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You can see your most clicked, retweeted and likes posts
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Sort by least-liked posts to fine-tune your posting strategy
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Order your posts by type: images, link posts, quotes, etc.
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Buffer will definitely increase your productivity in
enhancing your social media presence.
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Its your turn: have fun and be MORE
Productive.
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