Tutorial on How to Use Buffer

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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Like this blog56

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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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This will appear93

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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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