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Tutorial

Get Started: IFTTT

What is IFTTT?

allows users to connect apps

and devices through chains of

simple conditional statements.

Why use IFTTT?

#1

Save time

#2

Automate tasks

Creating an Account

Search for IFTTT

Click the link for IFTTT

Or click Sign up

Add Email

[email protected]

Add Password

[email protected]

Click Create account

[email protected]

Click this

Click that

Sign-up using facebook

[email protected]

Fill out the form

and click Log In

Click Continue

Sample recipe

Select the apps you want to

connect

Homepage

What is a recipe?

.Recipes are simple connections

between products and apps

2 types of Recipes

1. DO Recipes

DO Recipes run with just a tap

It enables you to create your own personalized Button, Camera, and Notepad

The DO apps are available for iOS and Android

2. IF Recipes

If Recipes run automatically in the background.

Create powerful connections with one simple statement

IF Recipes can be turned on and off

When turned back on, they pick up as if they were just

added.

What are Triggers?

The if part of an IF Recipe is a Trigger

What are Actions?

The then part of an IF Recipe is an Action

What is a Polling Period?

Most IF Recipes check for new Trigger data every 15 minutes

Some Recipes run even faster.

What are Channels?

Channels are the basic building blocks

of Recipes.

Each Channel has its own Triggers and Actions.

What are Ingredients?

Pieces of data from a Trigger are called

Ingredients

IFTTT Dashboard

Search for Recipes

Search through the Recommended

recipes

Search for DO & IF recipes

My Recipes

Create IF and DO Recipes

Includes Published Recipes

Search and save recipes

Channels

Search and connect Channels for Recipes

Or browse through the list

Creating IF Recipes

Go to My Recipes

Click Create a Recipe

Click this

Search/Choose Trigger Channel

Step 1

Click Connect

Step 1

Log in to the Channel

Step 1

Customize audience

Step 1

Click OK

Step 1

Customize what IFTTT can publish

Step 1

Click OK

Step 1

Click Done

Step 1

Click Continue to the next step

Step 1

Choose a Trigger from the options

Step 2

Click Create Trigger

Step 3

Click that

Search/Choose an Action Channel

Step 4

Click Connect

Step 4

Type Username/Email & Password

Step 4

Click Authorize App

Step 4

Click Authorize App again

Step 4

Click Done

Step 4

Click Continue to the next step

Step 4

Select an Action

Step 5

Add Tweet text

Step 6

Select Image URL

Step 6

Click Create Action

Step 6

Check Recipe Title

Step 7

Click Create Recipe

Step 7

Options for created Recipes

Click Update after editing a Recipe

Test if the Recipe works

Creating DO Recipes

Browse Recipes

Do Button

Recipes that connect your button to Philips Hue, Google Drive, Nest

Thermostat, and hundreds of Channels

Examples of Do Button recipes

Do Camera

Recipes that connect your camera to Facebook, Dropbox, Evernote, and

hundreds of Channels

Examples of Do Camera recipes

Do Note

Recipes that connect your notepad to Evernote, Twitter, Google Calendar,

and hundreds of Channels

Examples of Do Note recipes

“Automation is not for lazy people. It’s for people who want to see ROI from social

media.”

- Neil Patel

Thanks!

Ivy T.

Virtual Professionalwww.indieivy.com