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How to use
Buffer
By Rowena Caro
2015

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 appear

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Click here

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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 appear

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Enter your username

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Then Click Authorize app

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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 appear

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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 Open

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Photo is now added to your

post

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Click Add to Queue

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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 blog

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Click on the Buffer icon on

the upper right of the
browser

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This will appear

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Click on the text box to edit or add the

message on the post

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Post text edited

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Click Add to Queue

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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 disappear

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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

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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 Analytics

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This will appear

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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 finetune 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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