Business Instagram and Personal Facebook - can they play nice?
May 1, 2017 2:01 PM Subscribe
I would like to get insights/contact button for my Instagram yet also have my posts (semi?) automatically post to my PERSONAL Facebook timeline. Is there a tool for that? IFTTT?
Instagram: All my stuff including my Etsy business and where I’d tell people to follow me as a whole. I don’t want an Etsy-Only instragram but I DO want insights and a contact button.
Personal Facebook: Where I currently post all Instagram pics as well so family can see them that aren’t on Instagram. I only have like 50 friends there but they would be left out otherwise.
Business Facebook: For Etsy ONLY content. I won’t be sharing anything directly from Instagram as I prefer to link directly to the item.
I would like to (in some easy way) have my Instagram posts still go to my Personal Facebook page only.
Would If This Then That do the job? Another app? Another solution?
I know I can just share the photos and updates by hand or by link to Facebook but that’s an extra step that I don’t find worthwhile. It also currently shows that they’re from Instagram so people are more encouraged to follow me there if they have one.
Instagram: All my stuff including my Etsy business and where I’d tell people to follow me as a whole. I don’t want an Etsy-Only instragram but I DO want insights and a contact button.
Personal Facebook: Where I currently post all Instagram pics as well so family can see them that aren’t on Instagram. I only have like 50 friends there but they would be left out otherwise.
Business Facebook: For Etsy ONLY content. I won’t be sharing anything directly from Instagram as I prefer to link directly to the item.
I would like to (in some easy way) have my Instagram posts still go to my Personal Facebook page only.
Would If This Then That do the job? Another app? Another solution?
I know I can just share the photos and updates by hand or by link to Facebook but that’s an extra step that I don’t find worthwhile. It also currently shows that they’re from Instagram so people are more encouraged to follow me there if they have one.
Best answer: Well I found a setting from IFTTT. It creates an album and says it's shared from IFTTT but does have a short link to the post. It's not the best option but better than nothing. I rarely use Facebook anyway.
posted by Crystalinne at 5:50 PM on May 2, 2017
posted by Crystalinne at 5:50 PM on May 2, 2017
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You'd want to make the hashtag pretty specific, because this recipe doesn't just add images from your account, but from ANY account that uses that hashtag, but with sufficient specificity (#YOURETSYSHOPcp2fb or something better than that), you shouldn't run into any trouble, and can always delete any outliers if they turn up in your album.
Good luck!
posted by helloimjennsco at 8:38 AM on May 2, 2017