Update Your Facebook Page Through Twitter

If you've set up Twitter and Facebook profiles for your business and have used them for any length of time, you may be getting annoyed at the constant hassle of changing from one service to the next to post the same update or link.  Why not link them together?

It is really easy to do, both the right way and the wrong way.  It might be tempting to just use Twitter's Facebook app so that you can send updates to Twitter from Facebook, but this leaves an ugly fb.me short URL linking back to your Facebook page.  This can get really annoying really fast.

I recommend setting yourself up to update your Facebook page from Twitter.  Yeah, you're limited to only 140 characters, but at least it forces you to keep it short and sweet (the preferred way to receive information via social media).  If you want to post pics to your Facebook photo album, then go ahead and do that from Facebook.

If you search Facebook's applications for Twitter, you'll come across a wide array of options.  I've tried quite a few of them and have found Smart Twitter for Pages to be the best option.  (You can also use Smart Twitter for your personal profile.)

Before you add Smart Twitter to your page, you need to disable any other Twitter apps you might have on your page and unlink your Facebook page from your Twitter account.  Otherwise, you'll end up with a loop where your posts will show up multiple times as each app tries to sync both ways.

All you've got to do to add Smart Twitter to your page is go to their application page.  On the left hand side, look for a link that says "Add to my Page" and click it.  Then to set up which account Smart Twitter is associated with, go to your page and click "Edit Page" on the left hand side.  Scroll down to Smart Twitter and click "Edit".  There you can associate a Twitter account with your Facebook page.

Now all you have to do to update Facebook from Twitter without getting all the nasty #hashtags and @replies is just use your Twitter account like normal.  However, keep in mind that you should still pay attention to both accounts for any questions or comments that you need to respond to.