An automated workflow using ifttt
Connects Facebook Pages + Gmail
Facebook Google Plus
About this workflow template
This automation scenario allows you to connect Facebook Pages and Gmail
It can be build using Ifttt, a no-code workflow automation tool. Ifttt allows you to create automated scripts using a simple drag-and-drop interface for non-technical users. This is a ready-made scenario, but it can be customized by adding more apps, actions, filters or branches.
Categories
Facebook Pages and Gmail can also be integrated using automation tools other than ifttt:
How it works?
When this trigger fires in Facebook Pages
New status message on page in Facebook Pages
This Trigger fires every time you create a new status message on your Facebook Page.
Then this action happens in Gmail
Send an email in Gmail
This Action will send an email to up to twenty recipients from your Gmail account.
How to set up this workflow
This guide contains information on how to set up an automatic workflow that allows to Facebook Google Plus.
Part I
Configure Applications
First, we need to connect Facebook Pages and Gmail to IFTTT.
Create IFTTT account.
Create IFTTT account if you don't have one.
Connect Facebook Pages to IFTTT.
Give IFTTT access to your Facebook Pages account, using Facebook Pages credentials.
Connect Gmail to IFTTT.
Give IFTTT access to your Gmail account, using Gmail credentials.
Part II
Build an integration workflow
Next, we need to create a workflow automation scenario using graphical no-code web interface of IFTTT.
Set up a Trigger action for Facebook Pages
Choose the following trigger: New status message on page (This Trigger fires every time you create a new status message on your Facebook Page.).
Then set up an Action for Gmail
Choose this action: Send an email (This Action will send an email to up to twenty recipients from your Gmail account.).
Part III
Test and Publish
Finally, we need to test this automation and publish it.
Customize data flow
Configure the data that is exchanged between Facebook Pages and Gmail.
Test the workflow and turn it on for production use
Test your scenario and publish to production. Now you have an automatic workflow, that will Facebook Google Plus!
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Apps you need
Facebook Pages
Facebook Pages allows businesses to attract and with the audiences on Facebook
IFTTT helps to create applications connections with a simple statement: if this then that. For example: "Tweet your Instagrams as native photos on Twitter". You define a task by a trigger and an action.
