How to Update Twitter From a Facebook Application

Synching Facebook and Twitter makes it possible to update both accounts from mobile device applications as well as home computers.

Facebook fan pages that are used by businesses, artists and other entities can take time to maintain and keep current. If you add in a Twitter feed to your list of social networking tools, updating them both can take a significant chunk of your day. To make the process just a bit smoother, there is a way to update a Twitter feed from a Facebook fan page. With that, the status updates sent from a particular Facebook page -- whether they're sent from a mobile application or a desktop computer -- will automatically post to Twitter.

Instructions

1. Log in to your Facebook account. Keep in mind that you must be an administrator of an Facebook fan page to make changes and allow access to Twitter. Ask the administrator of the page for access if you don't already have it.

2. Move to the "Facebook to Twitter" page (facebook.com/twitter/). Listed there should be all the pages you have administrative access to. Click "Link to Twitter" next to the page you wish to link.

3. Type in your Twitter username and password at the following screen. This links your Facebook page to the Twitter account. Click "Allow."

4. Go back to your Facebook fan page and enter in a status update in the "Write something..." box. Then navigate to your Twitter Profile page to ensure the Facebook update you just sent is displayed on your timeline.

References

• Facebook; Publishing to Twitter from Facebook Pages; Michael Gummelt; August 2009

Resources

• Facebook: Facebook to Twitter