I have wanted to add tutorials to my blog for some time now, and today I’m going to do just that. [Please bear with me, it is my first public tutorial.]
I’ve had a lot of requests lately for importing blog posts to Facebook pages and profiles. Today, I’m going to show you how to import your blog posts to your facebook notes.
On your profile page, click on "Options".
When you click on "Options", it is replaced by "Settings". Now click on "Settings".
Then click on "Blog/RSS".
Type in your rss feed address & click on "Import".
That's it! Now your blog posts will be imported to your Facebook Notes.
Facebook will automatically check your RSS feed & import new posts when they are published. It is important to note that sometimes there is a delay {sometimes even a few days} with Facebook actually checking and pulling in the content. If you notice this, you can just wait for Facebook to do it’s thing, or you can manually update the notes. Here’s how:
First, make sure you are on your profile page & follow the steps above to click on “Options” → “Settings” → “Blog/RSS” and then:
Click on "Update Now".
Before I wrap up this tutorial, there is one more thing I want to share with you. By default, when you set up to import blog posts to your Facebook Notes, it will automatically publish new posts to your wall {so they’ll show up in your friends’ news feeds}. However, since there can be a delay from when you publish your blog posts {on your blog} to when they appear in your FB {Facebook} Notes, I prefer to use RSS Grafitti to publish blog posts to FB pages and walls.
RSS Grafitti is an awesome FB application that you can easily set up to check your blog every 30 minutes. It will check your blog every 30 minutes {or whatever time range you select}, and publish your new blog posts to your wall or FB page.
Now, if you’re like me and choose to set up RSS Grafitti, each blog post will post twice to your wall {whenever FB gets around to updating your imported Notes}. If you don’t like the duplicate wall content, you can set FB Notes to not publish to your wall. Here’s how:
Click on "Account" and then "Application Settings".
Look for Notes in your list of applications. Click on the "Edit Settings" for Notes.
Click on the "Additional Permissions" tab. Click on the checkbox that is checked for "Publish Content to My Wall" (so make sure it is unchecked as pictured). Then click "Okay".
So there it is, my first official tutorial. Since I’m planning on adding more tutorials on various topics, I’d greatly appreciate your honest feedback. Afterall, I do want these to be helpful. Also, let me know if you prefer written tutorials {like this one} or video tutorials {with text/audio/both?}.
If, after reading this tutorial, you’d just rather donate to my coffee fund & have me set up your Blog→FB importing, you can contact me here. Thanks!