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A popular question from users of Sendible, the platform for monitoring social media for businesses, is how to post images to a Facebook photo album using Sendible, as seen below:

This is pretty straight forward with Sendible. If you don’t already have a Sendible account, you can sign up for a free trial at http://sendible.com/signup.

Once you’ve signed into your Sendible account, please follow the steps below:

1. Go to Add/Edit Services.
2. Under Social, scroll down to Photo Sharing and select the Facebook Page Album service (click Add).
3. Select your Facebook Page and choose to create a new album every time you post.
   
4. Save your settings.
5. Return to the Message Box and select the Facebook Page Album service you just added.
6. Click the “Subject/Title” button and enter a name for your album.
7. Click the “Photo or File” button and upload as many photos as you like.
8. In the message area, enter the description for your album.
9. Click Send.
   

With Sendible social media management software, you have full control over the link previews that you post to Facebook. A Facebook link preview is the thumbnail image and title, caption and description that appears below a link you post on Facebook.

You can use the following technique when attaching links – this will give you complete control over Facebook link previews:

1.  From Message Box > Compose, click the URL button.
2. Enter the URL (e.g. http://www.facebook.com/snowball.studios) and click Attach.
3. Select the image preview to use and click Attach Link Preview.
4. Then, you can edit the message content and click Send.

If you haven’t already done so, add your Facebook and Twitter accounts from within Add/Edit Services. Once you’ve added your social media accounts, you can schedule your posts to your saved services.

There are two ways to schedule your messages with Sendible.

Option 1:

The easiest way to schedule a message is as follows:

1. Select Message Box > Compose.

2. Compose your message.

3. Select the “Scheduling” button and select to Send at a specific time.

4. Select the exact date and time to send the message.

5. Click Send and Sendible will send the message at the scheduled time.

Option 2:

You can use the calendar as follows:

1. Select Message Box > Calendar.

2. Find the date and time you’d like to post and click that time slot.

3. Compose your message and click Send. Sendible will send the message at the scheduled time.

At Sendible, we have tailored our social media tool for agencies and companies to manage multiple social media accounts across clients and/or brands. This post explains how to get started if you’re a small agency wanting to manage social media for 4 clients.

1. Start by signing up for a Sendible account, by going to http://sendible.com/pricing.

2. Since you’ll be managing 4 clients, you’ll want to sign up for the Business plan, which supports up to 4 users initially for $49.99 per month. As you bring on more clients, additional user accounts can be added at $12.49 per user per month.

3. Enter your company information and complete the signup process.

4. After signing up and activating your account, sign in to Sendible at http://sendible.com/login.

5. Click on My Users to create and manage your clients.

6. To create a new client, click New User. Fill in the details for your client and click Create User.

7. After creating the user account, you’ll see a drop-down box at the top right. This allows you to switch to any of your clients and manage their accounts for them.

We have recently added an exciting new feature to the Sendible social media management software that allows you to automatically send welcome messages to new Twitter followers. These can be automatic DM’s (direct messages) or even @ replies.

To set up your Twitter Auto Responder, all you need to do is follow the steps below:

1. Sign in to your Sendible account. If you don’t have one, you can sign up for a free trial at http://sendible.com/signup.
2. Click on Add/Edit Services and under Add Services, select the Automation tab.
3. Next to the Twitter Auto Responder, click Add.
4. On the settings page, complete the following details:
   • Description: This is for your own reference.
   • Twitter account: Select the Twitter account that will send the messages to new followers. If you haven’t added a Twitter account yet, you can do this in Add/Edit Services under the Social tab.
   • Message: Enter the message that will be sent out to new followers. To alternate the messages that are sent out to each follower, you can add multiple messages, with one message per line. You can also insert merge tags such as $first_name or $username. These will replaced with actual values when the tweet or DM is sent out.
   • Message Type: Select the type of message that should be sent out. This can be a DM (private message) or Tweet (public @ reply).
   • Auto Follow: Select Yes if you would like to automatically follow people back.
   • Frequency: Select how often Sendible should check for new followers and send out messages.
   • Maximum messages to send out: Select the maximum number of DM’s/Tweets to send out every time Sendible checks for new followers.
5. Save your Settings.

Once you’ve saved your settings, Sendible will automatically check for new followers based on the frequency you set and will send out DM’s/@ replies to those Twitter users.

We’ve recently added a new way for you to attach URL’s and customize their thumbnail previews when posting to sites like Facebook and LinkedIn.

You can choose the thumbnail at the time you attach the link as follows:

1. Compose a new message in the Message Box. 
2. Click URL and enter the URL in the box. E.g. http://www.cookie.com/dealn/25-for-a-50-gift-card-to-toys-r-us—fo…. 
3. Click Attach. 
4. Select the image you’d like to attach with your link and click “Attach Link Preview”.

You can then compose your message.

One of the most popular features on Sendible is the ability to automatically distribute your blog posts to all your social media accounts at once.  Our social media management software does this through the use of an RSS auto-poster. This blog post will explain how this can be achieved.

Step 1: Add your social media accounts

The first thing you’ll want to do is add your social media accounts. You can do this by going to Add/Edit Services where you’ll be able to add your Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn accounts as well as many others.

Step 2: Create a group

1. After linking up your accounts to Sendible, go to My Groups and click New Group. Give your group a name and click Create.
2. Once your group has been created, click “Add Contacts/Services…”.
3. Select the services you wish to add to the group and click “Select Contacts/Services”. These are the services that will receive the RSS posts. You can select as many services as you like.

Step 3: Add the RSS autoposter

Now that you’ve added your social media accounts and created a group of services that will receive RSS posts, you can configure the RSS autoposter.

1. Go to Add/Edit Services and select the RSS tab.
2. Click “Add” next to the RSS Auto Poster service.
3. You will then be taken to the page that allows you to configure your RSS autoposter.
4. Complete all the settings, by adding your RSS feed and making sure you select the group you created in Step 2 where it says “Post to the following group”.
5. Click Save Settings for your changes to take effect and Sendible will start distributing your RSS feed.

Sendible is a great piece of social media management software, but we also make it easy for people to compose, track and analyze email marketing campaigns.

A great way to grow your email mailng list is through Sendible’s opt-in widget.

Our opt-in widget allows users on your website, blog or even Facebook Page to add themselves directly to your address book and can be setup in 4 easy steps:

1. If you don’t already have a Sendible account, you can sign up for one here.
2. Log into your Sendible account.
3. Go to My Contacts and select the Widget section.
4. Click “Get Started” and select the standard fields that you would like to appear on your capture form.
5. Go to Step 2 and click “New Field” to create any additional custom fields you would like your customers/contacts to fill in.
6. After creating any additional fields, proceed to Step 3. Here you can customize the button text and the page to direct users to after signing up. You can also create/select a group of contacts that can be notified whenever a new customer signs up.
7. Finally, go to Step 4, where you can select the Sendible group (mailing list) that all new contacts are added to.

You can click the Preview button to preview and test the widget. When you’re ready, click “Get Widget Code”. This is the code that you’ll need to copy and paste onto your website or blog to have the capture form appear.

We’re excited to announce the launch of the new Sendible iPhone app, free to all Sendible users until 31 January 2011 after which it will only be available to users with a paid Sendible plan.

The app can be downloaded here.

Features:

Update all your social networks at once with Sendible’s social media management software Publish content to any of the social networks you use and update your blogs – all from one app.Access your Sendible address book on the go Access any of the contacts you’ve imported into your Sendible account and reach them via Email, SMS and more. Save for later Ability to save unfinished posts to be completed when you get back to your desktop. Share photos Post photos to Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, WordPress and more. Message scheduling Schedule posts to go out at a time you choose or on recurring schedules. Campaign reports and analytics Access your Sendible message reports and view statistics such as clicks, referrers, shares, comments and more.

To celebrate the launch of the Sendible iPhone App, we’ll be giving away Three 4th Gen 8GB iPod Touches.

How to enter:
To win, all you have to do is post the following message to Twitter or Facebook from your Sendible account between now and 31 January 2011:
“Publish content to your social networks and blogs on the go using Sendible’s awesome new iPhone app. http://bit.ly/sendibleapp“

How many times can I enter?
You can enter as many times as you like. The more you post the message from your Sendible account, the better your chances of winning!

How will the winners be chosen?
The winners will be chosen at random. Remember to enter as many times as you like to increase your chances.

When will the winner be announced?
The winners will be chosen on 3 February 2011. The winner will be notified via email and the winners’ names will appear on the Sendible blog.

Eligibility Requirements:
Only entrants who fully comply with the terms are eligible to receive a prize.
Must be 18 years or older.
Must be legal resident of the U.K and the US. for the duration of the competition and up until award of the prize.
Sendible and its respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, advertising and competition agencies, and respective officers, directors, employees or immediate family members (collectively “Competition Entities”) are ineligible to enter, participate or win any prize in the competition

Terms and Conditions
The winners assumes all liability for any damages caused or claimed to be caused by participation or by the prize and releases Sendible in full from all and any such liability. The prize is non-negotiable, non-assignable and non-transferable. Only human submission for entry is eligible in the competition. Any actual or attempted use of any device or software or non-human means utilized to automate the entry process or utilized in efforts to increase odds of winning, or utilized for any other purpose and including (but not limited) to interference or disruption of this competition or Sendible or third-party website is strictly prohibited and will result in both automatic disqualification and prosecution as allowed by full extent of law. Accuracy of any provided information to Sendible or in relation to the competition remains the sole responsibility of the entrant. True, accurate and verifiable information, including (but not limited to) contact information, physical address and telephone number, must be provided by the entrant to maintain eligibility in the competition or to win and receive the prize.