Getting Started With Ping.fm (101) – Tutorial

In this video we show you how to get started with Ping.fm which allows you to syndicate your and other's content to 39 different social media networking sites.

To get a basic understanding of Ping.fm you can review the Wikipedia.org overview of it.

You can download our Ping.fm checklist HERE.

Getting Started with Ping.fm (101) – Video Tutorial

Click below to watch a larger presentation of the video above:

Action Steps

1) Set up your Ping.fm Account:

1.1 Go to http://www.Ping.fm
1.2 Click on Signup https://ping.fm/signup and enter your personal details
1.3 Login to Ping.fm https://www.Ping.fm/login

2) Join / Authorize Social Networks
(Our Ping.fm checklist HERE has all these sites listed or see them BELOW)

2.1 Go to http://Ping.fm/network and sign up and authorize each of the listed social network accounts

3) Updates and Syndication

Posting
3.1 Go to http://www.Ping.fm/dashboard
3.2 Use the Google ToolBar – http://www.Google.com/toolbar
3.3 Use PingFire – Firefox Add-on – https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/836
3.4 Use http://www.HootSuite.com

Checking Status
3.5 Check recent posts http://www.Ping.fm/recent

Ping.FM Supported Social Networks:

Twitter.com
Facebook.com
Facebook.com/pages
Google.com/buzz
MySpace.com
Ning.com
Google.com/talk
Aim.com
LinkedIn.com
Tumblr.com
Identi.ca
BrightKite.com
Plurk.com
FriendFeed.com
Jaiku.com
Blogger.com
Plaxo.com
Bebo.com
Hi5.com
Xanga.com
WordPress.com
Delicious.com
Koornk.com
YouAre.com
Multiply.com
Yammer.com
Flickr.com
Status.net
Vox.com
TypePad.com
ShoutEm.com
StreetMavens.com
MyYearbook.com
Posterous.com
PhotoBucket.com
Yahoo.com
Tagged.com
Yahoo.com/meme

It should take you 1-2 hours to setup the above social networks. Remember to save your User ID and Password that you used to setup these accounts. Have fun and get syndicating.

To learn more about what we consider the best Tribe Syndication group, check out the Tribe Syndication Association (TSA).

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Comments

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  3. Amy says:

    Hi Pat & Loma,

    I just want to inform you that GoogleBuzz, Koornk.com, YouAre.com are not available, while TypePad and Ning are, but you need to invest some money after the trial period. Great and detailed post, btw…

    Amy
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