content curation-automation tool-for-beginners

A F R E E C O N T E N T C U R A T I O N

A U T O M A T I O NT O O L

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First, we need to set up theprocess

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Tools that we will be using

IFTTT Gmail Pocket

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Create a Gmail account(If you already have one, go to page 15)

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Go to www.gmail.com

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Click create account

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Next, fill up the what is ask in theform

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click Next step if done,

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You will see the Privacy and Termswindow,

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Scroll Down

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Click I Agree

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And you are done!

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Click Continue to Gmail

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And this is now your Gmail

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Create a Pocket account(If you already have one, go to page 29)

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Go to www.getpocket.com

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Click Sign up with Google

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A pop­up window will appear

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Click Allow

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Create your Password

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The click Finish

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Congrats! Your done!

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Click Start Saving

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Click Connect Now

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A pop­up box appears

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Click Add extension

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Check this Icon in your browser'sextension

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Now you are ready to save!

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But before that, let's createa recipe at IFTTT

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Create an IFTTT account(If you already have one, go to page 37)

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Go to www.ifttt.com

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Click Sign up

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Enter your Gmail

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Create a Password

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Then click Create account

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And you are done creatingan account!

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Let us create the Recipe!

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Click My Recipes

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Click Create a Recipe

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Click the This word

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Type in Pocket here

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Click the Pocket icon

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Click Connect

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A pop­up window will appear

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Click Authorize

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Click Done

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Now we will choose a Trigger

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Click the Any new item trigger

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Then click Create Trigger toconfirm

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Next, click the That word

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Type in Google drive

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Click the Google drive icon

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Click Connect

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A pop­up window will appear

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Scroll down then click Allow

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Click Done

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We will choose an Action

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Choose Add row to spreadsheetaction

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Type in your desiredSpreadsheet name

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Then click Create Action

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Click Create Recipe

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Recipe is now made and active.

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To confirm if a recipe is active,click Check now

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Let us now build queue ofcontents to schedule on.

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Click the Pocket icon in yourbrowser's extension to save your

chosen page

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If you want to add tags, type inhere

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After saving a few websites,

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Go to your Google drive to viewyour queue

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How to view your Google drive?

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(you may skip this and go straight to page 74)

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Go to your Gmail

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Look at the upper right corner andclick this icon.

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Then click the Google Drive icon

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You are now in your Google Drive

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Click the IFTTT folder

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Then the Pocket folder

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Click the spreadsheet

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Adjust the height of your rows to seelittle preview images

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Don't edit this data sent byPocket and IFTTT.

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Instead, we will create a newsheet.

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At the bottom left of your screen,click the + icon

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A sheet 2 will be created

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In sheet 2 you can now addheadlines

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Copy the data from sheet 1 by typing=SHEET1!A1 in cell A2

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Drag the blue highlighted box acrossand down the sheet.

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We will customize the sheet tooptimize it.

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Add a Title to column G to Klike this

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For Facebook post, type in=concatenate(H2," ","|"," ",B2," ","|"," ",G2)

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For Twitter post, you can addTitles like this

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Then in J2 type in =concatenate(H2,"","|"," ",G2," ","via @",L2," ",M2)

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Know the count of your Twitter postin cell K2 by typing in =LEN(J2)

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To replicate the formulas youhave made,

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Click and hold the blue box anddrag it down

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Now you can schedule yourqueue of post in batches.

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Hope you had fun with thisstep by step guide.

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And helped you to maximizeyour productivity.

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Share it to help others too!

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