Using Twitterfeed and wordpress to update all your Hellotxt social media accounts

As your probably aware Im off on vacation for a week – So I thought I would get this posted real quick as ive updated the http://www.socialhubbuilder.com/  to work with Hellotxt – so now it will work with Ping.fm, Pixelpipe, Onlywire and now Hellotxt

Wordpress when used with Hellotxt can and will not only provide SEO benefits but also great targeted traffic – not to forget the followers you will gain -If you havnt seen how we can also use Ping.fm and Pixelpipe with a wordpress plugin then please take a look at the following url  Pixelpipe WordPress Plugin

So here go's a quick explanation of how to set things up – I will also try to get things automated on my return to make it more hands free

Things you will need

TwitterFeed –
Wordpress Blog
Hellotxt account (with social sites linked to it)

WhyTwitterfeed?

We will be using Twitterfeed to send our blog post to from our wordpress blog – Our Hellotxt account will be linked to twitterfeed which will send our blog post to it and the linked sites.

Step by step instructions

Signup to http://twitterfeed.com – When you have entered your details – you will be taken to

Step 1: Name Feed & Add Source URL

So name your feed whatever you like – Eg: BigSEO

Then enter your wordpress blog rss feed – eg: http://www.bigseotechniques.com/blog/feed/rss/

Hint – Click test feed to ensure its ok

Click the advanced settings towards the bottom to ensure your happy with everything – You will however want to make sure that the url shortner is a 301 redirect and not a 302 -

To the general user there isnt much difference between a 301 and 302 redirect service because they both redirect to your chosen location-

On the other hand for us there is a major difference – we need to ensure we use a 301 redirect service as this tells the search engines that the redirect is permanent which will then make the search engines give credit and link juice to your site – If your unsure do a google search on the url – I think bit.ly is a 301 redirect and good to use.

Click continue to step 2

You will now be taken to

Step 2: Configure Publishing Services

You will see 4 available services you can configure with hellotxt being one of them

Click on hellotxt

It will now ask you to authenticate your hellotxt account service – It asks you for your hellotxt API user_key –

Login to your hellotxt account then go to http://hellotxt.com/settings/api/twitterfeed  – Click on Enable this application

Wait a few moments – and you will be given a User_Key – it will look something like the following 6Q5n4WNDAY

Copy and paste this key into your Twitterfeed account where it asks you to enter the hellotxt API user_key

Click – get available service

Click on default from the drop down menu and then create service -

Your now done – Each time you update your wordpress blog – The post will be sent to Twitterfeed which will then send it to Hellotxt which of course sends it to all the social sites you have linked to it
 
If you need hellotxt accounts then dont forget to check out Social Hub Builder