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How to Link Facebook to Twitter

Filed under: Social Media » Facebook, Twitter,

Two Birds With One Stone

Frustrated at having to post a status update, tweet, and promote your blog post all at the same time? We can help you take one element out of that equation by automating it - namely by having your Facebook status updates automatically convert into tweets.

Linking Your Personal Facebook Page to Twitter

Update - the Twitter application appears to be working correctly again. Simply login to the Twitter application on Facebook (and under "connect your accounts" click on the "Sign in with Twitter" button), and you'll be able to connect Twitter to your Facebook account and post status updates to Twitter.

While it's very popular, the Facebook Twitter application (found at apps.facebook.com/twitter/), is a security hazard and is littered with bugs. In fact, if you don't have it installed, and try to do so after July 1, you'll get a "session" error, causing your browser to redirect indefinitely. What did this app do? It let your tweets automatically convert into Facebook status updates. But since the deal breaker between Facebook and Twitter earlier this year the two don't ~~seem to be on the best of terms.~~

Use the Facebook Twitter Integration Service to Link Other Pages

The good news is that same functionality works the other way around - that is, you can post a Facebook status update and have it converted automatically into a tweet. To do so, simply visit facebook.com/twitter.

On this page, you'll be able to link all your pages to twitter - including any business pages you may have. All you do is click on the Link to Twitter button as illustrated below:

You'll then be taken to a Twitter page that will ask you to sign in to your Twitter account (if you haven't already) to confirm the link:

Enter your Twitter username and password (the login that matches the Twitter account you're trying to link to the corresponding Facebook account (if you're signed in to the wrong Twitter account you'll be given the option to sign out first and re-login)) and click on Allow.

After a short "redirecting back to the application" notice, you'll be taken back to Facebook, where you'll see the following screen:

Under the "edit settings" option, you can decide how much information you want to share with Twitter. After you "save changes" you'll be able to simply post a status update in Facebook (remember to keep it under the 140 character Twitter max, and leave 3 characters for a RT (ReTweet), so 137 characters total), and Facebook will automatically send a link back to your Twitter page where a status update will automatically be posted for you. This saves you from the time of having to login to both services and post updates.

How to Unlink Twitter from Facebook?

Note that you also have the option of undoing this link at anytime by visiting facebook.com/twitter. This is not an application by a third party, but the official Facebook / Twitter integration. On this page, simply select the "unlink from Twitter" link next to the Twitter accounts you no longer wish to have associated with their respective Facebook pages. Incidentally, you can also access this connection from within Twitter.

Access The Facebook / Twitter Integration From Within Twitter

You'll also be able to see which Facebook pages your Twitter account is linked to by logging into Twitter, clicking on "settings" in the upper right corner, and then on the "connections" tab as illustrated below:

If you don't see the "connections" tab, don't panic. It simply means Twitter hasn't updated the connection from its end yet. Simply log back into Twitter tomorrow and you should see the tab. To revoke Facebook access to your Twitter account, simply click on connections, followed by the "revoke access" link under the Facebook application, as illustrated above.

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FB to Twitter

Submitted by a web rocker on February 2, 2012 - 1:59am.

I have linked our Twitter account to our FB page so that our tweets are appearing on FB. But I am not able to do it the other way round. Every time I click on any facebook.com/twitter link it takes me directly to the Campaign:My Ads page.

What's going on?

Linking Facebook to Twitter

Submitted by We Rock Your Web on February 3, 2012 - 5:54pm.

We're sorry you're having troubles with this. Just to clarify - you're taken to the FB ads page when you click on any of the "Link to Twitter" buttons? Have you previously linked these pages to Twitter?

You might want to try unlinking and relinking a page to see if that helps. Within Twitter settings you can see which apps (ie. FB) have been given access to link to your Twitter account.

Got It!

Submitted by a web rocker on December 21, 2011 - 1:30pm.

Thanks for clarifying how this whole process works! Facebook and Twitter are essential. Wouldn't it be nice to have a service that links everything (website, social media networks, email, etc.) into one?

Hey I have a problem with my FB login

Submitted by a web rocker on November 27, 2011 - 8:36pm.

Hey from yesterday my Facebook login is not working. I am darn sure I haven't changed my password but from yesterday, whenever I try to login to my Facebook account a message appears saying "access denied." What might be the problem, does anyone know?

I have been searching for the problem in the Internet form yesterday and haven't got any till now. I read an article on a blog about the Facebook login account problem but couldn't solve the problem. So can anyone help me do this?

Facebook forgot password

Submitted by We Rock Your Web on November 30, 2011 - 1:04pm.

Did you try using the "forgot password" link to have your FB pw emailed to you?

Tweets on FB fan page

Submitted by a web rocker on November 4, 2011 - 9:44pm.

Hi, I need to get my posts from Twitter to show up on my Facebook fan page like they do on my personal page. How is it done? Thanks.

Twitter posts to FB fan page

Submitted by We Rock Your Web on November 14, 2011 - 3:59pm.

Depending on the platform you're on, there are different ways to do it. Is your website a CMS (ie. Wordpress, Drupal, Joomla) or a static HTML website, or are you unsure? We're planning on updating this article soon as well to include some site-specific tutorials.

Personal FB account doesn't sync with Twitter?!?

Submitted by a web rocker on October 30, 2011 - 5:46am.

SO, my issue is that I have a community page and it is connected to (synced to) Twitter. But when I want to sync my personal account, it doesn't even give the option - is this normal? Or is it a glitch I can work around? Thanks!!

Facebook page type

Submitted by We Rock Your Web on November 1, 2011 - 4:00pm.

How exactly are you going about syncing your FB page to Twitter? If you can describe the steps and where you're getting stuck we'll do our best to help.

Link to Twitter not working

Submitted by a web rocker on October 12, 2011 - 5:44am.

I found when enabling posting from on e of my Facebook pages to one of my twitter accounts, that only status updates "from the web", ie. typed in by me were copied to Twitter. Updates from another service, or other source, did not get copied, unfortunately. A bug? An undocumented feature? Can anyone shine more light on this?

Facebook company page

Submitted by a web rocker on October 11, 2011 - 6:05pm.

I update a company page via a personal email account. I have connected FB and Twitter so that when the FB page is updated Twitter is updated. However, I can not link the other way. When I update Twitter it updates my personal account on FB not my FB page for the company. Any ideas?

Acronyms for newbies

Submitted by a web rocker on October 4, 2011 - 12:00pm.

This is great info! You might want to spell out the acronyms and add a little more detail/background for those of us who are newbies.

Will do!

Submitted by We Rock Your Web on August 5, 2011 - 12:45pm.

We try to spell out acronyms as much as possible in the beginning of articles for that reason, but we'll try harder! The last thing we want is to alienate anyone. If ever you're confused or don't understand something, please ask! There are no such things as dumb questions, only dumb answers (and that's our responsibility

Uploading images to Facebook via Twitter

Submitted by a web rocker on August 9, 2011 - 7:35pm.

Does anyone know how to upload an image to Facebook via Twitter without the link to the 3rd party host? I update FB for my biz via Twitter and I want to have the image post directly to the wall so my clients don't have to click the link to see it on yfrog. Is there any way to do this? Is there a copy image setting or something?

I've been searching for a few and I can't find squat. Any suggestions is helpful, thanks.

Twitter Image Upload

Submitted by We Rock Your Web on August 12, 2011 - 5:19am.

Twitter is rolling out a new "image upload" feature - when it's available on your account, you should see a small camera icon to the bottom left of your tweet box. You can use this to add images directly via Twitter. If that doesn't work for your Facebook integration, they will also be releasing access to their native image API shortly (for developers) that might let you achieve the functionality you're looking for. Let us know how it goes!

Problem

Submitted by a web rocker on August 2, 2011 - 12:05pm.

It says that I only can link to a business page. But what I need is to link to my personal page...

FB Message?

Submitted by We Rock Your Web on August 12, 2011 - 4:53am.

That's strange, what is the exact context of the message Facebook is giving you when you try and link your personal page? Maybe check to see if you're using FB as your business page (visit your business page, and in the right-hand column, select "use Facebook as [your personal FB page name]."

I only get Facebook pages to link to Twitter

Submitted by a web rocker on August 22, 2011 - 8:49am.

I too only get Facebook pages to link to Twitter, why doesn't this work for personal profiles? I am logged in as my personal profile - not my page.... If this app can't do it do you know of any others? That would be very helpful indeed Guru!

Linking Facebook to Twitter

Submitted by a web rocker on May 31, 2011 - 10:03am.

So when I tweet from my phone, it also goes to my Facebook page. But when I get on Facebook, I always see statuses that say "via Twitter" under them. How can I do this?

Tweeting FB

Submitted by We Rock Your Web on July 28, 2011 - 3:09pm.

If you're Twitter > Facebook link is up and running, you should be able to post to your FB pages via Twitter, and vice versa.

Twitter

Submitted by a web rocker on May 25, 2011 - 12:25am.

Page cannot be found...

It really works, thanks

Submitted by a web rocker on May 14, 2011 - 4:49am.

I have been searching for a way to link FB to Twitter without running into issues for some time now. Eventually I got it from here. Thanks Guru of Search.

- Seo Sem Expert

FB to Twitter app not working

Submitted by a web rocker on December 4, 2010 - 4:40pm.

Is anyone else experiencing problems getting the FB to Twitter link app to work?

Mine doesn't work either

Submitted by a web rocker on February 2, 2012 - 2:03am.

I also can't get Facebook linked correctly to my Twitter account!

Sync to Twitter not working for me either

Submitted by a web rocker on March 7, 2011 - 6:10pm.

I'm trying to sync Facebook to Twitter and it is not working. I've tried for a few days now. Anyone know a work around?

Link to Twitter button

Submitted by a web rocker on December 14, 2010 - 1:28pm.

Yes...I click the "Link To Twitter" button and it just sits there. The hourglass cursor sits there forever and does nothing.

Fix

Submitted by a web rocker on February 10, 2011 - 3:05pm.

I had the same problem. So when I got to the page where you click on Link to Twitter and it just sits there...right click over the button and click on "Copy Link Location". Then paste this into your address bar and hit enter. It should take you there. It worked for me. Hope this helps.

Not working

Submitted by a web rocker on November 20, 2010 - 3:10am.

I found this link eventually... and it doesn't work for me either. Is it just me, or does anyone else find Facebook the most arcane and puzzling site in the history of HTML?

Redirecting back to application

Submitted by a web rocker on October 15, 2010 - 1:11am.

Tried doing the above for connecting Facebook to Twitter and all I get is the "Redirecting you back to application... and then the ALLOW and DENY buttons are back!! This is sooooo frustrating. I had it working perfectly with one account... canceled that one and tried for my new FB account and now it DOESN'T WORK!!! ahhhhh ANY TIPS?!?!

Linking Facebook to Twitter

Submitted by a web rocker on September 23, 2010 - 12:48pm.

Essential, if you care about building your brand. You should have all your content platforms (website, blog, social media outlets) "linked" together and communicating with each other. Look at is as a pathway of roads for your visitors to traverse your "campus of content." Just as students get frustrated when they can't find a class, your visitors will be frustrated if they don't find all your content niches that tie your message together.

Facebook

Submitted by a web rocker on August 19, 2010 - 7:37pm.

I accidentally revoked access to Facebook from Twitter, how do I get it back?

Resyncing Facebook and Twitter

Submitted by We Rock Your Web on August 21, 2010 - 12:09pm.

Simply go back into Facebook and re-initiate the connection. Make sure you're logged into your Twitter account before you do (or log in when it asks you to). You can also visit your Twitter settings to view a list of apps you have authorized to access/ use your Twitter account.

It only works with pages

Submitted by a web rocker on July 12, 2010 - 2:09pm.

The description only works with pages, not with my personal profile.

Sync Facebook with Buzz

Submitted by a web rocker on February 24, 2010 - 7:25pm.

Sync your posts from Facebook to Google Buzz. Now, you can update Facebook from Buzz and Buzz from Facebook.

Personal Accounts

Submitted by a web rocker on January 30, 2010 - 12:16pm.

Is there a way to link a personal Facebook account to Twitter, not just a Facebook page?

Linking Personal Facebook Page to Twitter

Submitted by We Rock Your Web on February 17, 2010 - 7:08pm.

Fortunately, Twitter has finally launched an official Facebook application that will allow you to link your personal FB page to Twitter. Simply visit the Twitter app page [ed: this link previously pointed to apps.facebook.com/twitter/session, and has since been updated to reflect the new page.] on Facebook to begin.

Linking personal profile to Twitter

Submitted by a web rocker on December 25, 2010 - 3:02pm.

The link appears broken, any help? This is exactly what I'm looking for, but for some reason it's really hard to find!

Twitter App for Facebook

Submitted by a web rocker on February 20, 2010 - 1:26pm.

Hi! Your info is exactly what I was looking for... Unfortunately, it's not working. The link brings me to a FB login page (even though I am already logged in on another tab), and after I enter my password & click submit, it loads my News Feed page. No Twitter info.

I searched for the Twitter app within Facebook and found the "main one" w/the most users, which supposedly 6 of my friends are using (but I don't think it will let me go to the application or add it because I don't have a page). So the "main one" is clearly for Pages.

So if I'm searching for this application that allows personal FB pages to link to Twitter, what is the app's name? And would the fact that I have to use Firefox have anything to do with this problem?

Thanks!