How to share documents on social media
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This document provides instructions for sharing documents on social media. It recommends uploading files to Box.com for cloud storage, then shortening the Box.com link using Bit.ly to make it simpler. The steps are to upload the file to Box.com, copy the link, paste it into Bit.ly to generate a shortened link, and customize the shortened link text before sharing on social media. Tracking links allows seeing how many people click or download the shared file.
How to share documents on social media
- 1. How to share documents on Social Media #LifeProTip by @BrentBrewington (a.k.a. the Quality Ideas Guy)
- 2. Document on Box.com Box.com link (looks like gobbledy-gook) Bit.ly link (customized, simple, & awesome) The link structure (how-tos in next couple slides)
- 3. Stuff Youll Need Before you start, youll need these things A Box.com account (Box is a cloud-based file storage platform) A bit.ly account (Bit.ly is one of the most popular link shorteners)
- 4. Step 1: Upload file to Box.com account Black box used by permission of the Central Intelligence Agency. And thats the scariest white lie Ive ever told.
- 5. Step 2: Get link to file on Box.com 3 2 1 3 Steps to get the link: 1. Click Share 2. Right Click the link 3. Click Copy Now you have a link in your computers clipboard that looks like a cat walked across your keyboard Share
- 6. Step 3: Create a Bit.ly Link 1. Go to your bit.ly account 2. Click the bellyflopping pufferfishs Paste a link here button, and Ctrl+V the link there 3. In the pop-up box, click the Pencil button next to the link text 4. Now you can re-name the link to what you want. And now you have a simple, customized, awesome link to your document you can post anywhere on Social Media. And as an added bonus, you can see when people click it (on bit.ly) and when people preview/download the file (on Box.com)
- 7. Hi, Im Brent. Thanks for reading this LifeProTip. And I hope you share it along, because when you do that, my Klout score goes up. And when my Klout score goes up, wellIm not quite sure why that really matters. Maybe they try to send me some more business cards or something. So if you share this, I get business cards. Just think about that. In case youd like to get in touch, heres my info Blog: www.QualityIdeasGuy.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/BrentBrewington