I usually try to stay away from articles like this because I make the mistake of assuming that everyone MUST already know how to connect Twitter with Facebook, as if everyone reads the same information all the time. Needless to say I know this has been written probably a thousand times before, I decided to write it for my site because I have friends and family that constantly ask me how to connect their Facebook with Twitter.
There are probably people that are new to Facebook or Twitter reading this article and there are probably even a few people reading this aticle that don’t even understand what I mean when I say “Connect Facebook to Twitter”.
By connecting your Facebook and Twitter accounts you can do your status updates right in Twitter and have them appear on your Facebook account without worrying about posting updates on your Facebook account as well, pretty convenient huh?
Twitter makes injecting your Twitter status updates into Facebook very easy with a convenient application or “app“, for use with Facebook.
The Twitter Facebook app to combine your status updates into one by using your Twitter account is not some strange third party software that you have to install. It’s something as simple as logging into your Facebook account or clicking on the Twitter Facebook application link below which will take you right to the application page on Facebook.
Getting your Facebook and Twitter account is as simple as two easy steps, well three if you count clicking on my Twitter Facebook application link to get over to the proper Facebook application area.
Connect your Twitter and Facebook account
Step 1: Clicky Clicky Linky Linky
Click this link to access the Twitter Facebook application
Step 2: Give permission
Twitter is going to ask you for permission to grant access from Facebook to grab your tweets (status updates) and make them visible on your Facebook wall. You can always revoke this access by removing the application by editing your applications in Facebook.
Twitter Facebook app
Step 3: Login to Twitter
Ok your almost outta here and ready to start doing status updates from one place, Twitter. Please note that using this application does not stop you from being able to do status updates on Facebook, if your a status update addict get your fill tweeting and posting status updates on Facebook.
Facebook connect with Twitter
That’s it! You did it, you can now send Twitter messages from your Blackberry phone with Uber Twitter or use just about any cell phone to post tweets while your on the go and party hard knowing your friends see your status updates about the shots you just did with some strange guy. Oh yeah you might want to read some of my [intlink id="2201" type="post"]Twitter Safety tips[/intlink] if you are either new to Twitter or use cell applications to tweet, there’s actually some decent info in there.
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Wow..very nice. I’m glad you don’t assume that everyone knew how to do this, because I would have missed out. I just went through the steps and I got threw it pretty easy, thanks for the directions though…
Twitter: extremejohn
@Tyler thats great news I am happy you were ale to get it to work, it is all of about three seconds worth of time. Thank you for commenting.
Twitter: EzyBlogger
Hi bro,
Connecting twitter updates to facebook is cool but there are some setbacks however. Facebook friends are different and more mature lot and thus they don’t like it if we post too often.
I had some friends complaining that I was updating too much and should slow down a bit. AAArrrrhh…slow down WTF ?
Then i realised they are right so now I choose my updates to facebook selectively by using the app “selective twitter”. Using this app you can choose what you want to update to facebook by using hashtag #fb..
If you want your twitter update to appear at facebook, just add #fb to your tweet..
My problem solved
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Twitter: ducedo
Interesting tutorial and easy to follow through. A bad thing with this is that discussions while rise on both Facebook and Twitter, leaving you some extra work.
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Twitter: gfserradinho
Nice detailed post, never assume anything. People always need info and you can provide it and they can share their experiences.
I agree that you might peeeee off some people if you post to much. Friends want to follow you, but they don’t want to be bombarded with details.
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Twitter: ShotOfCoffee
I’m still anti connecting twitter with Facebook. For the most part it just clogs up the Facebook stream. Plus, I often see just one out of five updates from peoples Twitter on Facebook because the rest will be “censored” out as similar posts, which makes it pretty useless.
However, I like that some of the third party software programs now have an option to add you Facebook and can post updates directly from there. I use that to update my Facebook without having to login all the way into Facebook.
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Twitter: extremejohn
There is no question that Facebook people have a different “standard” when it comes to the messages that go through there.
This however works well for me for the following reasons, and as important as I think it is for people to know how it can be cumbersome to some Facebook users, I wouldn’t want to make everyone think thats the case.
Reasons connecting Facebook and Twitter can be good:
1) If your not a blogger, chances are your status updates are much different and less in frequency.
2) For me it’s excellent, I tweet in spurts and probably an average of 10-20 per day, that is no more or less “status updates” that most people do on Facebook.
3) I get excellent results from the things I share with Facebook, especially when I am on the go and I send a picture tweet with Uber Twitter.
4) I never log into Facebook and when I do the last thing I ever consider doing is sending a status update.
Point being is that I agree that connecting the two is not the best idea if your a heavy duty Twitter user, I am not and many others are not as well.
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Twitter: BBRIAN017
As cool as this is John I don’t mix my blogging marketing and promotion with my Facebook account! I have over 300 real life friends on my account and like to separate the two.
I don’t want my friends to be subject to any of the promotion and traffic that crosses my social media accounts.
The benefits seem strong and I’m considering creating a social media Facebook account. If I decide to I will definitely use your advice!
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Twitter: extremejohn
@Brian without a doubt every case is different, for me I don’t market or sell any products on here or on Twitter besides my Tanning Salons and Limousine business. The people I am friends with on Facebook are in most cases people I know and that know about the different business’s, blah blah blah.
All though on heavy days of Tweeting I am sure some people get annoyed with it, I think it’s important for each individual to decide if connecting Facebook to Twitter is something that is good for them.
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Twitter: miracles83
I tried the Facebook/twitter integration awhile back. I got a lot of good discussion via the facebook, but it did become to overwhelming. I see Twitter almost as a chatroom and of course that isn’t the same with Facebook.
But I did want some messages to go through both and I decided that a better alternative is to use something like Seesmic which lets you choose which tweets can be submitted to either twitter, facebook or both.
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Twitter: TheRealGooroo
John,
No problem with making a post like this. Even though it may be out there already, to many it is new — like myself. I never knew this was even possible until reading this
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Twitter: ComplaintMan
LOL. I had no idea this was even possible. Shows you where I’ve been. Haha!!!
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Twitter: jsinkeywest
Damn you blogging now Bro
was pepping out some of your latest post topics 
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Twitter: extremejohn
@Stephan thank you for taking the time to leave a comment, I have actually been relying more on the Seesmic tool for Twitter myself lately.
I plan on waging internet war against some competitors and don’t want to subject some of my Facebook friends to the brutality
haha
@The Gooroo that’s good news, I hope you find it useful.
@The Constant Complainer they say that life comes at ya fast
haha
@John Sullivan I wouldn’t go that far, I think it’s more like my brain is leaking into my blog.
Twitter: LaJollaHomesPro
Right or wrong, I tend to separate my Twitter activities from my Facebook activities. I really don’t think that my high school and college buddies on FB are that interested in hearing the San Diego real estate updates that I Twitter and Digg. One of these days I’ll learn how to set up a public profile that is separate from my personal FB wall.
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The best part of the article is when you say Clicky Clicky Linky Linky. Made me laugh a little. I don’t connect the two just because I usually tweet about things that I would not put in my Facebook status. I’ve also been tweeting less and less. I think I’m getting tweeted out. Could just be a phase though.
Twitter: extremejohn
@Anthony @ Jumpness, I think you might be one of the first ones to point out the clicky clicky, I am always throwing something like that in. Good eye.
Hi Extreme john, Clicky Clicky Linky Linky <<=== I like this..
, I would like to know how you connect twiter with facebook fan page.
Thank you John very much for this tutorial. I was looking for this.
Twitter: extremejohn
@Wordpress Themes, my pleasure.
Might I suggest using a real name when commenting, take advantage of the Keyword Luv Plugin, it’s a lot less “spammy” and it gives people the idea your not a spammer as well
Exmple:
Jack @ Wordpress Themes
I use the KeywordLuv plugin, so you get targeted Keyword love back.
HMM!! I can’t log into my twitter account using this app T_T
i’m sure i typed the correct username and the password but it says:
Oops! Something went wrong:
* Invalid credentials Invalid user name or password
TT____________TT
I cant log in either into my twitter acct thru fbuk. Please help me asap!
hey sasha
For you and for every one who has the seam question i had the seam problems than i just sign in for both accounts twitter and face book than i use this link above http://apps.facebook.com/twitter/ and it works well so i think you should sign up for both account first
Good Luck.
it worked thanks!
One of the reader said it right above – Do not worry about repititions, peoples need info and you are helping them by writing on a popular topic. Any way thanks for sharing the tips..
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Extreme John,
What if you want to connect a Facebook Page to a Twitter account? Not your entire personal Facebook – just a page you’ve created? I haven’t figured out how to do that yet…
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This is not what I see when I try this, and for some reason the connection between my Facebook and Twitter accounts is never realized. I click Allow and then it just keeps coming back to give me the option again. Is this Facebook application broken?
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This was exactly what I wanted, thanks!
Do you know if it’s possible to connect more than one Twitter account to the same Facebook profile?
Mark
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Thanks for share extreme john and thanks Mark for Question nice.
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I followed everything you said about sync twitter with my facebook account. I’ve gone into help with facebook and twitter. I’ve spent hrs checking everything out and still my tweats aren’t showing up in facebook. What do I do now I need this up and running to start my business
You can also do it the other way too, which is having your Facebook statuses go to your Twitter feed by going to http://www.Facebook.com/Twitter
Twitter: extremejohn
Great point, thank you Jen.
John, also check this out too: http://www.facebook.com/selectivetwitter
You can add this app to your Facebook and then tag your tweets with the hash #fb and only these tweets will go to your Facebook page
-Jen
Since the new facebook profile thing this week I can no longer connect a facebook “page” to a twitter account – it wants me to link my personal “profile”, any suggestions?
Hey Karen,
Are you going to http://facebook.com/twitter ? Once you get there, you should see a list of all your fan pages that you admin and click “Link to Twitter”. Can you be more specific exactly where you are going if it’s not this link to connect your Facebook and twitter?
-Jen
I think I’ve got it figured out, I updated to the new profile settings (wish i wouldn’t have) and now it wants me to link my personal profile to the business twitter that i am trying to associate with a page – its like FB screwed something up when they did this. I have messaged both FB and twitter (with no response yet).
I do see where it says to connect to a business page, but it doesn’t let you attach more than one twitter account anymore- it screwed up ALL my FAN pages. So not happy at the moment – I had to download tweetdeck to use in the mean time for my business updates on Facebook (that i want to go to twitter).
Are you saying that you previously had attached one facebook fanpage to two Twitter accounts? Meaning that when you posted on one facebook fanpage, that same post automatically went to the two Twitter accounts? Why not use http://www.hootsuite.com?
no,
I had my personal profile linked to my personal twitter
i have about 14 Fan pages that i admin each linked to their own individual twitters
I became an admin on yet another Fan page today and needed to hook up the their twitter and when i went to do it it unattached my personal twitter (and all other twitters from the pages) and attached the twitter from the new fanpage to ALL of the fan pages and my personal account. I had to go into each twitter account and revoke access to get it to stop sharing accross all the fan pages and my personal profile.
What’s funny is I’ve had 5-6 of my friends call me that they can’t get into their twitter now since they updated to the new facebook profile layout.
Karen,
Were you by chance logged into Twitter prior to connecting the Twitter and fanpage today? If you are already logged into a Twitter account and go to connect a fanpage to Twitter, Facebook will pick up and link the Twitter page that you’re already logged into. It won’t even give you an option to sign into Twitter.
-Jen
I was at first, and i got this message that i would have to revoke my personal account access to use the one i was logged into – so i went and signed out, but i still kept getting the same thing even after i signed out – i would click on the fan pages – (i had already added the app to the new fan page) then I would go into the settings to get it setup and it kept telling me i had to revoke access on my personal. I’ve tried about 6 different twitter/facebook connect applications now and none of them are working, i think there is a problem with the api or something somewhere.
I figure it will be back up soon enough and i will relink – but for now i revoked all access and am just using tweetdeck until i can set it up the right way. Sort of a PIA but, at least I can post to all the different accounts seperately. Who knows maybe i’ll end up liking tweetdeck. 
Hey Karen,
I did a screen capture trying to replicate the issue on my end and I did see an issue: http://www.screencast.com/t/Y6weZdo3s I’m just curious if it’s the same issue you’re having?
Jen :coffee:
Twitter: extremejohn
Great screencast Jen, I’m going to ask my programmer about it tomorrow, he’s been working on a project and says that they have been changing things daily which has been causing all kinds of problems for the app he’s been writing for us. I’ll let you know if he has anything to add to the discussion.
Thank you so much John for this tutorial. I will do as you said here.
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Hi John,
I did a Google on this subject after I saw one of my facebook friends managed to do so from his twitter account.
Your explanation is pretty straight forward and easy to follow.
Thanks.
Twitter: techgainer
Thanks Extreme John, for this tip. Today I may try it now.
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Twitter: extremejohn
Good luck.
No matter what i do i cannot connect my Facebook with my Twitter.
I get third error codes.
First is: Twitter is over capacity
Second is: Redirecting you back to the application
Third is: This page is no longer valid. It looks like someone already used the token information you provided. Please return to the site that sent you to this page and try again … it was probably an honest mistake.
HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Twitter: shadabiitr
Hi john,
Nice article about connecting twitter to facebook by which we can increase our followers. I have also written an article about adding twitter tab for all your fan pages by which all pages will contain your live status update of twitter in facebook see my latest blog post.
Best Regards!
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Oh, finally I’ve got it, now I know the way to connect twitter using facebook, thanks…
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Twitter: extremejohn
My pleasure, glad the post could be of some assistance.
mine says its connected but sometimes it doesn’t upload to my statues on fb…i disconnected it and connect it again same thing.
do u know what the problem can be?
thanks
Twitter: SearchlightsFLA
I integrated FB and Twitter for a while. I don’t use twitter very often. I just connected it to all my social media profiles. I wasn’t watching what i was doing when i set them all up. So, every change I made on every profile got tweeted about. LOL, talk about a spammy looking Twitter profile. Needless to say I backed them all out.
Someone else mentioned HootSuite. Haven’t used it much but I do like it. If I can ever figure out how to user Twitter without sounding like a twit, that’s probably what I’ll use.
Twitter: extremejohn
haha thats great Tom. It’s safe to say we’ve all been there before. Actually if you ever followed my Twitter or FB page you will see a daily post that is for Delicious and includes all of my tweets and bookmarks from the day. I can’t even remember where I found that, when I did it but it still cranks away on my “to do” list. haha
Twitter: SalesSells
It may be basic information John, but it’s exactly what people are looking for. Personally I use Tweetdeck to streamline my twitter and facebook accounts. I like to have everything in one place and directly accessible from my desktop.
Wim
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Twitter: extremejohn
I would agree Wim, I’ve been uisng HootSuite for a long long time now. I no longer “connect Twitter to Facebook” using the methods above.
Wow, more than a million views in 2 years! I have integrated twitter and fb.
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Twitter: extremejohn
Yeah this post has hung around in my top posts way too long.
Twitter: shaanhaider
I never liked Facebook and rarely use it….And now when Google Plus is here, who needs Facebook? Lol
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Twitter: extremejohn
The slow movement of the heard to GooglePlus.
you have to use facebook for facebook and twitter for twitter. We must keep things in perspective.
Is this method still working well? Honestly, I’m just thinking of starting a new twitter account from scratch. I barely have the time to tweet and stuff thus my account was left untouched since 2009!!
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