"I wish I could automatically share X (Twitter) posts on Slack..." "It's a hassle to check X (Twitter) user information..." These concerns might be resolved by implementing automation. Many people in PR and marketing might be using X (Twitter) and Slack. By integrating these systems and automating them, information sharing becomes smoother.
For example, it is possible to automatically notify Slack of the content posted on X (Twitter) or X (Twitter) user information every morning at 9 AM. This way, you can prevent missing out on checking X (Twitter) data and quickly confirm important information.
In this article, we will introduce how to integrate and automate X (Twitter) and Slack!
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When the specified schedule arrives, post on X (Twitter) and notify on Slack.
■Overview The "Post on X (Twitter) and notify Slack at the specified schedule" flow automates social media management and team collaboration workflows. Manually managing daily posts is time-consuming. By using Yoom, you can automatically post on X (Twitter) at the scheduled time and notify Slack of the content. This ensures efficient and reliable information dissemination and team communication.
■Recommended for ・Social media managers who regularly disseminate information on X (Twitter) ・Project leaders who want to share post content within the team and receive quick feedback ・Business owners who want to automate the process of X (Twitter) posting and Slack notifications to improve work efficiency ・Those who want to facilitate information sharing within the marketing team and do not want to spend time managing the posting schedule
■Notes ・Please integrate X (Twitter) and Slack with Yoom.
How to Automatically Notify Slack with Data from X (Twitter)
There are various ways to automatically notify Slack with data from X (Twitter). Here are some methods we've picked out for you to check out!
Simply click "Try it out" on the automation example you're interested in and register an account to immediately experience automatic updates between X (Twitter) and Slack. Registration takes just 30 seconds, so feel free to give it a try!
Automatically Send and Forward Data from X (Twitter) to Slack Starting from a Specified Date and Time
This flow is recommended for PR and marketing teams that use X (Twitter) to disseminate information. By using a scheduled trigger, you can automatically post at a predetermined date and time, enabling information sharing on Slack!
Regularly retrieve user information from X (Twitter) and notify on Slack.
■Overview The "Periodically retrieve user information from X (Twitter) and notify on Slack" flow is a business workflow that makes it easier to share the latest social media information within the team. Automatically retrieves specific user information on X (formerly Twitter) and notifies Slack in real-time. This allows the team to quickly respond without missing important tweets or user trends. By automating the process from information collection to sharing, it achieves improved work efficiency and information management.
■Recommended for ・Marketing personnel who want to regularly check user information on X (Twitter) ・Leaders or managers who want to share the latest social media information within the team ・Those who want to improve work efficiency by reducing time spent on manual information collection ・Companies aiming for centralized information management by linking X (Twitter) and Slack ・Customer support personnel who require real-time information sharing
■Notes ・Please link Yoom with both X (Twitter) and Slack.
■Overview The "Post on X (Twitter) and notify Slack at the specified schedule" flow automates social media management and team collaboration workflows. Manually managing daily posts is time-consuming. By using Yoom, you can automatically post on X (Twitter) at the scheduled time and notify Slack of the content. This ensures efficient and reliable information dissemination and team communication.
■Recommended for ・Social media managers who regularly disseminate information on X (Twitter) ・Project leaders who want to share post content within the team and receive quick feedback ・Business owners who want to automate the process of X (Twitter) posting and Slack notifications to improve work efficiency ・Those who want to facilitate information sharing within the marketing team and do not want to spend time managing the posting schedule
■Notes ・Please integrate X (Twitter) and Slack with Yoom.
Let's Create an Automated Flow to Notify Slack with Data from X (Twitter)
Let's get started by creating a flow that automatically notifies Slack with data from X (Twitter)! We'll be using Yoom to proceed with the setup without any coding. If you don't have a Yoom account yet, please issue one from the registration form here.
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This time, we will create a flow bot that "posts on X (Twitter) at a specified schedule and notifies Slack"! The creation process is broadly divided into the following steps.
Register My Apps for X (Twitter) and Slack
Copy the template
Set up the schedule trigger and configure actions for X (Twitter) and Slack
Set the trigger to ON and complete the preparation for flow operation
When the specified schedule arrives, post on X (Twitter) and notify on Slack.
■Overview The "Post on X (Twitter) and notify Slack at the specified schedule" flow automates social media management and team collaboration workflows. Manually managing daily posts is time-consuming. By using Yoom, you can automatically post on X (Twitter) at the scheduled time and notify Slack of the content. This ensures efficient and reliable information dissemination and team communication.
■Recommended for ・Social media managers who regularly disseminate information on X (Twitter) ・Project leaders who want to share post content within the team and receive quick feedback ・Business owners who want to automate the process of X (Twitter) posting and Slack notifications to improve work efficiency ・Those who want to facilitate information sharing within the marketing team and do not want to spend time managing the posting schedule
■Notes ・Please integrate X (Twitter) and Slack with Yoom.
As a preliminary step, let's link Yoom with the app.
Steps to Register My App on X (Twitter)
First, let's register X (Twitter) as my app. After logging into Yoom, select My Apps and click on "+ Add".
Use the search box in the app list and click on X (Twitter).
Check the account information to be linked and click on App Approval.
Now, the registration of My App on X (Twitter) is complete.
Steps to Register My App on Slack
Next, let's register My App on Slack. As before, click on My Apps → "+ Add".
Use the search box in the app list and select Slack.
Select the channel to post to from the dropdown and click "Allow".
Now, the registration of My App on Slack is complete.
Step 2: Copy the Template
Next, let's copy the template from the Yoom site! Besides using templates, you can also create a flowbot from scratch. Here, we will introduce how to use a template that can be set up more easily!
Please click "Try it".
When the specified schedule arrives, post on X (Twitter) and notify on Slack.
■Overview The "Post on X (Twitter) and notify Slack at the specified schedule" flow automates social media management and team collaboration workflows. Manually managing daily posts is time-consuming. By using Yoom, you can automatically post on X (Twitter) at the scheduled time and notify Slack of the content. This ensures efficient and reliable information dissemination and team communication.
■Recommended for ・Social media managers who regularly disseminate information on X (Twitter) ・Project leaders who want to share post content within the team and receive quick feedback ・Business owners who want to automate the process of X (Twitter) posting and Slack notifications to improve work efficiency ・Those who want to facilitate information sharing within the marketing team and do not want to spend time managing the posting schedule
■Notes ・Please integrate X (Twitter) and Slack with Yoom.
Now you have copied the template. The copied template is saved in My Projects.
Step 3: Set the Schedule Trigger
Next, let's proceed to the Flowbot settings! Click "When the specified schedule is reached" in the template you just copied.
Specify Execution Time
This is set when copied, but let's confirm the details. You can change the title, schedule settings, and time, so modify the content as needed. Using Cron settings allows for more precise date and time specifications! For details, please refer to here. Once set, save it.
Step 4: Set the X (Twitter) Action
Next, click "Post a Tweet".
Select Linked Account and Action
You can change the title. Check the account information linked with Slack. Ensure "Post a Tweet" is selected as the action, then click Next.
API Connection Settings
Set the text of the post to the content you want to publish. Once set, click Test.
Set other items according to your operation.
If the test is successful and you can add the content of X (Twitter) to the retrieved values, save it.
Step 5: Set the Slack Action
This is the final setup step. Click "Send message to the channel".
Select Linked Account and Action
You can change the title. Check the account information linked with Slack. Ensure "Send a message to the channel" is selected as the action, then click Next.
API Connection Settings
Select the channel ID to post to from the candidates.
Set the message to the content you want to notify on Slack. Select "Post Text" from the items of the values obtained from X (Twitter) and set it. After setting, click Test.
If the test is successful and you can notify Slack, save it.
Finally, turn on the trigger and check the operation.
Now the Flowbot setup is complete!
Other Automation Examples Using X (Twitter) and Slack
Besides the integration introduced this time, it is possible to automate various tasks using the APIs of X (Twitter) and Slack. If you find something interesting, please try it out!
Convenient Automation Examples Using X (Twitter)
You can post data from Google Sheets or new video uploads from YouTube to X (Twitter). You can also post event information registered in Notion to X (Twitter) at a specified time every day.
Convert trending topics into explanatory text using ChatGPT and post them on X (Twitter).
■Overview The "Convert trend topics into explanatory text with ChatGPT and post on X (Twitter)" workflow streamlines the process of automatically explaining the latest topics and sharing them on social media. This allows you to consistently provide fresh content and enhance engagement with your followers.
■Recommended for ・Marketing professionals who want to regularly share the latest trends on social media ・Companies that do not want to spend time collecting trend information and creating content ・Creators who want to efficiently generate explanatory text using ChatGPT ・Those who want to automate information dissemination on X (Twitter) and strengthen interaction with followers ・Business owners who want to improve their workflow and enhance content creation efficiency
■Notes ・Please link ChatGPT, X (Twitter), and Yoom. ・To execute ChatGPT (OpenAI) actions, you need to subscribe to OpenAI's paid API plan. (Ensure payment can be made when the API is used) https://openai.com/ja-JP/api/pricing/ ・The use of ChatGPT's API is provided by OpenAI for a fee, and it is charged on a pay-as-you-go basis through tokens during API communication. Therefore, please be aware that an error will occur if payment cannot be made when using the API.
■Overview The "Retrieve event information from Notion at a set time every day and announce it on X (Twitter)" flow is a business workflow that leverages the integration between Notion and Twitter to automatically publish daily event information. It reduces manual announcement work and supports efficient and reliable information delivery.
■Who we recommend this template for ・Those who manage event information in Notion and want to automate regular announcement tasks ・Marketers who want to continuously share event information with followers using X (Twitter) ・Business owners and team leaders who spend time creating tweets manually ・Those who want to use Yoom to connect multiple tools and improve operational efficiency ・Event organizers with frequent announcements who require timely information delivery
■Notes ・Please connect Yoom with both Notion and X (Twitter).
■Overview Are you manually posting important announcements or information for your community from Discord to X (Twitter) each time? This task not only takes time but can also cause posting delays and transcription errors. By using this workflow, when a message is posted in a specific Discord channel, its content can be automatically posted to X (Twitter), smoothly resolving these information-sharing challenges.
■Recommended for ・Community managers who also share Discord announcements on X (Twitter) ・PR personnel who manually post to each SNS and want to improve efficiency and prevent mistakes ・Those who want to automate routine manual SNS posting tasks and focus on core work
■Notes ・Please connect Yoom with both Discord and X (Twitter). ・You can choose a trigger interval of 5, 10, 15, 30, or 60 minutes. ・Please note that the minimum trigger interval varies by plan.
■Overview Are you manually posting the progress of tasks managed in Google Sheets or the status of product inventory to X (Twitter)? Because this task occurs regularly, it is time-consuming and tends to cause issues such as missed posts or transcription errors in the content. By using this workflow, when a specific status in Google Sheets is updated, it will automatically post a post to X (Twitter), streamlining the operation of such information dissemination.
■Recommended for ・Those who manually post Google Sheets update information to X (Twitter) ・Those who want to prevent missed or delayed posts and content errors in social media communications ・Managers who want to streamline marketing or PR operations using X (Twitter)
■Notes ・Please connect Google Sheets and X (Twitter) with Yoom. ・You can select a trigger interval of 5, 10, 15, 30, or 60 minutes. ・The minimum trigger interval varies by plan, so please be aware.
You can notify Slack of Google Calendar events and Salesforce lead information. After a Zoom meeting ends, you can transcribe the minutes and notify Slack with a summarized version.
Notify Slack when a ticket reaches a specific status in Zendesk.
■Overview The "Notify Slack when a ticket reaches a specific status in Zendesk" workflow contributes to the acceleration of information dissemination. It automatically notifies important information, preventing any oversight in information awareness.
■Recommended for ・Those who use Zendesk for customer support operations ・Teams using Zendesk who often miss changes in ticket status ・Those who want to quickly grasp ticket status and efficiently proceed with support operations ・Those using Slack as a communication tool ・Those who use Slack daily and want to immediately understand the status of customer interactions ・Customer support managers who want to grasp the response status of team members at a glance
■Notes ・Please integrate both Zendesk and Slack with Yoom. ・Triggers can be set to activate at intervals of 5, 10, 15, 30, or 60 minutes. ・Please note that the shortest activation interval varies depending on the plan. ・Zendesk is an app available only on the Team Plan and Success Plan. For Free Plan and Mini Plan, the operations and data connections set in the flow bot will result in errors, so please be careful. ・Paid plans such as Team Plan and Success Plan offer a 2-week free trial. During the free trial, you can use apps that are subject to restrictions.
■Overview The "Notify Slack when an event is created in Google Calendar" flow is a business workflow that streamlines schedule management and team communication.
■Recommended for ・Teams that use Google Calendar and Slack on a daily basis ・Business professionals who want to automate schedule sharing and notifications ・Managers and team leaders who want to improve the efficiency of information sharing ・Anyone spending time on manual notification tasks
■Notes ・Please connect Yoom with both Google Calendar and Slack. ・You can choose a trigger interval of 5, 10, 15, 30, or 60 minutes. ・Please note that the minimum trigger interval varies by plan.
■ Overview While simple, notifying stakeholders on Slack whenever a new file is uploaded to OneDrive is an important task. However, manual notifications are time-consuming and prone to delays or missed communications. By using this workflow, it detects file uploads to a specific OneDrive folder and automatically sends a notification to Slack immediately, smoothly resolving these issues.
■ Who we recommend this template for ・Those who want to integrate OneDrive and Slack to automate notifications related to file sharing ・Those who find manual notifications burdensome and want to prevent human errors such as missed communications ・Those who want to build a rapid information-sharing structure within the team and increase productivity
■ Notes ・Please connect both OneDrive and Slack with Yoom. ・Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365) has consumer plans and general business plans (Microsoft 365 Business). If you are not subscribed to a business plan, authentication may fail. ・Due to app specifications, the file creation date and last updated date may not be the same, which may cause branching not to work correctly. ・For triggers, you can select an activation interval of 5, 10, 15, 30, or 60 minutes. ・The minimum activation interval varies by plan. ・Branching is a feature (operation) available on the Mini plan or higher. On the Free plan, the Flowbot operations you configure will result in errors. ・Paid plans such as the Mini plan are available with a two-week free trial. During the free trial, you can use apps and features (operations) that are otherwise restricted.
This time, we introduced a method to notify Slack of content posted on X (Twitter) according to a specified schedule. By automating the sharing of data that was previously done manually, you can significantly reduce workload and time. You can freely set the time of sharing and the Slack notification destination, allowing notifications at the appropriate timing and to the appropriate recipients. Please feel free to use it according to your company's operational style.
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