Tutorial: Sharing

SmartyPig can be a social experience. Whether you choose to securely connect your SmartyPig goals to Facebook and/or Twitter and have SmartyPig automatically post updates any time funds are added toward a goal, you decide to create a real-time goal widget to add to the social destination of your choice, or you blast out an email to a list of your closest friends, SmartyPig gives you the tools to harness the power of your existing social networks to help you reach your savings goals faster than you ever thought possible.

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Sharing With Facebook

  • Connect

    Within the “Sharing” section of your account, you will find the Facebook tab. Connect your SmartyPig account with your Facebook account by clicking the “Connect with Facebook” button and selecting “Allow” when prompted.

  • Choose Which Goals to Share

    You can select to publish updates to your Facebook wall for as many of your goals as you’d like.

    Note: The amount of information that will be included about each goal depends on its individual sharing setting found within each goal’s management settings.

  • Decide When to Post

    SmartyPig allows you to choose exact times posts are made to your Facebook wall.

  • Read the Authorization Statement

    Check the box next to the authorization statement to agree to its terms and conditions.

  • Confirm Your Choices

    Once everything looks good, click “Save Changes” to post your goal updates to Facebook. You can manage your connection and which goals are posted about at any time by returning to the “Sharing” page.

Sharing with Twitter

  • Connect

    Within the “Sharing” section of your account, you will find the Twitter tab. Connect your SmartyPig account with your Twitter account by clicking the “Connect to Twitter” button and selecting “Allow” when prompted.

  • Choose Which Goals to Share

    You can select to publish updates to your Twitter feed for as many of your goals as you’d like.

    Note: The amount of information that will be included about each goal depends on its individual sharing setting found within each goal’s management settings.

  • Decide When to Post

    SmartyPig allows you to choose exact times posts are made to your Twitter feed.

  • Read the Authorization Statement

    Check the box next to the authorization statement to agree to its terms and conditions.

  • Confirm Your Choices

    Once everything looks good, click “Save Changes” to post your goal updates to Twitter. You can manage your connection and which goals are tweeted about at any time by returning to the “Sharing” page.

Creating and Editing Widgets

  • Create or Edit a Widget

    Within the “Sharing” section of your account, you will find the Widget tab. Here, you can create or edit a widget that can be posted to a large number of social networks like Facebook or your blog.

    Choose to “Create a New Widget” or select an existing configuration to edit.

  • Choose Which Goals to Share

    You can select to publish updates to your widget for as many goals as you wish. If you select multiple goals, you can decide in which order they display.

    Note: The amount of information that will be included about each goal depends on its individual sharing setting found within each goal’s management settings.

  • Decide What You Want to Say

    Tell the world what’s on your mind with the lead-in to your goal name(s).

  • Button It Up

    Decide if you’d like a button that links back to your goal.

  • Name the Configuration

    Since you can save as many different configurations as you’d like (maybe you need to have a different widget that you post to Facebook than the one that you use on your blog), it is important to save your configurations with a unique and quickly recognizable name.

  • Save & Genereate

    Once you’re finished selecting options, click “Save & Generate My Widget.” The sample widget will be replaced by your actual widget along with some easy-to-follow instructions for posting it to your blog or social network.

    Note: If you edit your widget configuration, all edits will be live upon clicking “Save”. You will not need to repost to your social networks.