Connect your accounts
You connect a social account to Buzzmark by signing in to the platform from the Channels page, and Buzzmark never sees your password.
An account is connected once for your whole organization and can post for as many social sets as you like.
Instagram and Threads only let Business and Creator accounts post from an app, and Facebook only posts to Pages you admin.
Connect an account
1. Open Channels in the menu, or press c.
2. Press Connect an account. The social set in the top bar opens on Accounts.
3. Under Connect a new account, pick the platform. Hover a tile to see which kind of account it connects.
4. Read what the platform needs, then press Continue to LinkedIn. The button names the platform you picked.
5. Sign in to the platform in the window that opens, and allow Buzzmark there.
When the window closes, Buzzmark checks the connection for up to 30 seconds and tells you whether the account is live. Buzzmark gets permission to post and to read your post stats. A connection that didn't finish stays under Accounts with Try again beside it.
Only the owner or an editor can connect accounts. Buzzmark posts to these platforms today:
- X
- Threads
- TikTok
Coming soon: Google Business, Reddit.
What each platform needs
| Platform | What connects | Good to know |
|---|---|---|
| A Business or Creator account | A personal account can switch in the Instagram app, under Settings, Account type and tools. | |
| Threads | A Threads profile linked to an Instagram Business or Creator account | Switch the Instagram account first if it's personal. |
| A Page you admin | Facebook never lets an app post to a personal profile. After you sign in, pick the Page to post as. | |
| Your profile or a page you manage | LinkedIn asks which one after you sign in. To post as both, connect LinkedIn twice. | |
| X | A personal or business account | Buzzmark reposts, replies to your own post or repeats a post only when you switch that on for a Buzz. |
| TikTok | A personal or business account | TikTok asks you to let Buzzmark post when you sign in. Videos from Buzzmark go out to everyone. |
Add more accounts to a set
An account you connected for one set can post for another without signing in again. Open the other set's Accounts, tick the account under Already in your workspace, and press Add 1 account. The count on the button follows what you ticked.
For a second account on a platform the set already has, press Connect another LinkedIn account under that platform. The new account is added next to the first, and nothing is replaced. If the platform signs you straight in as the account you already have, sign out on the platform first.
Reconnect a disconnected account
When a platform stops letting Buzzmark post to an account, its tile on Channels and its row in each set's Accounts say Disconnected. A Buzz that fails for this reason says the account needs reconnecting.
1. Press Reconnect on the account's tile.
2. Press the button that continues to the platform.
3. Sign in as the same account again.
The account comes back with its posts and stats where they were, in every set it posted for.
Move, remove or disconnect an account
To move an account to another set, open Channels, press More (the … on its tile) and pick the set under Move to. It then posts for that set only. With one set, the menu offers Create a social set instead.
To take an account out of one set and keep it for the others, open that set's General, find the account under Connected accounts, press the bin icon and then Remove. It stays connected on the Channels page.
To disconnect an account everywhere, press More on its tile, then Disconnect, then Disconnect it.
Warning: Disconnecting takes the account out of every set, and anything scheduled to it won't go out.
Questions
Why won't my Instagram connect?
Instagram lets only Business and Creator accounts post from other apps. Switch the account type in the Instagram app, then connect again. Threads needs the same.
Does Buzzmark see my password?
No. You sign in on the platform's own page, and Buzzmark only gets permission to post and to read your post stats.
Can I post as myself and as my company page on LinkedIn?
Yes. Connect LinkedIn twice: pick your profile the first time and the page the second.
How many accounts can I connect?
Your plan sets the number of accounts. Plans and usage lists each plan's limits.
Where to next
- Social setsA social set is a group of accounts you post to together, such as one business's LinkedIn page, Instagram and X.
- Posting slots and best timesPosting slots are the weekly times a social set posts at, and Next slot schedules a Buzz into the first free one.
- The composerThe composer is where you write a Buzz: one post, or a thread on X and Threads, going to one or more of your accounts.
- Posting rules by platformEach platform takes different posts, with its own length, media, threads, mentions and first comment, and the composer checks every Buzz against those rules for each account you picked.