5 Ways Of Updating Facebook Status Without Being On Facebook

I have had friends marvel at how much time “I have spent” on Facebook but then get thoroughly confused when I tell them that I hadn’t logged onto Facebook all day. The next question would probably be something on the lines of “well, how were you updating your status then? ”

For those who have not fully exploited what the Social Media world has to offer, you can update your Facebook status without being logged onto ….and I don’t mean by Facebook mobile either.

Here are 5 ways you can do that:

1. Twitter

Twitter is by far the most popular when it comes to the ability to update your Facebook status outside of Facebook itself. Note, however, that updating your Twitter status by itself does not automatically update your Facebook status update. You would have to integrate the two services together, usually in this case by adding the Twitter app on Facebook.Twitter by itself has a whole library of Twitter client applications that just add to its awesomeness. We’ll take another look again at Twitter and why it is listed first in the series.

2. Ping.fm

Above is a screen shot of my Ping.fm dashboard. I specifically wanted to show this screen to touch more on the status update portion of it. Notice on the image above that the only Social Network that I have included to receive my status updates from Ping.fm is Twitter. This in all likelihood has something to do with the fact that Twitter happens to be the Social Network that I frequent the most. Also, I did not include Facebook because they way I have set up my networks is for Twitter to update my Facebook. You have to think about how you want to synchronize your networks. If for some odd reason I would have included Facebook, I would have had duplicate (and more certainly annoying) status updates, one from Ping.fm & one from Twitter. In this example I update my Facebook status from Ping.fm via Twitter.

3. HelloTxt

HelloTxt’s tag line is “We Are Status”. As with Ping.fm, you’d have to add which Social Networks you’d want your status updated to. In addition, HelloTxt also allows you to be able to read your friends’ status updates from the networks you add. With updating to Facebook from HelloTxt , you’ll also be required to install the HelloTxt application on Facebook.

4. Plaxo

Plaxo is another Social Network. As you can tell from the graphic above, one of the best options they give you is the ability to auto-connect with your friends that are already on Facebook. Another option you have is for your Facebook wall posts to appear on your Plaxo page. And third, which is today’s blog topic, is the ability to have Plaxo update your Facebook status and vice-versa.

5. Blip.fm

Blip.fm, is a network where you can listen to music online while at the same time sharing it with your friends. The process of sharing a song is the equivalent of updating your Blip.fm status with “Listening to the song ABC”. When you send it across other Social Networks, what your friends get is basically a shortened link to your Blip.fm page that has the song. What you’d want to ideally is to send a message along with it, such as “They played this song during the concert last night”, just so your friends are not just get a random link that leaves them clueless.

If you notice on the graphic above, Facebook is not listed as a Social Network that you can update your status to. However, remember we talked about Twitter & Ping.fm already? If you are using either of those networks then you would in fact be able to update your Facebook status from Blip.fm via Twitter or Ping.fm.

I hope the post was helpful in showing you the beauty that is social networks and how well they integrate with one another. Happy networking.