Combine your Facebook and Twitter accounts to optimize your social media exposure and to save time. There is no denying that Facebook and Twitter offer graphic designers a great way to network and search for work opportunities. Build your fans and followers gradually and you will be rewarded with a valuable social team.

Here’s how to combine Facebook and Twitter accounts:

While in your Facebook account go to http://www.facebook.com/twitter/

Follow the steps and log into your Twitter account. Enter your twitter username and password in the required fields to link Facebook to your Twitter account.

You’ve combined your Facebook and Twitter accounts! Now you can make Twitter updates to show up in your Facebook account. You have options to display only certain Twitter content. Status updates, photos, links, notes and events can all be synced. You selected categories from your Twitter account will now display in your status on your Facebook account.

This simple process makes your social network more united and will drive more traffic from one account to the other. The time savings are huge in terms of saving the duplication of effort.

A great free tool for managing social accounts is HootSuite. Set up a free HootSuite account and your social media world will feel much more organized.