Fixed Social Buttons: Social Media Buttons for WordPress

So you want to get more people to share your content on top sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and even Digg? You can always assume that people are going to remember your blog posts and will go out of their way to submit them to those sites. In reality, people have a lot of other things to be worried about, so you always want to give your readers the right call to actions and tools to help them help your blog become more popular. One way to do just that is by adding social media buttons to your blog. You can add them easily to your WordPress site with Fixed Social Plugin.

Fixed Social Plugin is very easy to use and takes the pain of adding social media submission links to your blog. Once you enable it, these buttons are going to show where you want them to show up. You can choose to display these buttons on the top of your blog, horizontally or vertically. You can also pick and choose what services you want to display in your social media button bar. You can of course show the buttons at the top of your page as well. (more…)

How To Add NetworkedBlogs To Your WordPress Blog

If you are taking time to write quality content for your blog, you want to make sure you give your visitors options to connect with your blog and find it easier to come back to your blog as a result. One way to do that is by adding your blog to NetworkedBlogs. NetworkedBlogs, which is a service that runs in conjunction with Facebook, allows you to connect your blog with your Facebook page and build a more solid community around your blog. NetworkedBlogs also allows you to feed your blog’s RSS feed to your Facebook pages automatically, so that’s another plus.

In order to take advantage of NetworkedBlogs, you need to first register your blog. The process is very easy and doesn’t take too much time. You will need to have a Facebook account to get the job done.

Once you have added your blog to NetworkedBlogs on Facebook, you are ready to grab the widget you will need to add to your WordPress website in order for your visitors to connect with your blog much more easily. You can find the widget link at the following URL:

http://apps.facebook.com/blognetworks/blog/[site-name]

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How To: Add Delicious to WordPress Without a Plugin

So many people ask me about how they can add social media buttons to their blog. Most people seem to be looking for plugins to get the job done. Digg Digg and BoostPost both are decent options if you want to add Facebook, Twitter, and StumbleUpon to your blog. But when it comes to Delicious, you don’t even need a plugin to get the job done. Delicious already has a few free tools that you can use to get the job done.

Tagometer Badge is a compact badge that lets you add Delicious and bookmarking trends to your blog post fast. It also displays the number of times that your posts have been bookmarked on Delicious. So you can always ask your visitors for a favor if your numbers are down. If you don’t like the compact design, you can always add the tall option to your Delicious code or just select the right option on Delicious.com:

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Add Social Media To Your Blog with BoostPost

Have you ever wanted to bring more traffic to your WordPress blog? There are plenty of ways to do that. You can advertise, write articles, and do all kinds of things to start bringing more traffic to your website. One of the best ways to drive traffic to your blog is adding the power of social media to your each and every post. Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, and Digg are all capable of driving you thousands of visitors for free on a daily basis. It does come down to the quality of content, but if you don’t take advantage of your reader base, you are not helping your blog read its full potential.

Take a look at the above buttons. They are not only colorful enough but also dynamic. It doesn’t matter how your buttons look. In reality, you should look for buttons that give your users the call to action to spread your content online. You can always add the above buttons to your blog posts by downloading a plugin such as Digg Digg. But if you don’t want to do anything other than copy/paste, Boostpost comes in handy. It’s a cool service that lets you add the buttons you would like to see on your blog and add them to your posts fast (copy/past the code into your blog).

There are three ways that you can add social media buttons to your blog using Boostpost. The first way is to choose the services that you want to use on your blog, download the appropriate code, and paste it into your single.php file. That’s pretty straightforward and probably the best way to get maximum exposure for your blog posts.

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4 Cool Twitter Automation Tools for Bloggers

So you want to automate tasks on Twitter. Maybe you just want to schedule tweets ahead of time. You do want to make sure that you don’t automate everything as it defeats the purpose of being on Twitter. At the same time, there is nothing wrong with being able to schedule tweets ahead of time and use third party tools to get better research done on Twitter. As long as you are not spamming, anything else is fair game.

If you are looking for Twitter automation tools to simplify things and save time on Twitter, here are 4 products you should try:

Hootsuite: one of the best Twitter automation tools on the market. Lets you add your blog feed to Hootsuite and automatically sends your blog posts to Twitter. Also lets you schedule your posts ahead of time.

Socialoomph: This service allows you to automate your welcome messages, schedule tweets in the future, and manage multiple accounts all from one interface. (more…)

How To: Promote Your Twitter Profile with TwitterCounter

So you have been working hard to build a large following on Twitter? Maybe you have an established blog and want to use it to build your followers up on Twitter. Whatever the case, TwitterCounter is your best friend. TwitterCounter is a cool service that lets you promote your Twitter profile on your blog or portal and encourage others to join you and the community on Twitter. TwitterCounter will display your number of followers on your Twitter blogs and comes with a set of cool badges that you can use as the starting place to promote your profile. The service will also show your progress over time, so you’ll know when you are not on the right track.

There are two ways to promote your profile using TwitterCounter. You can either grab their Javascript code (the most simple option) or you can download their WordPress plugin to get started. The Javascript version is the easiest way to add TwitterCounter to your blog. Just provide the necessary information and copy/past the code on your blog.

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How To Embed Twitter Search On Your Blog

A lot of bloggers complain about not having time to create enough content and engage their readers at the same time. While I do recommend to all bloggers to get involved on their own blog and answer questions posed by their readers, sometimes you won’t have enough time to do just that. That’s where integrating a service such as Twitter in your blog comes in. By adding Twitter widgets to your blog, you not only get people talking with you on your blog and on Twitter, but you also make your blog more dynamic for your readers.

Twitter Search Widget is one of the most popular Twitter widgets around. It allows you to add a relevant forum to the end of your posts to get involved on and engage with others talking about your topic. Adding a Twitter search box to your WordPress blog is not that difficult. All you have to do is log on to Twitter, grab the appropriate widget, and choose the right settings for your widget. (more…)