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You can spend a lot of time finding info on what size the graphics need to be on specific social platforms. But I came across this infographic that tells it all, plus a lot more, and also is kept updated. So I just had to share with my readers. Social Media Design Dimensions - An infographic by the team at Social Media Design Dimensions Embed Social Media Design Dimensions on Your Site: … [Read more...]
There's a lot of Twitter widgets out there. Some work, some not so much. Did you know that Twitter has its own widget? If you go to my About page, you will see what it looks like. Just remember, it takes up valuable real estate in your sidebar, so you might want to consider creating a custom sidebar to just show it on certain pages. If you are using Genesis, you can use Simple Sidebars, and for … [Read more...]
PLEASE NOTE: Since this was posted, unfortunately the Social Media Widget was compromised and was injecting spam into blogs using it. I no longer recommend it. You can see more info about that here. I am a big fan of both the Image Widget and the Social Media Widget. I have recommended them to a lot of clients, and have used them myself. In fact, I have done video posts on both. Recently, … [Read more...]
If you are like me, you love to share good content. For example, if I land on your post, and I know that my followers on Twitter would benefit from reading it as well, I don't hesitate finding that share button. (Hopefully you have these on your blog :) Once I click it, I get this window and an easy option to share your post. If you notice in this example, at the end it says "via … [Read more...]
I am a big believer in this one thing. Make it easy for readers to share your content. In other words, don't make them have to do any extra work. For example, if someone wants to share your post on Twitter, they should be able to do it with one click. Most of provide this option by having share buttons either at the beginning of our posts, the end, or both. But what if you could do this … [Read more...]
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Is Your WordPress Blog Your Social Hub?
For sometime I have recommended to people that you should use your WordPress blog as your social hub. Particularly, a self-hosted WordPress blog. In today's post I am sharing a recent recording of a webinar. What will you learn in these 60 minutes? Why you should make your blog or site your social media hub Pros and cons of WordPress.com vs self-hosted Tools for managing and promoting … [Read more...]