If you have used WordPress for any length of time, no doubt you’ve been on the hunt for a great social media plugin many (many!) times. I know I have… It should be easy to add social share buttons to your site – in fact it IS easy to add social buttons and that’s part […]
You Are What You Share (Or How Your Personal Status Updates Directly Impact Business)
You Are What You Share Have you ever looked closely at how you come across on social media? YOU. Not your business but you as an individual? In this day and age of re-tweets, re-blogs, shares, re-shares and hashtags, you can see something that catches your eye and pass it on in a click of […]
Socially Build Your List – How To Add Social Share Buttons To PDF Reports
There’s no doubt that your email list is your most valuable asset online – yes, even more than your blog or website. Last week I unleashed (haha! A slight over exageration there!) my new free report, “5 Simple Steps to Local Business Facebook Success“. I thought I would try something that doesn’t seem to be […]
Easily Create Your Own Quote Images In WordPress [Video]
Quote images are taking over the social sharing space. From Pinterest to Facebook, can you go a day without seeing a quote image fly through the stream? As a service business owner with limited graphic ability, sometimes it’s difficult to take advantage of the latests trends in image sharing. When it comes to online visibility, […]
How To Verify Your Website On Pinterest [Video]
Pinterest recently introduced the option to verify your website on your profile. Pinterest is one the fastest growing social media platforms, and recent studies have shown that it drives more traffic and converts more sales than other well established social sites. As a business owner, website verification on Pinterest is useful because it shows on […]
Defining Social Sharing Image Thumbnails: The Secret Is Open Graph Tags
Social Sharing and Open Graph Tags When you share your web pages or blog posts on social sites such as Facebook, Google Plus and LinkedIn, a thumbnail image is often generated and displayed next to the description. These thumbnail images can be auto-generated based on the first appropriately sized image on your page or post. […]
Social Sharing: What Works, Where and When [Infographic]
Unless you plan on using mainly paid for traffic, social sharing is fast becoming a must these days for success online. Not only does social media drive its own traffic, but search engines now factor in social signals into their rankings. This infographic from Compendium mainly examines data from Twitter and LinkedIn, but it shows […]