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flash drive — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 00:53:30 -0000

On my post I have been experimenting with different places to put their shares and retweet button to see what works best. I discovered that no retweeted when they were posted at the top of a (perhaps to eliminate the time they got?) Now I have a special phone at the end of your posts both of them tried to forget about it was outside the box. Today will see if it works:)

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Sikiş izle — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 20:48:44 -0000

i m using tell friends widget bu t i will try this gadget on another blog thanks

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gadgets article — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 07:45:10 -0000

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gadgets article — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 07:45:01 -0000

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neilkevin — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:03:42 -0000

Truly awesome post as usual . I am fan of your charis. You are simply superb and always share something new and extra. Thanks for all this. I appreciate this.

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Ryan Hanley — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:29:58 -0000

Chris,

You have mentioned in other posts that for beginner bloggers the bells and whistles are not as important as Great Content and I agree with you. However, I think it is important for beginners and vets a like to be able to easily share there work with the various networks! This is great stuff! Thanks Chris!

My opinion on Facebook Fan Pages:

http://www.ryanhanley.com/2...

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billpetro — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:22:23 -0000

Thanks for the advice Chris. I pinged him on Twitter.

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billpetro — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:14:17 -0000

Sorry, didn't ready your question carefully enough.

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Justin Thorp — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:43:47 -0000

Right on Chris! All too often though Web publishers only use buttons for sharing to things like Facebook or Twitter (the Retweet button). While yes Facebook and Twitter do get A LOT of traffic, this is short sighted because it's only part of the pie.

According to our (AddThis's) stats, Facebook & Twitter only make up 35% of sharing that we see on our platform. - http://addthis.com/services

That means if you only put Facebook & Twitter buttons on your pages you're leaving potential shares on the table.

That's why we recommend using a tool that allows you to incorporate ours. The common ones are obvious ours, ShareThis or AddToAny.

The other thing that we see is that people don't make it obvious enough how to share. They make the share buttons blend too much into the design. We recommend that you put the share button as close to the top of the page as possible and put it in consistent spots. - http://addthis.com/help/but...

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Chris Brogan — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:17:41 -0000

It took me 8 years to get my first 100 readers.

You'll find people will share your stuff when 1.) you make a community around your work, and 2.) you comment on their work often, and 3.) you write something so applicable and useful to others that they choose to share it.

You're already worth it. Those other tasks will ensure you get their attention. : )

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Chris Brogan — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:10:56 -0000

Getting good stuff mixed in at the same time as some of the larger blogs is a problem. The trick there might be to find some off times to push it out. Know my secret time? Sunday afternoon. Best media pushes ever.

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Chris Brogan — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:12:31 -0000

You're right, Sexy Bookmarks is awesome, and/or everywhere. : )

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Chris Brogan — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:11:37 -0000

That's something custom that Chris Pearson made for my site. I'm not sure how. Ping @pearsonified on Twitter?

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Mohammed Al-Taee — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:52:48 -0000

This only works for wordpress.org NOT wordpress.com

wordpress.com blocked Java codes :(

Thanks Bill!

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billpetro — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:50:48 -0000

Mohammed,

The WordPress plugin you're looking for is TweetMeme:

http://tweetmeme.com/about/...

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billpetro — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:42:22 -0000

Chris, great suggestions, I'm already doing half of them.

At the bottom of your post, how do you add:

- The retweet

AND right next to it the block:

- "If you enjoyed this post, please consider leaving a comment or subscribing to the feed to have future articles delivered to your feed reader."

I assume you're using the TweetMeme WordPress plugin for the retweet, but how do you add the text block? It looks a bit like the What Would Seth Godin Do plugin for WordPress.

(I too use the Thesis theme.)

Thanks.

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partywedo — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:37:13 -0000

Another helpful hint that I will start using today!
I am also going to pay more attention to the headlines (thanks Bill Streeter)

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joebwharton — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:33:46 -0000

We have used a "share this" button for some time. After reading this, we have added the retweet button. Thanks for the info.

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Gabe Young — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:26:19 -0000

Share This is nice but I haven't used it. I liked Sociable but have recently switched to Sexy Bookmarks and had some nice feedback on it. The only problem is that Sexy Bookmarks is everywhere now!

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Mike Langford — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:30:26 -0000

Absolutely. I added "Share" widgets for every conversation and group on Tweetworks awhile back for this very reason. The whole point of the social web is to socialize with others who share a common interest. Providing people an easy way to invite others to the conversation is just plain smart.

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Chandan — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:53:10 -0000

I have added my sharing button below my blog post. For every blog its always helpful for putting sharing button on their blog.

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Nathan Hangen — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:48:46 -0000

That's a great point and something that a lot of businesses are either fearful of or ignorant of. The things that seem like common sense for us new media addicts are far less than that to old school business minds.

As for sharing content and being afraid that it will take on a life of it's own (such as music or photography), I think that it's been proven that any time content like that spreads beyond the grasp of it's originator, it winds up getting far more reach than it would on a marketing campaign alone.

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Robin Cannon — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:41:08 -0000

Nice article. I realized that with my recent redesign I removed something that had worked quite well, which was a little note at the end of each post along the lines of "if you enjoyed this article, why not subscribe to our feed". That seemed to combine nicely with the overall "subscribe to RSS" option on the blog itself.

I wish there was some slightly more selective sharing though. It's so easy to share now that so much of the stuff is shared or retweeted before people have even read it. Just trying to be the first one to retweet Chris Brogan, or ProBlogger, regardless of the content and their interest. It can end up swamping some of the really worthwhile content when everyone just tries to share everything at the same time!

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Lydia Barry Kutko — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:18:28 -0000

In the following weeks, I'm moving my blog to Wordpress to make content more shareable.

It's a psychological hurdle, at least for me, to get to the stage of thinking you're important enough that these plugins are important.

I mean Chris you're kind of a shareable "commodity," so you probably don't have this fear.

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Danny Brown — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:39:37 -0000

I find offering multiple ways to share via your RSS feed is optimal as well. Particularly where you can use Feedburner's options for email subscribers and have social sharing options in the email itself, in case your reader doesn't want to click through to the main blog post.