I’ve posted the tips and links from today’s show below. This weeks Social Media Talk show was 30 minutes of Social Media and WordPress information:

15 Things You Need To Know About The #NewGooglePlus
Read more at http://just-ask-kim.com/15-things-newgoogleplus-2013/. On today’s show I mostly talked about some of the changes to Google+ that my friend Kimberly Castleberry of Ask Kim points out in her recent blog post. Learn how to change back to a single-column format and how to quickly fresh your Google+ stream.

• Google+ Changes

Links from Today’s Show and more links:

http://www.dennisjsmith.com

http://www.just.ask-kim

book.dennisjsmith.com - Download free Google+ Chapter of my updated 2013 Edition of my book “Promote Your Business or Cause Using Social Media – A Beginner’s Handbook”

WordPress Hangouts with Dennis - for less than $25 a month you can hangout with me and get your WordPress questions answered live.

Social Media Hangouts with Dennis - - for less than $25 a month you can hangout with me and get your Social Media questions answered live.

Tools To Create Beautiful Custom Facebook Fan Pages – Webinar

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Tune into my talk show “Social Media Talk with Dennis J. Smith” each week for free social media and WordPress advice. Pick up a copy of my Kindle book “Promote Your Business or Cause Using Social Media – A Beginner’s Handbook” at the new low price of just $3.49!

Have a great summer!
Dennis

All New for 2013 on Paperback and Amazon Kindle! Here’s what others are saying on Amazon.com about “Promote Your Business or Cause Using Social Media – A Business Handbook” 5.0 out of 5 stars No longer a beginner thanks to this book! Easy to follow book that guides you through the social media world. Our business had already been using Facebook but now we have expanded using the great information in this book. A MUST for those wanting to PROMOTE using social media! 5.0 out of 5 stars Great book filled with useful information The author has done an excellent job of summarizing social media with easy to understand instructions for using various sources. He certainly delivers on all the promises made on the cover and then some. I am so glad I took the time to download this book! 4.0 out of 5 stars Tons of good info here This is a useful resource for anyone just stepping into the vast and deep world of social media. Easy to read and understand, with lots of good tips for what to do and what not to do when using social media for promotion of business or career. Also useful for those who are on social media only for personal use–there is an etiquette to this world. Read Latest Social Media Stories: Pinterest Adds Web Analytics Size Matters – A Comprehensive Social Media Image Cheat Sheet (INFOGRAPHIC) Facebook Tip – Turn Off Notifications Free 20-Minute Social Media and WordPress Call Stratgey Call Are you confused about social media or how a website can benefit your business? Talk with an expert for free and start laying out your social media plan for your business today. E-mail me today and I’ll contact you to arrange a free 20-minute call. Contact Dennis at Influence Social Media today.

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There was a technical glitch this week which ended the show a little early. I’ve posted the tips and links from today’s show below. This weeks Social Media Talk show was 30 minutes of Social Media and WordPress information:

Social Media Tips for Small Business

No Cover Photos – Make sure that your Facebook Fan Page has a cover photo and that your logo shows in the cover photo or the small image to the left. The cover photo is 315 pixels in height by 851 pixels wide and the small image is 180 x 180 pixels but gets reduced to 160 x 160 pixels when uploaded to Facebook. Keep this in mind so your logo doesn’t get cropped or look wonky. You can use tools like Pixlr.com and PicMonkey.com to add text and more to your cover photo.

Special URL for Facebook Fan Page – When you create your fan page Facebook assigns it a long URL with a series of numbers at the end. This is too long to put on traditional marketing material or for others to remember. Instead you should get a special URL (username) to make it easier for others to find your fan page. Some of mine for example are http://facebook.com/socialmediaidaho or http://facebook.com/socialmediabook which goes on my marketing material. My friend Kathy of Kathy’s Kakes Idaho currently has the URL of https://www.facebook.com/pages/Kathys-Kakes-Idaho/341627424494 for her fan page. You can see how that would be hard for someone to remember. You can change your URL under “Basic Information” in the Admin Menu of your fan page or by going to http://facebook.com/username and selecting your fan page and then assigning it a special username.

Automate Your Facebook Post for Twitter – By going to http://facebook.com/twitter you can link your Facebook Fan Page to your Twitter account. Anything you post on your fan page gets shorten along with a special fb.me URL and gets sent as a Tweet on Twitter. When a Twitter user clicks on this link they are taken back to your Facebook Fan Page. Therefore you have the chance of gaining a new “Like” and you save time by posting in one place. There are plugins for WordPress that will automatically send your blog post to your Pinterest, Twitter and Facebook accounts.

Keep it Short and Sweet – Keep your post short and sweet and you’ll see more engagement on your fan page. That means more likes, comments and sharing of your post. Photos and Video get the most engagement so consider adding one of those with your post.

Consider a custom fan page – Add more functionality to your fan page with custom fan page apps that allow you to add your Pinterest pinboards, Twitter feed, e-commerce, forms and more.

• Social Media Tips for Business

• JonLoomer.com

• Free Webinars

Links from Today’s Show:

http://www.dennisjsmith.com

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JonLoomer.com

WordPress Hangouts with Dennis

Social Media Hangouts with Dennis

Tools To Create Beautiful Custom Facebook Fan Pages – Webinar

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This weeks Social Media Talk show was 30 minutes of Social Media and WordPress information:

• Pinterest for Business

• WPLift.com

• Free Webinars

Links from Today’s Show:

http://www.dennisjsmith.com

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wplift.com

WordPress Hangouts with Dennis

Social Media Hangouts with Dennis

Tools To Create Beautiful Custom Facebook Fan Pages – Webinar

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This weeks Social Media Talk show was 30 minutes of Social Media and WordPress information:

• WordPress Security – Brute Force Attacks

• Secure Usernames and Passwords

• Limit Login Attempts

• Manual WordPress Installation

• Making WordPress More Secure

• Social Media and WordPress Hangouts with Dennis

• Free Webinars

Links from Today’s Show:

http://www.dennisjsmith.com

Mass WordPress Brute Force Attacks? – Myth or Reality

Security Alert for WordPress Users

Limit Login Attempts

Installing WordPress

Make WordPress more secure

Backup Buddy Plugin - Aff Link

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Social Media Hangouts with Dennis

Tools To Create Beautiful Custom Facebook Fan Pages – Webinar

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This weeks Social Media Talk show was 30 minutes of Social Media and WordPress information:

• Doing Facebook Contest Right

• Contest Tools – Shortstack, Woobox and Pagemodo

• Social Media and WordPress Hangouts with Dennis

• Free Webinars

Links from Today’s Show:

http://www.dennisjsmith.com

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http://www.shortstack.com - Aff Link

http://www.woobox.com

http://www.pagemodo.com

WordPress Hangouts with Dennis

Social Media Hangouts with Dennis

Tools To Create Beautiful Custom Facebook Fan Pages – Webinar

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This weeks Social Media Talk show was 30 minutes of Social Media and WordPress information:

• Google+

• Free Webinar April 10th at 11 am Mountain Time

Links from Today’s Show:

http://www.dennisjsmith.com

http://plus.google.com

Tools To Create Beautiful Custom Facebook Fan Pages – Webinar

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This weeks Social Media Talk show was 30 minutes of Social Media and WordPress information:

• Discussing Free Social Media and WordPress information on DennisJSmith.com

• My upcoming free and affordable webinars

Links from Today’s Show:

http://www.dennisjsmith.com

Tools To Create Beautiful Custom Facebook Fan Pages – Webinar

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There are lots of tools out there that let you get more from your social media, with Click to Tweet being one of those. It is very simple and you can use it however you want. I have used it on this site as a promotional tool but have seen other sites use it to Tweet a quote like the one below.

Click to Tweet makes it simple to promote or share a quote. [Tweet This]

It is easy to get started by going to the Click To Tweet website. Enter the message or quote you would like to share in the box to the right. Then click the “Generate Link!” button to create your custom link and share that link on your site or with others. When they click on the link they are sent to Twitter and if they have a Twitter account they can Tweet your message to the masses.

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Amazon’s Send to Kindle Button lets readers save your blogs content to read later on their Kindle, at their convenience. Adding this button to your website opens it up to millions of Kindle customers that want to enjoy your content on their Kindle. Look for the “Send To Kindle” button on this website and enjoy the content on your Kindle anytime.

The buttons code can be added to your website by going here or your WordPress website by downloading the plugin for your WordPress site.

Send to Kindle Button Plugin for WordPress

Features

• Readers can send posts to multiple Kindles at once.
• Posts can be saved in the cloud and accessed anytime, everywhere.
• Configure how the button will look and which page types it will appear on.
• Use the shortcode 
  Send to Kindle
   to place a Send to Kindle button anywhere.

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