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Plugins add extended functionality to your WordPress blog or website. There are thousands of them available and many are free. Below are some of the more popular plugins when getting started with WordPress or you can visit the Plugin Directory and search accordingly. What are some of your favorites? Leave a comment below and let others know which WordPress plugins you think are best or worst.
Did you know that the hottest new social media sensation has only 16 employees? Yet they are one of the fastest growing websites. Look at the amazing statistics in the infographic below. Do you think Pinterest will be long lasting? Lemon.ly, a visual marketing firm, studied Pinterest’s amazing rise and produced the infographic below.
Is Pinterest sending traffic to your website? Check out some interesting statistics on the infographic below. Feel free to comment on how you use Pinterest. See my list of Pinterest Articles for more information on this fast growing social network.
Are you in love with Pinterest? Wondering what the heck it is? My Pinterest Articles and Information Board on Pinterest will help you get the answer to your questions and help you get started. There is a collection I have pinned featuring great articles on how-to get start, marketing with Pinterest and WordPress plugins for the wildly hot social media site. Looking for an answer to a question you have about Pinterest? Leave it in the comments below and I will try and get you an answer. Now lets get pinning! Pinterest Articles and Information Board on Pinterest
Are you caught up in the Pinterest craze? Check out this awesome plugin for WordPress and add the Pinterest Pinboard to your WordPress site. It uses the thumbnails from Pinterest and updates as you “Pin” new items on the popular social media site. Settings of the widget under: Appearance > Widgets This is the Pinterest Pinboard widget in the sidebar of the Twenty Eleven WordPress theme Are you on Pinterest? Using any other cool Pinterest Plugins? Leave a comment below or a link if you would like others to follow you. Here’s my Social Media Board on Pinterest with lots of great information. Pin this to Pinterest using the “Pin It” button below. Download the Pinterest Pinboard here: Pinterest Pinboard Plugin
Many have probably wondered where certain features of Facebook have gone after the recent Timeline conversion. Most are still there but take just a little more difficult to locate. One of those features is Facebook Notes and something I’ve used before myself. It is not really needed anymore because you can post 63,206 characters of less on your status update now. But it is still there for those who like using it or those who want to view old notes. An easy way to get to them is just to type in your user name after facebook.com and then forward slash notes after your user name. So my notes are at https://www.facebook.com/SocialMediaDJ/notes. Want my book for free? Just click! The 2nd way to reach your Notes is via your Timeline by selecting the drop down arrow to the right of the tiles/boxes. Click the drop down arrow to reveal more tiles and you should see one labeled Notes. Just click and you should be able to see your old notes and create new notes if you would like. Let Your Friends Know How to Find Their Facebook Notes – [TweetThis] Here’s the Facebook how-to video for those of you who would like to see how this is done. Clicking on the Pen icon will let you edit which tiles you want where by swapping positions with other tiles. Give it a try and see what works best for you. The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Facebook, 2nd Edition [Kindle Edition] [divider] Are you still using Notes or you posting longer status updates? Feel free to comment below or share suggestions.
I came across some really cool social media plugins while I prepped for a past workshop. It is a plugin that automatically tweets out an old WordPress blog post. Tweet Old Post connects to your Twitter account and then randomly sends out tweets linking to your old post. It does this on a schedule you set-up once you install and active the plugin. You can choose to add just the title or title and body. Plus you can add #hashtags and control how new or old the post is that you want tweeted. If you want to exclude certain post you can do that under the “Exclude Posts” settings. I did this for a few events I had posted that have already past. There is no point in posting those to Twitter since the event dates have already past. Search the WordPress Plugin Directory for “Tweet Old Post” or go to the plugins page and download the latest version. Tweet Old Post What’s your favorite social media plugin? Feel free to list it down below in the comments. Looks like the creator of this plugin has plans to post to Facebook and Google+. So keep an eye out for that and make sure you are always checking for plugin updates. Dennis Smith is the author of “Promote Your Business or Cause Using Social Media ““ A Beginner’s Handbook“.
Adding A Facebook Event To Your Outlook Calendar Have you ever confirmed yourself for an event posted on Facebook but forgot to to attend or add it to your calendar? There is actually a real easy way to add any Facebook Event to your Outlook Calendar. In the video I explain how it is done with Outlook. But you can also download the information for the event and then import it into Google Calendar. When you are looking at your Facebook Profile page there are 2 ways you can view events. One is on the left-hand menu from the Events link and the right-hand side of the page you should see the Birthdays of your friends and and how many events you have in the current week. Click on the link on the left-hand side to see all your upcoming events and birthdays. If there is a number next to the link it means you have new events you can join. You can “Join” or “Decline” to the right the event information or clicking the event title will give you more information on that event. If you scroll to the bottom of your events list page you’ll see links to view past events, declined events, birthdays and a link to export all events to your calendar. You can export all events if you want. However I recommend you only export the events you plan to attend. Lets scroll back up to the top of your events page and look at an event. You have to “Join” an event or be a “Maybe” in order to “Export Event” to your calendar. Once you do that the button will change to “Going” and allow you to change it to maybe or not going. Notice the button to the left of the “Going” button below. Here is where you can “Share Event” with your other friends or “Export Event” to your calendar. Pick “Export Event” to start the export process to your Outlook Calendar. It should only take a few moments for the .ics file to download to your PC. If you click on the file it will launch Outlook so you can save the event. You can also save this file to your PC and then import it into your calendar. Most calendars will have information on how to do that. Notice how the information from the Facebook event is carried over to Outlook. Here is where you can make any need changes, add a reminder, set a category and then save the event to your calendar. It is pretty easy to do after you understand the process and you will never miss an important event with your social media friends. I will talk about how to import your Facebook events into Google Calendar in a few days. Please feel free to leave a comment below or let me know if you have any questions.
Social Media Training videos have been added to the website. Videos are free and available for viewing on the website or on YouTube. Learn how to use Facebook Smart List, add your Facebook Fan Page as your place of work and view a presentation on using social media if you are a self-published author like myself. Please feel free to comment here and on YouTube to let me know what kind of training videos you would like to see.
Adding Your Facebook Business Page As Your Place Of Employment One thing I’ve noticed that several of my self-employed Facebook friends don’t take advantage of the full benefit of their Facebook profile. If you have your own business page on Facebook and you are self-employed it can be connected to your profile. How? In the new Timeline view or old profile view you want to go to your info page to update your employment information. Edit your Work and Education information and enter your business page under “Where have you worked?” box. Please note: Facebook has changed how your Profile information is displayed to others. Those visiting your profile have to click on “About” first before they can see the “About You” information and your place of employment. However the instructions below still work to add your self-owned businesses fan page as your place of employment. Book: Promote Your Business or Cause Using Social Media – A Beginner’s Handbook (3rd Edition) [Kindle Edition] – Just $.99 Cents When you start typing a list of business pages you follow will start to populate. Keep typing until your business page shows so you can select it. List will populate as you type the name of your business page Add information about your business including your position, city/town a description of your business and the time you have been in business or self-employed. Then the “Save Changes” and “Done Editing” buttons when you are finished. Down below that you can “Add A Project” to let others know what you’ve been up to. I listed my book and then added the 2nd Edition when that was launched back in September. Now when someone visits your personal profile and they hover over your employment information they can “Like” your business page right from your personal profile. How cool is that? Feel free to comment if you have any questions and if you found this helpful. By Dennis J. Smith Author of “Promote Your Business or Cause Using Social Media – A Beginner’s Handbook” [divider]