Social Media Buttons

Websites that have good social media numbers look alive

1. Facebook Social Plugins
2. Twitter Resources
3. +1 Button and Badges
4. AddThis and ShareThis
5. Comments – Disqus and IntenseDebate

Facebook

• developers.facebook.com/plugins
• developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/plugins/like-box
• developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/plugins/like

Facebook lets you add all kinds of social stuff.

The Like Box is good for a home page and Like Button is good for individual pages and posts.

You’ll need a page for the Like Box and be sure that the Like Button is grabbing post and page permalinks “{Permalink}”.

Twitter

• twitter.com/about/resources

The Follow Button is good for a home page and the Tweet Button is good for individual pages and posts.

Google+

• google.com/+1/button
• google.com/webmasters/profilebutton
• developers.google.com/+/plugins/badge
• widgetsplus.com

Get in some circles!

Add a Profile Button to your home page if your site is a personal site, add a Google+ Badge if your site is a brand or company page, and add +1 Buttons to pages and posts.

AddThis and ShareThis

• addthis.com (watch the video)
• sharethis.com

If you want a one-stop-shop for lots of social media sharing buttons.

Comments

• disqus.com
• intensedebate.com

Commenting systems have social media sharing buttons built-in.

Marketing Research with Tumblr Spring 2012

1. Semester Outline, Google Apps
2. Tumblr Themes
3. HTML, CSS and Firebug
4. Google and Social Media
5. Social Media Buttons
6. Search Engine Optimization
7. Google Analytics and Google AdWords
8. Interviews and Focus Groups
9. Video Editing
10. PollDaddy Surveys
11. Illustrator Infographics
12. Photoshop Infographics
13. InDesign Reports
14. Google Website Optimizer A/B Tests
15. Screenr Screencasts
16. Rejoice