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Blogging Digital Marketing Plugins Social Media WordPress

Which Bookmarking & Sharing Buttons Should I Display On My Site

As search results give more weight to social factors it’s more important than ever to make your content easy to share on the internet. A recent study by ShareThis in cooperation with Starcom MediaVest Group and Rubinson Partners shows 31% of website referrals are from the “sharing” of your content. The study also shows that people […]

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Digital Marketing Plugins WordPress

Introducing Socialize 2.0

Almost 10 months after I was able to get Socialize 1.0 out we can now move on to Socialize 2.0. This release is a major rewrite of the plugin code to reduce the number of calls to the database and increase the plugin’s flexibility. Video of Socialize 2.0 Settings More Placement Control I cleaned up the stylesheet […]

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Plugins Web Development WordPress

13 Plugins Your WordPress Site Might Need

WordPress powers over 40% of the web, and a big part of that success is the platform’s extensive ecosystem of plugins. With thousands available, knowing which plugins are both effective and supported by a large user base can be overwhelming. Here’s a curated list of 13 must-have plugins that offer critical functionality and integrate seamlessly […]

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Digital Marketing Plugins Social Media WordPress

Socialize Goes 1.0

It has been a long time since I last updated the socialize plugin. I made small updates here and there to fix some of the more common problems people were having but I never got around to making all the enhancements that had been requested. Well here it is, I’ve addressed every issue presented to me in […]

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Social Media

Get More ReTweets Out Of Your ReTweet Button

Most of the time when talking about RTs, we discuss the best times to post to Twitter and the number of characters you should be using and so on and so forth. But let’s step back a second and talk about how people RT from our blogs. Do you know how many people are RTing […]

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Twitter

Battle of the ReTweet Buttons

ReTweet buttons have taken social media by storm and are an easy way to encourage the sharing of your content on Twitter. There are dozens of solutions similar to the 3 buttons listed below, but these seem to be the most promising and include a “Tweet Count” on the buttons themselves.

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Blogging Social Media

27 Excellent Free Social Media Icons Sets

Social media icons have become a fundamental part of digital branding. Whether you’re designing a personal blog, a SaaS landing page or a full-blown marketing site, clear and stylish social icons are critical for encouraging sharing, enabling follows and aligning with your brand’s voice. This is not just a dump of free downloads. This is […]

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Blogging Digital Marketing Social Media

Increase Viral Potential With Actionable Bookmarking and Sharing Buttons

One of the first things most people do when launching a new blog is install a plugin to help readers share their content. Maybe you’ve done the same, dreaming of retweets, trending threads and a wave of inbound traffic from social media. Then reality hits. The post goes live. You refresh Google Analytics, and… nothing. […]

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How To Web Development

Using Custom Social Bookmark Icons With AddThis Analytics

(Note: This code is meant to be put in your WordPress Template. However, it should be easy to modify it for other uses.)