Social Media Virtual Assistant - Be Social Worldwide » social media http://besocialworldwide.com We’ll do the socializing for you Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:00:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 3 Options for Posting Your Blog to Social Networking Sites http://besocialworldwide.com/3-options-for-posting-your-blog-to-social-networking-sites http://besocialworldwide.com/3-options-for-posting-your-blog-to-social-networking-sites#comments Thu, 30 Jun 2011 13:30:53 +0000 BeSocialWorldwide http://besocialworldwide.com/?p=1855

Your blog is one of the best ways to keep your business in front of your target market. It used to be the only way to keep it in front of them was to use a subscription box. That can some times be difficult to get them to subscribe, so you need to find other ways to keep in front of them.

Finding new ways to keep your blog in front of your target market can be a challenge, but there is one way that is easy to do and for the most part it can be automated so you don’t have to do a thing. The easiest way to keep your blog in front of your target market is to post it on social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter.

There are several ways to make these posts happen. Here are just a few of the many ways you can do this.

1. TweetDeck

TweetDeck is a program that has the ability to schedule posts when you sign up for an account. You can either schedule your scheduled posts or you can schedule your live posts. Either way will work, but this suggestion is not automated as you have to be the one to pull the title and link and schedule it.

2. Plugin

If you use WordPress for your site you’ll have the ability to choose a plugin that gives you the ability to have your posts automatically scheduled and posted to the social networking sites you set up within the plugin. There are quite a few plugins to choose from so it’s important you review the information on the plugin to see which one will fit your needs.

3. TweetMiner

TweetMiner uses your RSS feed to post your blog post to your social networking sites. The down side to this option is it’s specific to Twitter only so you miss out on other social networking sites like FaceBook.

4. Su.pr

Su.pr is another option you can use to submit your blog posts to both Twitter and Facebook. You’ll need a Stumble Upon account to utilize this tool, but it works well and it gives you the ability to post to Stumble Upon too.

Keeping your blog in front of others is important when you have goals your trying to achieve and you want to grow your business. These 4 options will help you make it a little easier to post your blog posts to your social networking sites like Twitter and FaceBook.

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Choosing the right social media icons for your site is important. This is the way you draw attention to your different accounts. Sure people may find you on the different sites, but it’s a lot easier if you help them out by including these icons somewhere on your site.
There are literally thousands of different icons you can use so it’s important to choose the one that fits your site the best. This will depend on the site you have, what you use it for, and what’s important for you.
A lot of business owners pay close attention to branding their business. They do this with ever aspect of their business and that includes social media sites. When everything matches the people that see them online will know it’s them whenever they see the header, background, or images.
For other websites branding isn’t important or as important and so they have the ability to choose icons that may not necessarily match their site. Having these icons stand out may be more important and they may feel if they match they’ll blend in to much and could be missed.
The best thing to do when you’re trying to choose the right social media icons is to search for them using Google Images. There are hundreds of websites that offer free icons you can use or you can get ideas from them so you can make your own. Another option is to look at websites that are similar to yours or that are visited by your target market.
No matter what type of icon you choose to place on your site, you’ll find you have so many to choose from, that the hard part may be making the decision. The good thing is you don’t necessarily have to keep the same ones. You can use one and if you get bored or you don’t feel it’s working, you have the ability to change to a different one. You can also have them made to fit your needs and wants.
Social media icons are important when you want to drive traffic to your accounts. Choosing the wrong icons will decrease your chances of increasing your followship and that’s not a good thing when you want to use social media to grow your business and increase the knowledge your followers have when it comes to what you offer.

 

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