Linking Your Blog and Social Media Websites
Your blog and your social media marketing (SMM) accounts should be linked together.
You want to create a network of resources that bring together your various marketing efforts.
Linking your blog to your social media accounts is essential.
Blog Postings on Facebook and Twitter You can set up your Facebook and Twitter accounts so that they automatically show a link to your blog postings.
This automated technique makes it easy to update your Facebook pages and Twitter account with your new blog postings.
One of the goals of all social media marketing plans is to keep content updated and fresh.
If you update your blog frequently you will be automatically updating your Facebook and Twitter account as well.
Make sure the titles of your blog posting are eye-catching and you can drive traffic from the social media sites onto your blog.
A short, catchy title will capture the attention of someone you are friends with on Facebook or who is following you on Twitter.
Add Social Media Links People who find your blog may not know that you also have social media accounts and pages.
Make sure that your blog prominently displays an invitation for them to become a fan on Facebook and a follower on Twitter.
As a blogger you want to give people a ample opportunity to learn more from you and about you.
Linking your social media accounts to your blog creates these opportunities.
Web 2.
0 is all about users participating on websites and networks.
A blogger needs to think about inviting participation on their blog and beyond their blog in order to create an overall user experience that builds loyalty.
Off Blog Feeds When you set up your blog you will have the option to arrange a feed that other people can pick up and add to their site.
Basically your blog postings will be displayed on any site that adds the feed to it.
A blog feed can open up new traffic sources and revenue streams with no additional effort on your part.
You should also add your blog feeds to directories and other resources that people search in order to add fresh content to their site.
Remember, fresh content is a key to success online.
Your blog can become a source for content for other websites which means your blog and their website wins.
Link your blog to your social media accounts and blog feed resources for maximum impact.
You want to create a network of resources that bring together your various marketing efforts.
Linking your blog to your social media accounts is essential.
Blog Postings on Facebook and Twitter You can set up your Facebook and Twitter accounts so that they automatically show a link to your blog postings.
This automated technique makes it easy to update your Facebook pages and Twitter account with your new blog postings.
One of the goals of all social media marketing plans is to keep content updated and fresh.
If you update your blog frequently you will be automatically updating your Facebook and Twitter account as well.
Make sure the titles of your blog posting are eye-catching and you can drive traffic from the social media sites onto your blog.
A short, catchy title will capture the attention of someone you are friends with on Facebook or who is following you on Twitter.
Add Social Media Links People who find your blog may not know that you also have social media accounts and pages.
Make sure that your blog prominently displays an invitation for them to become a fan on Facebook and a follower on Twitter.
As a blogger you want to give people a ample opportunity to learn more from you and about you.
Linking your social media accounts to your blog creates these opportunities.
Web 2.
0 is all about users participating on websites and networks.
A blogger needs to think about inviting participation on their blog and beyond their blog in order to create an overall user experience that builds loyalty.
Off Blog Feeds When you set up your blog you will have the option to arrange a feed that other people can pick up and add to their site.
Basically your blog postings will be displayed on any site that adds the feed to it.
A blog feed can open up new traffic sources and revenue streams with no additional effort on your part.
You should also add your blog feeds to directories and other resources that people search in order to add fresh content to their site.
Remember, fresh content is a key to success online.
Your blog can become a source for content for other websites which means your blog and their website wins.
Link your blog to your social media accounts and blog feed resources for maximum impact.
