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Social Wayne on the Social Web by Wayne Sutton

Posted on November 15, 2009 - by Wayne Sutton

Blog Updates: Making your WordPress blog more Social

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Usually on weekends I’m going through my email and trying to reach inbox zero before Monday morning but last night I decided SocialWayne.com needed a few updates. My primarily goals of updating SocialWayne.com was to make it faster, remove WordPress plugins I didn’t need and add social engagement. While adding a few social engagement features I may not have reached my goal of speeding up the load time but I’m hoping WP Super Cache will handle the rest. Either way, here’s what I done to SocialWayne.com to make it more social.

1. Wibiya toolbar
Twitter List: 5 tools & 5 must read Twitter list blog post and resources | Social Wayne on the Social Web

Wibiya enables blogs to integrate the most exciting services, applications and widgets of their choice into their blog through customized web-based toolbars.

2. Added Follow Me Plugin
A floating tab on the right that says Follow me that links to my Twitter profile.

3. Added/Changed Facebook Share Count Plugin
Introducing the FB Share Button Wordpress Plugin for Facebook Share | Stay N' Alive
I had another Facebook Share Count plugin installed but I switched to the one created by Jess Stay

4. Updated: Easy ReTweet WordPress Plugin
Introducing the FB Share Button Wordpress Plugin for Facebook Share | Stay N' Alive
I still have Topsy and Tweetmeme plugins installed and actived but I’m not displaying them.

5. Added Facebook Connect Comments
Twitter List: 5 tools & 5 must read Twitter list blog post and resources | Social Wayne on the Social Web
Sadly my blog theme doesn’t support Disqus therefore I’m using BackType and Facebook to for social comments.

6. Added ShareThis Plugin
Twitter List: 5 tools & 5 must read Twitter list blog post and resources | Social Wayne on the Social Web
I was using the Sexy Bookmarks Plugin but I can add google analytics to ShareThis therefore I’m making the switch.

7. Added Find Me On plugin
Twitter List: 5 tools & 5 must read Twitter list blog post and resources | Social Wayne on the Social Web
You know what to do.

8. Added Google Friend Connect Gadgets
Twitter List: 5 tools & 5 must read Twitter list blog post and resources | Social Wayne on the Social WebTwitter List: 5 tools & 5 must read Twitter list blog post and resources | Social Wayne on the Social Web
If you look to your right on the sidebar you’ll see two new gadgets from Google Friend Connect. One always you to leave a comment about the blog or you could post topics that you would like for me to cover and the other is a poll widget. Speaking of the poll, if you have a moment, login and vote. I’m using the feedback for an upcoming blog post.

There are a few more things I’ve done to SocialWayne.com and I’ll blog more about the Facebook Share plugins in the next few days. Let me know what you think about the changes and have a great week.

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    4. Author: Wayne Sutton

    Wayne Sutton, Business Development/Marketing Strategist for TriOut. You can follow Wayne on Twitter, or on Facebook. Wayne can be reached via email at wayne@trioutnc.com

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      November 16, 2009

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      HKotadia said:


      Blog Updates: Making your WordPress blog more Social http://bit.ly/1X4e9I #sCRM #PR #marketing

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      November 16, 2009

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      ann_donnelly said:


      Making your WordPress blog more Social | Social Wayne on the Social Web http://ow.ly/CKqz

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      November 16, 2009

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      Molly Buckley said:


      Awesome post, Wayne!

      As someone who is new to Wordpress HOSTING, I’m actually teaching myself how to do it all. I’m quite proud of myself, actually.

      So, I’ve been on the search for good plugins, and this post definitely helped me to find some more good ones. I just added the share on Facebook one now, actually! Yay!

      Thanks, Wayne.

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      November 16, 2009

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      Patrick said:


      Hey Wayne,

      I was curious: why did you opt for the Easy ReTweet button over TweetMeme?

      Thanks,

      Patrick

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      November 16, 2009

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      Wayne Sutton said:


      Molly, thanks for the comment and tweet. Good luck with your wordpress adventures.

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      November 16, 2009

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      Wayne Sutton said:


      Patrick, beside the feeling like I’m supporting the “little guy” and sometimes the TweetMeme plugin crashes in my dashboard that’s about it. Ref. Easy ReTweet button over TweetMeme. Also I think I’m getting actual results as I’ve seen different numbers when I had both of them displayed.

      I do still have TweetMeme active because of it’s ping and analytics features but I’m just not displaying it.

      Thanks for the comment

      Wayne

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      November 16, 2009

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      Patrick said:


      Hey Wayne,

      Cool, thanks for the info. :) As unfortunate luck would have it, the Tweetmeme JS was drastically slowing down some of my blogs this morning so I temporarily took it down.

      Patrick

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      November 20, 2009

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      Wayne Sutton said:


      New blog post: Friday Fix: 4 ways to add a Facebook Share button to your Wordpress Blog http://socialwayne.com/p193

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      November 20, 2009

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      Keith Tivon Gregory said:


      RT @waynesutton: New blog post: Friday Fix: 4 ways to add a Facebook Share button to your Wordpress Blog http://socialwayne.com/p193

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      November 20, 2009

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      S Wood Mentoring said:


      Friday Fix: 4 ways to add a Facebook Share button to your …: Friday Fix are just short post on niche topics/p.. http://bit.ly/081BSSd

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      November 21, 2009

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      Max Khazanovich said:


      Friday Fix: 4 ways to add a Facebook Share button to your …: Sharecount Button for Facebook 1. fbShare.me: A sha… http://bit.ly/081BSSd

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      November 23, 2009

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      Wayne Sutton said:


      Just added @vidly video comments to socialwayne.com. Anybody want to test it out? Look for the red #vidly button -> http://bit.ly/4ZIXDJ Thx

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