A Facebook “Like Box” on your website is a great way to increase the number of people who “like” your Facebook Page (these instructions are for sharing your “Page,” not your personal “Profile” account) by allowing them do so right from your WordPress website. In this post, we have shown two options to get the “like” box on your site. One is a simple Facebook “like” box and the other a tabbed container for Facebook “likes,” Twitter feed and RSS combined.
Here are the steps for adding just a Like Box to your website. I am assuming that you already have a Facebook Page set up for your business or event. If you don’t have a WordPress site, the concept will be the same, but the directions to adding it to your site will different. [click to continue…]
In addition to the May 19th ‘Get Yourself a Free WordPress.com’ Workshop, New Tricks is excited to offer the following workshops as part of our ‘Tricks of the Trade Tuesdays’ series:
June 2nd – 9 – 10 am – Getting the Most out of your Graphics – $25
A picture IS worth a thousand words. We’ll share some of our secrets for creating a great looking blog. Little tweaks that go a long way - like touching up photos, resizing and adding layers to graphics, and great sites for finding free photo images.
June 16th – 9 – 11 am – $ 25 – Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
Learn how to maximize your SEO. Whether you’re a part-time blogger or business owner, this class will provide you with SEO skills to drive traffic to your site.
June 30th – 9 – 11 am – $25 – Social Networking isn’t Scary
You have a business to run and just when you thought you were okay with the computer, e-mail and website… everyone started talking about interactivity, search engine optimization with blogs, social network marketing using things like Facebook… and what the heck is Twitter??? Spend the morning with us – we’ll take the fear out of it all.
Sign up for any of the workshops at our Events page.
Look for even more workshops in July including a repeat of the ‘Get Yourself a Free WordPress.com Blog’ course and ‘What’s the Difference in WordPress.com and WordPress.org?’.
