Comments on: Avoid Social Media Wolf Calls http://www.bloggingtips.com/2009/04/21/avoid-social-media-wolf-calls/ Blog Themes, Blog Design & Daily Blog Tips Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:16:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: David Silversmith http://www.bloggingtips.com/2009/04/21/avoid-social-media-wolf-calls/#comment-324964 David Silversmith Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:53:02 +0000 http://www.bloggingtips.com/?p=6569#comment-324964 Kevin - and another great tip - keep the voting buttons OUTSIDE of the post and even better, below the article. Let the reader actually read the article - let them enjoy it. Once they have read your great ideas - then they are ready to think about voting you to the top! Kevin – and another great tip – keep the voting buttons OUTSIDE of the post and even better, below the article. Let the reader actually read the article – let them enjoy it. Once they have read your great ideas – then they are ready to think about voting you to the top!

]]> By: Kevin Muldoon http://www.bloggingtips.com/2009/04/21/avoid-social-media-wolf-calls/#comment-324963 Kevin Muldoon Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:28:32 +0000 http://www.bloggingtips.com/?p=6569#comment-324963 Very good article David. I'm not 100% sure if I have striked a perfect balance but I have always kept social voting buttons outside of the post itself. Rarst - Yes I might look into making the buttons all the same size. I could just use standard images which are all the same size but I am using the standard javascript for the digg and retweet buttons so that readers can see how many times the post has been voted. Very good article David. I'm not 100% sure if I have striked a perfect balance but I have always kept social voting buttons outside of the post itself.

Rarst – Yes I might look into making the buttons all the same size. I could just use standard images which are all the same size but I am using the standard javascript for the digg and retweet buttons so that readers can see how many times the post has been voted.

]]> By: David Silversmith http://www.bloggingtips.com/2009/04/21/avoid-social-media-wolf-calls/#comment-324962 David Silversmith Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:59:32 +0000 http://www.bloggingtips.com/?p=6569#comment-324962 Rarst - That's the way to run a blog or any website - respond to your readers/shopper/visitors. You tried out the AddThis link but you tracked it's use and then decided to phase it out. To me that is a successful test - you did not get the results you wanted - but you learned something about your readers. The editor of another blog I write at just pointed out to me that, in his words, "I had 4 images and 5 image sizes in a recent blog!" So, I'm apparently the last blogger on earth with the right to talk about uniform image size! Rarst – That's the way to run a blog or any website – respond to your readers/shopper/visitors.

You tried out the AddThis link but you tracked it's use and then decided to phase it out. To me that is a successful test – you did not get the results you wanted – but you learned something about your readers.

The editor of another blog I write at just pointed out to me that, in his words, "I had 4 images and 5 image sizes in a recent blog!" So, I'm apparently the last blogger on earth with the right to talk about uniform image size!

]]> By: Rarst http://www.bloggingtips.com/2009/04/21/avoid-social-media-wolf-calls/#comment-324958 Rarst Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:24:08 +0000 http://www.bloggingtips.com/?p=6569#comment-324958 BloggingTips may not overdo with quantity but those buttons could sure use some uniform size. :) I used to have AddThis link (not dynamic widget) on my posts but it was so rarely used by readers I just removed it. BloggingTips may not overdo with quantity but those buttons could sure use some uniform size. :)

I used to have AddThis link (not dynamic widget) on my posts but it was so rarely used by readers I just removed it.

]]> By: Sparky http://www.bloggingtips.com/2009/04/21/avoid-social-media-wolf-calls/#comment-324954 Sparky Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:22:01 +0000 http://www.bloggingtips.com/?p=6569#comment-324954 Thanks for the clarification. I was actually admiring the design of Blogging Tips when I came across your post. I guess I was confused because the article illustration was a clip from this site. I admit that I have seen sites that do not implement social media buttons very well. Thanks for the clarification. I was actually admiring the design of Blogging Tips when I came across your post. I guess I was confused because the article illustration was a clip from this site. I admit that I have seen sites that do not implement social media buttons very well.

]]> By: David Silversmith http://www.bloggingtips.com/2009/04/21/avoid-social-media-wolf-calls/#comment-324952 David Silversmith Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:34:14 +0000 http://www.bloggingtips.com/?p=6569#comment-324952 No I seriously think that Blogging Tips has a good balance of social media. 1 - The links only appear when you drill down to the article page. They don't appear, for example, on each article shown on the home page. 2 - The audience for Blogging Tips has a likelihood of using social media links to help promote stories. My thoughts are aimed at blogs that have dozens of these links on each page and are targeting audiences that I suspect are not likely to use many of them. I also think any blog owner should use the metrics to really know what is happening. If they are being clicked all day - then ignore me and add more! But if not - do you really need them all? No I seriously think that Blogging Tips has a good balance of social media.

1 – The links only appear when you drill down to the article page. They don't appear, for example, on each article shown on the home page.

2 – The audience for Blogging Tips has a likelihood of using social media links to help promote stories.

My thoughts are aimed at blogs that have dozens of these links on each page and are targeting audiences that I suspect are not likely to use many of them.

I also think any blog owner should use the metrics to really know what is happening. If they are being clicked all day – then ignore me and add more! But if not – do you really need them all?

]]> By: Sparky http://www.bloggingtips.com/2009/04/21/avoid-social-media-wolf-calls/#comment-324950 Sparky Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:27:39 +0000 http://www.bloggingtips.com/?p=6569#comment-324950 Out of curiosity, is this post supposed to be ironic or the beginning of a crusade to get BlogginTips to change their design? Or are you saying that every other site but this one should use social media buttons more judiciously? Out of curiosity, is this post supposed to be ironic or the beginning of a crusade to get BlogginTips to change their design? Or are you saying that every other site but this one should use social media buttons more judiciously?

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