Comments on: Easily Add Social Networking Profiles to Your WordPress Blog http://www.bloggingteacher.com/easily-add-social-networking-profiles-to-your-wordpress-blog Practical Blogging Tips You Can Use Today Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:12:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Tamahome Jenkins http://www.bloggingteacher.com/easily-add-social-networking-profiles-to-your-wordpress-blog/comment-page-1#comment-1833 Tamahome Jenkins Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:07:40 +0000 http://www.bloggingteacher.com/?p=1078#comment-1833 Those results make sense considering your social network links in the sidebar are overpowered by the enormous orange subscribe box. A better test would be to put the same social network icons in your sidebar, give them a dedicated link not used anywhere else, then check the results after about a month. In my experience, the links in my sidebar have performed better than when I had this plugin installed. Those results make sense considering your social network links in the sidebar are overpowered by the enormous orange subscribe box. A better test would be to put the same social network icons in your sidebar, give them a dedicated link not used anywhere else, then check the results after about a month. In my experience, the links in my sidebar have performed better than when I had this plugin installed.

]]> By: Paul Cunningham http://www.bloggingteacher.com/easily-add-social-networking-profiles-to-your-wordpress-blog/comment-page-1#comment-1826 Paul Cunningham Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:59:38 +0000 http://www.bloggingteacher.com/?p=1078#comment-1826 So about a week ago I decided to run a test on this. I cleared the stats on my Twitter profile redirect URL, and then set up each Twitter promo on the blog with a different redirect URL so that I could track them separately. The link published over on the left using the Cute Profiles plugin got 25 clicks, and the link published at the top of my sidebar got 31 clicks. However because that second link is also published elsewhere such as forums sigs and my About page, that makes the Cute Profiles one seem even more effective. Very interested result, considering the above comments. So about a week ago I decided to run a test on this. I cleared the stats on my Twitter profile redirect URL, and then set up each Twitter promo on the blog with a different redirect URL so that I could track them separately.

The link published over on the left using the Cute Profiles plugin got 25 clicks, and the link published at the top of my sidebar got 31 clicks. However because that second link is also published elsewhere such as forums sigs and my About page, that makes the Cute Profiles one seem even more effective.

Very interested result, considering the above comments.

]]> By: Tamahome Jenkins http://www.bloggingteacher.com/easily-add-social-networking-profiles-to-your-wordpress-blog/comment-page-1#comment-1708 Tamahome Jenkins Thu, 14 Jan 2010 23:01:59 +0000 http://www.bloggingteacher.com/?p=1078#comment-1708 I agree with Tom to an extent. I've noticed them before, but I usually just blow them off because of where it's located and the faintness of it. This might be good on a site that doesn't rely on social networking, but you need a more immersive experience if you're actually trying to engage people on your social networks. This kind of seems more like a billboard. It might catch the eye, but will people interact with it? I agree with Tom to an extent. I’ve noticed them before, but I usually just blow them off because of where it’s located and the faintness of it. This might be good on a site that doesn’t rely on social networking, but you need a more immersive experience if you’re actually trying to engage people on your social networks. This kind of seems more like a billboard. It might catch the eye, but will people interact with it?

]]> By: Paul Cunningham http://www.bloggingteacher.com/easily-add-social-networking-profiles-to-your-wordpress-blog/comment-page-1#comment-1707 Paul Cunningham Thu, 14 Jan 2010 12:45:36 +0000 http://www.bloggingteacher.com/?p=1078#comment-1707 Sure. There is a lot more you can do to make them stand out visually, such as change the plugin settings, add some custom CSS, or set them against a different color background. I'm testing them for a while here but I have a new design coming soon anyway that will better highlight my own profiles :-) Sure. There is a lot more you can do to make them stand out visually, such as change the plugin settings, add some custom CSS, or set them against a different color background.

I’m testing them for a while here but I have a new design coming soon anyway that will better highlight my own profiles :-)

]]> By: Tom | Build That List http://www.bloggingteacher.com/easily-add-social-networking-profiles-to-your-wordpress-blog/comment-page-1#comment-1706 Tom | Build That List Thu, 14 Jan 2010 12:35:51 +0000 http://www.bloggingteacher.com/?p=1078#comment-1706 They look really cool, but I didn't even notice them until you pointed them out. Which makes me think that if people do not noticed them, then maybe they will not be effective. They look really cool, but I didn’t even notice them until you pointed them out. Which makes me think that if people do not noticed them, then maybe they will not be effective.

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