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Adding Extra Social Media Connections With The Facebook Like Box  By Dave Taylor I've been inspired by your Facebook fan page, Dave, and have one of my own. Now that I have it, though, I'd like to be able to inclue a "like" box on my blog so that people not only see a link to the fan page, but see a few members, etc. I have seen it done on other blogs but can't figure out what they did. Is it a Wordpress plugin? Dave's Answer: This is something I've been thinking about adding to my site too, so your timing is good: it spurred me into exploring and figuring out the solution. Turns out that the capability to add a little mini-Facebook area to your blog (or any other page you manage, of course) is built-in to Facebook, but it's a bit tricky to find and, more likely than not, it'll move by the time you change it as the UI is ever-evolving. No Wordpress plug-in required! What I'm assuming is that you aren't interested in just a "Like" button, but in something that's more sophisticated and useful to your potential fans, something where they'll see it, read through what's there, and click on "join" or "like" and join your Facebook family too. Hope I'm right! :-) To start, go to Facebook and log in to your account. Now, on the left side, click on:  Once you click on "Ads and Pages" you'll see a list of the pages you're administering. Mine looks like this:  As you can see in the highlight, you want to click on "Edit Page" here. Now, scroll down and look on the right side for the following:  That's what we want. Click on it and if you're like me, you'll see a very slick ad box for someone else's fan page. Not sure what's up with that, but we'll fix it to reference my fan page in a second. For now, here's what you'll see: Continue reading this article. About the author: Dave Taylor is known as an expert on both business and technology issues. Holder of an MSEd and MBA, author of twenty books and founder of four startups, he also runs a marketing company and consults with firms seeking the best approach to working with weblogs and social networks. Dave is an award-winning speaker and frequent guest on radio and podcast programs. AskDaveTaylor.com http://www.intuitive.com/blog/ |
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