13 Facebook Applications to Promote Your Blog
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Do you own a Facebook and a blog? If so, think you’re going to enjoy this week’s discussion. Thanks to S.Pradeep Kumar for bringing up the question during his visit at 16 Social Bookmarking Plugins to Promote Your Post. I’ve started a little journey digging through Facebook in past weeks, hoping to find some relevant ideas on how to promote your blog using Facebook applications. Before we’re getting into any of those, make sure you fill up as much information on your Facebook Profile as possible — digital name card for first timers:
13 Facebook Applications To Promote Your Blog
There are ways to frequent your blog’s visibility within Facebook network. Do bear in mind you don’t have to use ALL of them or keep your Wall busy with all the blog updates – especially if you are a productive daily-blog-poster. It may get a little annoyed and your friends may secretly switch off your news feed reminder so be smart on picking the ones that suit your network.
Basic Features:
1. Links & Updates
- Share your blog / post link with your friends to have them feedback or comment on it. Or easier, announce an update to have them all aware of the blog launch. Just a snap!
2. Notes
- Copy and paste your individual blog articles or import the entire blog feed into Notes so your friends can read them, either through link sharing or by tagging them. They can spread the notes on your behalf or comment on it as well. The notes can be viewed in Full or Compact (shown in pic) mode.
Blog/Posts Exposures via Additional Applications:
- Facebook Fan Pages can be a good idea for blog promoting when:
a. You plan to keep your personal Facebook account separated from your blogging community.
b. You can have discussion board, customized applications while sending email updates to ALL fans, as I like to call them supporters instead.
I have just setup my blog’s Facebook Page. Hope to see you guys there!
Suggested Read: you may be interested in 16 Facebook Applications to Boost Popularity of Facebook Fan Page
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- The most-used application to promote your blog on Facebook with the ability to network with other blogs easily through ‘follow’ option. Followers can post comment, rate the blog and enjoy meeting other followers. Not to mention it equips the ability to autopost from multiple blogs to your Facebook Page too! I had my Social @ Blogging Tracker all fixed up in NetworkedBlogs. It’ll be a privilege to see you there!
You can have your networked blogs visible at the sidebar, underneath your Facebook Profile or on your Facebook Pages. Displaying yours and other blogs you’ve joined or liked, served as an active blogroll apart from blog promotion.
5. Social RSS
- Provide RSS feed subscription for your blog through Facebook. Make your Social RSS visible by setting it appeared as box tab or at the sidebar. Tag the RSS with a familiar name like ‘blog’ so others will notice. Configure and fill up the required fields before activate it. The feeds will update automatically in accordance to your latest post.
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Add To Info
Add To Facebook Profile
- Display your latest or chosen posts with or without graphic on your Facebook Profile (box tab or sidebar) or on Facebook Page. Normally latest posts will be displayed on your Facebook Wall as well if you preset it. Visibility is what Simplaris Blogcast do best, however the updating is quite slow sometimes and require manually setup (free version).
Indirect Methods:
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- How about a little indirect method to promote your main site via ‘Blog’ on Facebook? This application allows you to blog directly on Facebook – by unmark the ‘private’ option you can make the post public in ‘Explore’ section to whoever is using the application. Extra audiences, why not? An idea I picked up from those who are using Tumblr and Posterous to promote their main blog.
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- The efficiency of writing a post on Blog Box (similar to no.7: Blog) or import from your existing blog. If for the latter, it will update every 6 hours checking for new post on your main site. Unless you prefer to spend some dime on Pro version that may save time on the updating, for me that’s unnecessary. Blog Box is said to be visible outside Facebook too, so people can add your blog to Google Reader freely.
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- Ability to inter-posting between your social media sites and Facebook. Choices ranging from microblogging to various types of blogging platforms. I’m more into using it for microblogging instead of blog posts but that’s just the matter of preferences. Some similarities shown as Mirror Blog application.
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- The ability to display content from your Tumblr blog on your Facebook profile. If you own a Tumblr blog this application is worth a shot.
Extra Facebook Features:
- Create a group that you’re passionate about and have like-minded people to join in. Have on-going and active discussions, connect with members often. You may even find some new members interested in your writings too.
12. Facebook Ads
- If you’re willing to pay for publicity, another idea is via Facebook Ads. You can create a campaign to drive in traffic to your website or your well-known Facebook Page and more. The idea of reaching out to targeted readers varied by age, location, interests is what Facebook Ads do best.
13. Social Media Integration
- Ever since Facebook has decided to open up and willing to integrate with other social media and microblogging sites, sharing a blog post or promotion has never been easier. Through a well-written post you can gain massive exposure on Facebook when blog readers submit your post to: Digg, Stumbleupon, Delicious, Twitter and have it shown on their Facebook Wall ! As you’ve noticed I’ve tried a few on my Facebook, along with LinkedIn account info and Twitter updates:
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b. LinkedIn
Now It’s Your Turn…
If you have any experience gaining popularity to your blog using Facebook applications, feel free to share in the comment section. If it’s relevant I’ll be including it in the post and credit you a mention.
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I have used facebook pages for my blog and i have liked the response form readers. It is the best way to connect, better than groups.
NetworkedBlogs blogs makes ot easier to post your latest posts to your facebook page.
Gautam,
You have an impressive Facebook page. I just joined as a member. ^^ Your achievement really prompts me to speed up my facebook page release. Do you have any advise on when’s the right time to release? or the earlier the better?
Great post as always – I think many bloggers will find it useful.
.-= Maris´s last blog ..7 Hot Portable Fitness Tracking Devices =-.
Maris,
Oh I sure hope so. ^^ I know it’s far from perfect so I do hope more experts can jump in and give more insightful ideas on how to use Facebook properly. Apart from networking alone, maybe there’s some hidden treasures within?
Do you own a facebook account? If yes hope to see you there.
I have personally never been a member of Facebook simply because everyone else is. A bit immature, I know.
But do you feel it is a good idea to spread your links to Facebook? Personally I always try to separate work (blogging) and friends. I guess it could depend on what reasons you use Facebook for, but most of my friends only use it to see what their friends are doing.
.-= Stefan´s last blog ..Get People to Work For Free =-.
Stefan,
I know, I had the same feeling about Twitter before I joined. It’s like ‘So what?’ type of feeling.. ha.. that’s normal.
That’s true, which is why I don’t recommend using all the applications above but choosing what’s right in accordance to the purpose of your facebook. For mine, the main priority is to connect with blogger friends. Although I think one or two blog-related link sharing will be fine, not overdoing it.
Sometimes I wonder shall I post a blog-discussion within? That’s the time when I thought of using Facebook Page instead which sounds more appropriate.
Wow ! Great applications Ching Ya !
And I glad to see, that I use almost every applications mentioned here ! Hurray !
.-= S.Pradeep Kumar´s last blog ..Female Bloggers Who Commented In This Blog =-.
S.Pradeep,
Thank you so much! I think you’ve initiated a good request that makes me think about optimizing Facebook fully. I really enjoying trying out the apps, a good lesson. ^^
Great seeing you on Facebook by the way.
This is excellent advice. Thanks so much for posting. You did some great facebook research.
.-= Dee´s last blog ..Links for 2009-10-06 [Digg] =-.
Dee,
Appreciate the kind words. ^^ Not too thoroughly though, hope others can make it more complete by sharing their knowledge in Facebook apps. Nice to meet you, hope to see you here often.
Really good post! One thing I missed (in this article and your blog in general;)… Facebook Connect… So comments in your blog also appear on the profile of the users that commented… And in the newsfeed of all their contacs… So not only you but also your readers promote your blog (at least those who make a comment;)…
@Gautam… We made the same experience with different projects… The interaction rate usally is much higher on a facebook page than in a group or often even than in the blog of the original posting…
Felix,
Thank you so much for the heads up! I haven’t really tried Facebook Connect though. Would love to test it out asap!
Appreciate you sharing your Facebook experience and I think this is a valuable find for me. Another score goes to Facebook page. ^^
Do visit again sometimes.
Great info here Ching Ya.
Really need to focus more on Facebook. Got a lot of great info from friends lately on this topic.
I have just not spent enough time of Facebook. And I have to admit that I did not use all apps you mentioned here. Guess I will have to work on that.
I used the Notes option but did not like it, was just TMI on my Facebook profile. Did not want my family and friends to get that many updates on my blog as it turned out to be.
Think I might have done something wrong. I wanted all my updates to be reflected on my fan page, not my private profile.
So need to look into someone that has some basic Facebook training on using Fan pages.. and the features you mentioned here..
Cheers.. Are
.-= Are Morch´s last blog ..6 Simple Ways Finding Targeted Twitter Followers =-.
Are,
Thanks so much for visiting! ^^
Yes, that’s right. I need to work on Facebook Page as well. It’s great to have some info on the personal Facebook but we all know there’s a limit to what to be shared with our friends. I will try to dig deeper in Facebook Page, perhaps in coming post.
Great post, I was playing around with these throughout most of the morning..thanks..now I need to stay late to get my work finished.
The problems with Facebook is I see so many ways to update it, that often times I am flooding my wall with way too much info.
.-= Justin´s last blog ..Tweetup to Space, courtesy of NASA! =-.
Welcome Justin,
I’m so sorry you’ve delayed your work for trying out the apps. ^^ Honored, but I really hope you manage to finish your work in time without staying too late.
Yes, you’re right. Never include ALL the apps. The functions are more or less the same, unless you wish to diversify them in facebook pages or Networkedblogs, groups etc. For now I think RSS and Networkedblogs can update my blog post efficiently.
Do share what works best for you. Would love to get more feedbacks. Thanks so much for visiting!
Hi Ching ya
I am new to blogging and i never knew that we can promote our blog from facebook so much .
Thanks
.-= Sunny Bhasin´s last blog ..Why Tech18.com?? =-.
Sunny,
Welcome to my humble blog. ^^ I hope you get to try some apps mentioned in the post. Which do you think can work best for your Facebook account?
Thanks for visiting. I remember how I started blogging, so do drop me a message if you need some blogging assistance. I’m no expert, but will try my best to help out. Best wishes!
As i have opened my account recently so i feel using Simplaris Blogcast will make others visit my site and all others method can be implemented only if i have huge friends networks
Am i wright?? 
Sunny,
Not exactly. You can start to implement them on your site regardless having a huge network or not. Visibility is the idea.
Networkedblog, Notes & RSS are very effective in auto updating blog post in my opinion. Simplaris maybe slightly slower from my experience, but it has a few options on how you like to display it on your Facebook.
The only way to find out, is try using it. ^^ You’ll discover which works best for you and your network.
Hey .
Thanks for this wonderful post .. I am not at all a face book fan …. but with this I am thinking of starting a face book account soon .
Thanks for the review …
.-= Sudeep´s last blog ..Dietary Fats : Pros and Cons =-.
Sudeep,
No problem. Take your time and get used to the basic function first. ^^ There’s always first time for everything. Great seeing you on LinkedIn too. Perhaps one day we get to connect in Facebook page as well.
Excellent list, haven’t used Facebook too much for website promotion, but will need to start.
.-= FAQPAL´s last blog ..Date Display Technique with Sprites =-.
Faqpal,
Good to hear. ^^ Hopefully you’ll have great fun testing out the apps. Best wishes.
I think you pretty much covered it all. I had no idea facebook had all those features. Very good information. Thanks for posting. The screenshots were a big help as well.
Hi Roschelle,
It’s nice to meet you here. ^^ Glad you enjoy the post. I learned quite a lot myself and was amazed how many apps there are. Quite a lot of similarities but just like any other social media applications, we got to find the one that best fits our purpose.
Hope you get to try some. Do visit again sometimes! Take care.
Sham,
It’s ok, I too was never too indulge in Facebook apps before this. Never too late to try. ^^ Remember to use the suitable ones only so not to annoy your friends with lots of blog updates.
Hi,
Thumbs up for this post, excellent covering of Facebook application for SEO concerns. I will be using the ones you mentioned which I dont like BlogBox and TumbleLog…
Thank you for sharing.
- J.
.-= James Parker´s last blog ..SEO Coupled with Website Design and Development =-.
James,
Appreciate you stopping by. Hopefully you get to find some useful ones for your Facebook account. Do share which one you prefer best, thanks.
Hi Ching Ya,
You did covered a quite good stuff in your article. Thanks for that.
What do you think about sending mails from your Facebook account for your groups or pages, to your friends?
Thanks again & keep up the good stuff!
Tushar,
For me I would inform them about the launching of my Facebook page (just did) or group from my account, think that’s ok if one doesn’t sound pushy. ^^ After that I would prefer to separate certain updates between Facebook page and personal account, that’s the plan.
i love you Intelligent posts, Actually I got some promotion for my blogs by posting on fans pages, really cool thing to do!
.-= Hesham´s last blog ..Back into Blogging Biz from my small Hotel Room! =-.
Hesham,
Great to see you’re back online! ^^ Hope things are doing well for you in US.
That’s a big encouragement. I’m glad the Facebook Page has brought you some positive results. Something that I really hope to make it happen with mine. Looking forward to connect with you there. Enjoy!
Thanks for this valuable Information! After such a useful post, I am looking forward to gain more loyal readers for my blog from FaceBook!
.-= Tech-Freak Stuff´s last blog ..Did your WordPress Blog ever go Blank? Not yet? But, It can happen with you too, So be prepared for it! =-.
Tech-Freak Stuff,
May we all give Facebook and our blogs a chance in this. ^^ Hope to hear good news from your Facebook participation. There’s always first time for everything. All the best!
Thanks for your Good wishes and I am happy to tell you that your tips have helped me get good readers just in the span of 3-4 days! I am happy that you made me known about these application. Thanks a lot!
.-= Tech-Freak Stuff´s last blog ..The most Hilarious and Geeky Emails regarding WOMEN =-.
Wonderful job! I’m sure you’ve put some efforts in promoting as well. Way to go!
Great post Ching Ya!
This is my first time hanging out on your blog since our informal meeting on http://www.40tech.com. I like what you’ve got going here and plan to keep this post as an easy reference for my business clients.
Thanks for doing the legwork!
Bobby,
Welcome! Honored to have you visit here.
Oh, don’t mention it! I have all the fun writing about it. Thanks in advance, guess the legwork is well worth it.
I love your site, very informative and insightful. Learned so much from you guys!
Appreciate your visit! See you again soon.
Hi Ching. Welcome back. I still can’t quite figure out, why I am not an avid facebook user (yet). I do have an account but I am still not quite there yet. These apps for FB will certainly make it easier for me to participate more actively on the community. You are right though about not overdoing it, and so I will be looking at these apps closely and see which ones, can work for me:) Yet another Echo bound post… whew.. might as well, put your logo on my blog, haha
.-= DiTesco´s last blog ..How To Become A Better Blogspot User? =-.
DiTesco,
You’re always a joy to have here. Thanks so much for your kind words. ^^
If you ever thought about building your network through Facebook, be sure to give me a shout. Always great to see more familiar faces there. Perhaps we can help out each other too. That’s the beauty of networking.
You just reminded me, I ought to have a blog logo. lol.. the blue bird has been there long enough, grabbing all the attention.
See you soon!
Hi Ching Ya,
I never knew there are so many tools, Only thing I used to use was Networked Blogs but thanks to your article, I can make most out of Facebook.
.-= Rohit Langde´s last blog ..Try and run Software Applications without actually installing them =-.
Rohit,
Welcome, it’s nice to know you. ^^
NetworkedBlog is one of my favorites. I like the layout, the integration with Facebook page makes all the updating easy and quick. RSS is also fantastic. Hopefully you get to pick some new ones from the post and try them out. Let me know the outcome.
Hope to see you here again.
Very good post, I am not using many of them but now I will surely try them out. Thanks for sharing.
very informative blog
. Keep it up .
.-= Ruchi´s last blog ..Essential Digital PR Tools =-.
Ruchi,
Thanks for visiting. Nice knowing you. ^^ I’m glad you find this post useful somehow. Appreciate the visit. Take care.
Although I have a Facebook page I’ve not really used it to promote my blog. It certainly is something to keep in mind though, especially now that I have all these tips at hand. Thanks Ching Ya
.-= Sire´s last blog ..A Poem For Halloween The Night Of Frights =-.
Sire,
You do? Wonder how do you go about with it? I believe several apps can be a big help. I’m testing out mine as well, I’m like a kid indulging in a new toy. lol.. having fun but also, another new challenge awaits — time management and new networking plans. phew.. it never ends isn’t it?
Will be great seeing you in Facebook too.
I’m there alright, but am using my real name instead of Sire.
.-= Sire´s last blog ..A Poem For Halloween The Night Of Frights =-.
thanks a bunch Ching Ya for this excellent post…i m blogging since few months but trying to learn tricks of the trade since less than one month so u can say i m newbie at blogging…i created a facebook account but dont have any friend there/sad…what to do?
.-= shabnamahsan´s last blog ..Programming C#: Building .NET Applications with C# =-.
Shabnamahsan,
First of all, welcome to blogging and thanks for visiting my humble blog. ^^
Great, at least you’ve started to create a FB account. That’s a big step. All networking needs to start with something, have you tried to invite people or friends to your network? Sometimes a little initiative may change the situation.
I noticed you have quite some visitors to your site, how about a post or a sidebar widget to attract their attentions?
Worth a shot, you know. ^^
My follow friday on my blog today explains why I follow this blog. Great work. You can see the post here.
http://www.abloggersbooks.com/2009/10/my-follow-friday-social-blogging.html
.-= Anne Lyken-Garner´s last blog ..My Follow Friday – Social @ Blogging Tracker =-.
Thank you so much Anne,
You’ve made my day! What a delightful surprise and a present. I’m grateful to your support and sharing it with your readers. So sweet of you!
Good job on your new site! You have quite a big audience for it. Certainly a lady with many talents. Amazing! Have lots to learn from you.
Best wishes in your career~
I don’t use Facebook pages, but this post is helpful to anyone who does.
.-= Rose´s last blog ..Proper Blogging Etiquette- Generic Comments =-.
Rose,
Thank you Rose, hopefully it can really help others in their Facebook networking. Do let me know if you ever plan to try, we can connect then. ^^
What great suggestions on using Facebook to promote your blog. I really liked the ideas and I will have to try them out soon. I really appreciate your research.
.-= bloggerspayback Dan´s last blog ..Blogging – Simple Method to Make Money Online by Blogging =-.
Dan,
Thank you, do share with us your findings after the testing. Hope you enjoy your stay here. Do visit often.
Nice roundup, I even find Facebook is far more better than Google Friend Connect, Blog Catalog, MyBlogLog or any site else. Consider to spend more time on Facebook and using some applications here for my blog.
.-= Phaoloo´s last blog ..10 Best Free Tools To Learn A Foreign Language More Effective =-.
Phaoloo,
Thank you for visiting. ^^ Nice meeting you.
I have tried several ones you mentioned here, I admit not yet given my all to them, however I find Facebook has much higher potentials probably due to its reputation as the most-used social media of all time.
Do visit again, best wishes!
Great post. Got to agree with you on this. Facebook has actually helped me in the growth of my blog. Hope for greater growth in the future! Keeping my fingers crossed on this one
.-= Kiran´s last blog ..Beyonce’ “I am…” World Tour =-.
Kiran,
Great to hear that! Facebook is a great networking platform. A little strategy on the apps may give our blogs some exposures, without ruining the purpose of networking.
Hey Ching Landed here from PB forum and must say a great and useful article for all bloggers. This one deserve a tweet
.-= Harsh Agrawal´s last blog ..Free WordPress Theme VS Premium WordPress Theme =-.
Harsh,
Thanks so much for visiting and the tweet. I’m glad this post can be of some help to those who need it.
This list can be somehow helpful to me.. I wasnt really much into promoting using Facebook but I think with your list, I need to start doing some promotions now..
.-= Melvin´s last blog ..The Best Birthday Gift For the Girl I Care =-.
Melvin,
That’s good news! Do let us know which application works best for you. It’s always challenging at the first place, but never tried never know. Wish you all the best.
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Wowzers! I didn’t realize there were so many ways to promote on facebook. Thanks for sharing this list an making it so user friendly. Most often we just list resources, but having the image along side it makes figuring things out so much more easier.e
.-= Ms. Freeman´s last blog ..My Current Scheduling Application-Genbook =-.
Ms. Freeman,
Thank you for visiting. I’m glad the images can give you some pointers on how the app works. Did you manage to apply any on your FB? Love to hear your feedback. Do visit again.
Hello Ching Ya,
These are helpful tips. I usually make use of the buttons from the writing sites I am a member of. But my blog posts however are not shown automatically of course, i was thinking of looking for an application at FB that could do this for me.
I’ll try to evaluate those you recommend and see if they’re useful for me. Cheers.
.-= Jena Isle´s last blog ..The Inspirational Book is Finally Here =-.
Jena,
I would recommend using Networkedblogs as not only you get to have your site promoted, but also configured as the blog post automatically publish on your FB account/page. You’re going to love it.
Will be anticipating your feedback. Enjoy!
By the way, I was given the heads up by Ditesco in his blog post.
.-= Jena Isle´s last blog ..The Inspirational Book is Finally Here =-.
That’s great! ^^ Great knowing you, Jena. And thanks so much for commenting.
DiTesco, thanks a bunch my friend.
I’m a bit wary of using Facebook too much for blog promotion – maybe because I’ve not mastered them yet? But here you have lots of useful ways to do it other than posting FB updates. Valuable tips you’ve covered. Will try some of these this week. Thanks!
.-= jan geronimo´s last blog ..Speed Limit: 500 Words =-.
Jan,
Great to have you here. The apps are making updating a lot easier, just go easy on them. Make your best pick. Glad you enjoy the post. See you!
another great article from chingya… I guess i need to activate my facebook again…
Sernan,
By all means, please do. ^^ Facebook may not be suitable for everyone, but definitely worth a try though. It’s still a networking platform, so I would suggest to determine your FB goal first and decide how not to annoy your personal, real life friends from all those blog updates. Best wishes.
Ching Ya,
I have activated (again)my FB and most of my articles got hits from FB. Your tips above really worked, i still need to explore some of the items above. Great Job!
.-= sernan´s last blog ..Failed I do’s =-.
Sernan,
That’s wonderful. I’m happy for you! ^^ Keep it up and make full use of your network.
Hm.. I just use 3-4 method.
FB is now a good tools for promoting your link .
Thank wchingya for share this..
Poorblogger,
Welcome. More may not be merrier, but picking the right one sure will do the trick.
Really Nice post.
I am not using most of them, are you using all of them and how much is it helping you out ?
.-= Ruchi´s last blog ..How to perform Split Test? =-.
Ruchi,
As of now, I’m enjoying the links/updates, Social RSS, Notes, Networkedblog & Fan Pages — great for updating blog posts and providing me platform(s) to communicate with Facebook users. So far so good.
I am currently using networked blogs. I am getting some traffic through it.
.-= Millionaire Acts´s last blog ..Different Types of Investors =-.
Millionaire Acts,
That’s good news, congrats! ^^ Can you share with us how did you utilize this application to earn you the traffic?
Hi Ching Ya,
I have used Social RSS and Blog It, these two tools are quite attractive to me. In fact, social rss is great one.
- J.
.-= James Parker´s last blog ..Tips To Design An Eye-Catchy Website =-.
Hi James,
Social RSS is auto updated and I enjoy using it as well. Convenient. You should try Networkedblog as well, the updating is equally impressive while you’ll able to follow blogs you like.
I am using networked blog and facebook fan page…These are quite useful if not now ..will be v useful in future
.-= Ankit´s last blog ..how to fix damaged hair =-.
Ankit,
Nice choices. Those are my picks as well. ^^ All the best in making the full use out of Facebook.
Hi Ching Ya!
Found this article throught the PB forum.
I did not know there were so many ways to promote through facebook. I found a couple ways on my own – so now I know who to ask if I have questions
Nice job!
.-= Malini´s last blog ..Are we poor? =-.
Malini,
Pleasure to meet you. Thank you for coming all the way from PB forum. ^^ I’m so glad you liking the post and found some new info in it. Hope to see you here again soon.
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Hi Ching Ya,
i am visiting first time here, this is realy good post i am using few of list but i think i have to try other also
Mostlyblog,
Yes, please do. Hopefully you get to pick some of your favorites among the choices. Enjoy! ^^
I need to spend some more time utilizing facebook to promote my blog. I really haven’t explored that avenue much and I am so appreciative of the great tips you so frequently provide.
Jay,
It means so much to hear that from you. It’s motivating and I’m grateful. ^^ I will support your decision on trying out Facebook, see you there?
I am not getting any exposure from networked blog…what is an alternative to it?
- J.
J, have you tried Facebook Page yet? It’s another choice if you’d like to promote to the right audiences, that is. Try to inform your commenters about your newly setup fan page and have them participate in it.
Hi,
Yes, I tried the page too and as compared with other options the FB page is good. Thank you for a nice suggestion.
- J.
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Thanks Ching Ya – so much information. I have never used Facebook to promote my blog, opting to keep my FB page personal. I am just getting back to blogging after a short break, but if I decide to ramp things up and start a FB page for my blog, this info will be so useful!
x
.-= Michelle´s last blog ..How does your garden grow? =-.
I’m amazed, Ching Ya. I don’t know how you find the time to provide excellent in-depth info like this. I just switched to NetworkedBlogs as it had more features than the previous app… and I only stumbled upon it through a colleague’s site.
.-= Meryl K Evans´s last blog ..How Muscle Memory Affects Writing =-.
Gr8 Ching Ya. The post is excellent. I will try all those. Thanks for sharing the wonderful article.
.-= Pavan Somu´s last blog ..Scans Your Computer Hardware For Updates =-.
Nice collection, Ching Ya. I prefer Facebook Page than NetworkedBlogs, as the former is more flexible, easier to send requests and better to manage.
Welcome Joseph,
I agree, especially when you have a group of people who are into what you’re sharing. I’ll say Facebook Page is simply fantastic and great networking tools, definitely an easier application to manage.
Hope to see you here again.
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Very useful information on facebook applications i haven’t know all of them. Thanks for sharing this with us
.-= Vivek´s last blog ..10 WordPress Plugins Used For Managing Google Adsense =-.
Vivek,
Thank you for the comment. Have you been trying some of them as we speak? Do share your experience on the apps.
At this level, this list has got the quality to get blogs promoted very well.
Spot on guys.
SEO Manchester,
Thank you for your kind words. I hope they helped in your blog promoting with Facebook. ^^
I tried the Free Version of Social RSS and Believe me it takes too much time to fetch the latest feeds from Blog.
BTW Nice list, I’ll try out Blog It and Network Blogs Apps
Thanks and Wishes
.-= Mrinmay Bhattacharjee (mrintech)´s last blog ..Best Collection of Aero Wallpapers for your Desktop! =-.
Mrintech,
Thank you for the feedback. Yes, I do find sometimes there’s a delay for Social RSS.
For now I’m using it at the sidebar while NetworkedBlog updates on wall posts. It worked well for the time being.
Thanks for visiting!
Great article,
here is another facebook application i use to promote my blogs and twitter. The application was done by “Bloghology Network for Bloggers”
check it out
http://www.bloghology.org
Vasilis,
Thanks for the suggestion. I’ve never tried that before, will head over for a look.
Thanks for visiting.
You are a professional and thanks for that.
I/we teach folks to be a pro in our system.
Way too many folks don’t get that coming straight at folks with your productor, service or prelaunch of the week …etc…simply truns folks off.
You add value in your way with good teaching.
I’ve realized since I’m free at home for the last 6 months that is the only way others will interact with us.
We must learn,do , then teach and connect to like minded folks and this takes patience and consistency in what your information teaches.
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Welcome Nicholas,
Nice meeting you here!
You shared a very important point that made me think: To educate others and encouraging usage for mutual benefits — that’s very true. I remember some blogger friends who never tried Twitter/Facebook finally started to sign up after we ‘nagged’ them time after time how helpful the tools are, which is wonderful!
That’s what I love about info-sharing. The world is so much different now — to give/share will help both us and others to work towards productivity. I’m no pro, just a lady who’s so excited about social media and meeting like-minded people. ^^
Thanks again for your kind feedback. Hope I get to see you here often. Best wishes in the new year!
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Cool! Hey, thanks for letting us know about these. I only knew of a couple of the applications, and am trying to promote my blog as much as possible. Thanks for the help!
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Well, how fun, Ching Ya! I’m sitting here hitting the old Stumble Upon button on Weblogs, and up pops this post of yours!
I’m going to give it a Thumbs up!
xo
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Thank you for sharing a summary of Apps. I love to social media and that is why I like your list very much.
I already know about some applications but after reading this article, I am going with full tool of social marketing.
Thank
Very good Research Ching……
No doubt Facebook is becoming the next twitter and is a lifeline for bloggers but facebook is so varied and there are so many features that it beocmes difficult to explore……
Thnx for exploring them and sharing ur knowledge with us
Facebook Ads : “The idea of reaching out to targeted readers varied by age, location, interests is what Facebook Ads do best.”
This is an overlooked gold mine – compared to Google adwords, Facebook ads are far cheaper and there is more search traffic on Facebook than there is on Google.
See this page
http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2009/03/11/facebook-can-drive-more-traffic-than-google
Also you can specify exact targets e.g. only people who are 40 and are non graduates – now that is targeting! For example if you wanted to target people who are coming up to a special birthday etc.
Dear; Chingya
Your Facebook application is very good and I appreciate your application. Its usefull for facebook user good job keep going. Thankx for your Sharing.
Thank you so much for the info Chingya. Facebook can be so useful and can make or break your promotion campaign. I also found that connecting personally with other bloggers in your niche is extremely useful because you can learn from them and you can even maybe create blog networks and joint ventures with them
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Thank you for sharing these resources. Hopefully I can use them to promote my new blog to prominence!
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Dear; Chingya you done an awesome job and I hope you give this type of great ideas in a future thanks.
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From the 4th down to the 13th, I started feeling the effects of information overload. Wow, this is just too much cool information for one setting. Just a few days ago I have connected my blog to facebook through the Notes application. Stumbling upon this post showed me 12 more ways! Thanks Chingya.
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I think you really professional with the information.Social Marketing information on this spread,so that the sharing of information with the friendship is what many in the Internet world.
This was spread on Facebook, I admit that Facebook can be useful, it can make or break the program, it’s a personal connection with other bloggers in your niche is extremely useful because you can learn from them and you can even create blog networks and joint ventures with them.
I appreciate your Facebook application is great, and you continue to keep this good work.thanks so much for sharing.
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Great post, there were a few applications in there that I haven’t heard about that I’ll have to check out for sure!!
In my research I haven’t found a single application that works well with automatic updating to the newsfeed and wall; it takes anywhere from several hours to a whole week until the latest blog entry shows up. What I do for my own page is use Networked Blogs (for the added exposure) so that my latest blog entries are permanently visible on the page, but I don’t have it set to automatic publishing – instead I advertise my latest blog-entries manually via status-uppdates. This way I guarantee immediate publishing, plus I often add a charming catch-phrase or question in the status to go with the link, which I find gets more attention.
This is great information. I’ve been looking for ways to push my Facebook to another level. Looking forward to getting more fans to my pages.