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Jan 14, 2010

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How to Socialize your Browser, Streamline your life

How to Socialize your Browser, Streamline your life
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There are many different ways to update your social networks, but some are much easier than others. This post is designed to be a guide on how to share content with various social networks with just a few clicks.

One of the main reasons people use as an excuse not to get involved with social media is that “I simply don’t have the time”.

Well, after you read this post there will be NO excuse as to why you are not sharing the content that you consume on a daily basis with the various social media networks you may or may not be a part of.

It is time to streamline

Copying links, venturing to the site, logging in, pasting your link, and clicking update are a thing of the past. There are tools out there that will facilitate the ability your ability to share content without having to venture to them.

Enter Browser plugins, They have been around a long time but are rarely adopted by people because they simply don’t know that they exist. So if you have ever been doing something online and thought “There has GOT to be a better way“, there probably is. Do a quick search for what your problem is and add the word plugin to it. You will be amazed at how many free plugins exist out there to suite many needs.

Don’t work harder, Work SMARTER, stupid.

Plugins that facilitate Social Sharingsharethis

Shareaholic – A browser plugin that is

Hootsuite – A bookmarklet from Hootsuite. This is my personal favorite sharing tool.

Sharethis – Another Bookmarklet that allows sharing across multiple sites.

There are likely many more plugins out there. These are the best that I have found on my journeys through the interwebs.

How to socialize your browser

  1. Download FireFox or Google chrome
  2. Go to sharethis.com and/or shareaholic.com.
  3. For sharethis you will need to drag the bookmarklet to your Favoites bar in your browser.
  4. For shareaholic you are going to download the firefox or chrome extension.
  5. Now that you have either installed, Navigate to a page/post that you want to share, click the button, and boom its done. As easy as that.
  6. *Note that ShareThis, Sharaholic, and hootsuite require that you sing up an account with them to use. Don’t worry its FREE! They will ask for your login credentials once and Keep them, as long as your cookies are enabled.
  7. Now Share content with the world with no hassle.

Now you are set up to Share content with the rest of the Web. Sharing relevant content wth followers and groups is a powerful social media strategy that facilitates user engagement.

A Couple things to remember when sharing content

  • Make sure it is relevant to your audience. Or they can and will tune you out.
  • Share more of other peoples content than your own
  • Chris Brogan recommends almost 10 times as much  of other peoples content than your own. This is a tip from Trust Agents a book by Chris Brogan and Julian Smith. This shows that you are one of the community and not all about “Me, me, me” and “buy my crap”
  • Don’t overdo it. You may think sharing 30 links with your twitter followers per day is helpful, but it may be construed as spam. So, share the Best of the BEST.
  • Have fun and share things you are passionate about. It’s just easier that way =)

Video Tutorial for those who can’t read

Socializing Your Browser – Make Sharing Content Easier from David Wells on Vimeo.

So, How are you sharing content with your community?

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