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Adding Social Media Widgets By Wendy Darling

Adding Social Media Widgets

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Short overview of social media widgets for news / press releases. Designed for share with Emory University, applicable to any organization.

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AddingSocial Media

Widgets

By Wendy Darling

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How It Works1. User is viewing news item,

opinion piece, photo collection or other content.

2. User sees button to submit to social service or to “Share.”

3. User clicks, content is submitted, tagged, added to collective inventory, shared with online communities.

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Example Services

del.icio.us DiggMixx

RedditStumble UponYahoo! Buzz

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CNN News

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New York Times

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WIRED

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BBC News

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NPR

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Alternet

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The Daily Green

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How To Add TODAY

• Add icons and link/submit code to release/story/template on web site.

• Code and icons available easily from services

• Example<a class="reddit" title="Post this story to reddit" href="http://reddit.com/submit?url=http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89070760&amp;title=After+the+Techno+Lust%2C+There%27s+Always+E-Cycling" target="_blank">Reddit</a>

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Recommendation

Make sure “share” functionality is part of

news template in new Emory

web site redesign!

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Another Use

When / if email news releases

are put in HTML format, “share” links can be included there, too!