FB + WP = <3

Sean BlandaTechnically Philly

@SeanBlandaFacebook.com/blanda

The plan– What this is not– A story– 8 things you can do today– The TWO invaluable resources

What this is not– Like button– How to set up a Facebook page– Facebook is awesome / evil– Things you can Google

StoryDate Total likes Daily avg (est.)

Amount we cared

June 1 375 1-2 Not at all

November 5 1,000 7-10A whole bunch

What can you do?– Engage with Facebook comments (without selling

your soul)– Measure with Insights– Connect to your Facebook page– Streamline sharing– Make your Facebook page count. 

Step 1 - Create• Blog• Facebook profile• Facebook page• Facebook app

Step 2 - Connect

Step 3 - Get Meta 

Step 3 - Get MetaOG tag Wordpress tag

article:published_time <?php the_time('l, F jS, Y') ?>

article:author <?php the_author(); ?>

article:section <?php the_category(', ') ?>

article:tag <?php the_tags(); ?>

og:description <?php get_the_excerpt(); ?>

Step 3 - Get Meta

Step 3 - Get MetaCheck yo'self

http://developers.facebook.com/tools/debug

Step 3 - Get Meta"You don't have to 'Like' a book, you can just read a book... You don't have to 'Like' a movie, you can just watch a movie... You can just eat a meal, you can hike a trail, listen to a song. You can connect to anything in any way that you want." 

Step 4 - SDK

<div id="fb-root"></div>

Step 5 - Comments

Step 5 - Comments

Step 5 - Comments 

Step 5 - Comments 

Step 5 - Comments

Step 5 - Comments

Step 5 - Comments

Step 6 - Thumbnails

Step 6 - Thumbnails 

Step 7 -  Page

Step 7 -  Page

Step 8 - AdsSponsored StoryStraight advertisement

Step 8 - Ads

LIKE = $1.86

Step 9 - InsightsFacebook.com/insights

Step 9 - Insights

The results

The future

The future 

Two things:

Facebook Developers:  http://developers.facebook.com/

Open Graph Protocolhttp://ogp.me/

@SeanBlandahttp://bit.ly/Blanda_fb

 sean@technciallyphilly.com